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Tests and measurements for electrical fire prevention
This article reviews the fundamental causes of overheating, as well as, the tests and tools commonly used to uncover overheating problems. Read more... |
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Implementing in infrared thermography maintenance program
This document outlines steps that will help you grow your thermography program into a key part of the way your company does business. Read more... |
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Thermal predictive maintenance at a coal plant
While many people in the power generation industry are familiar with annual infrared thermography surveys as part of PdM, the coal plant in this case study uses a thermal imager year round. There are two differences in their approach. Read more... |
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Substations and switchgear
One set of tools for monitoring equipment in substations is Fluke's handheld thermal imagers. Thermal imagers capture two-dimensional representations of the apparent surface temperatures of electrical components and other objects.
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HVAC Air leakage inspections
In energy audits of homes and other buildings, technicians use blower doors in conjunction with thermal imagers. The blowers create positive or negative pressures within interior envelopes, making leaks much more apparent in thermal images. Read more... |
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Infrared inspecting for building and facilities maintenance
Surface temperature can tell you a lot about a building's structural elements, plumbing installations, and HVAC and electrical systems. Problems that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye are suddenly clear as day when you look through an infrared lens. Read more... |
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Pro Tips: Examining tanks and vessels
Normally, people in industry use level indicators to tell how much product is inside a tank. So why do so many of them also use thermal imagers (infrared cameras) to do the same thing? It's because of the horror stories. Read more... |
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Applying infrared thermography to predictive maintenance
This document discusses the cost savings of thermal imaging (thermography) PdM, provides guidelines for successfully capturing and analyzing thermographic data and describes how to integrate thermography into a predictive maintenance program. Read more... |
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Why thermography is good for your business
Electrical contractors typically use thermal imagers for predictive maintenance and troubleshooting, and sometimes during installation. Read more... |
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Wisconsin electric co-op embraces in-house thermography
Using a handheld infrared imager, the technical services supervisor at Adams Columbia Electric Cooperative, monitors the health of the co-op's equipment, the equipment of its members, and sometimes even the equipment of the transmission company supplying its substations.
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