Thermal Scanning
Preventative Maintenance
Keep your buildings and the people inside them safe with an annual Electrical Thermal Imaging inspection and Report. In some Cases it’s the law! Thermography is a method of inspecting electrical and mechanical equipment by obtaining heat distribution pictures. This inspection method is based on the fact that most components in a system show an increase in temperature when malfunctioning.
Infrared thermography of electrical installations falls under classification of Predictive
Maintenance, a type of electrical inspection. The value is the ability to predict an electrical fault before the element fails completely. Most importantly, faults can be detected in a non-invasive way.
Another result of failed or stressed electrical elements is the risk of fire; in fact the risk is
more real than commonly realise. It is in this vein that insurance companies are increasingly
calling for infrared electrical thermography surveys as a valuable risk assessment aid.
Approximately 30% of all property losses have root cause associated with an electrical
deficiency. Electrical inspections are essential to help identify these before such failures
occur.
Applications inspection
Electrical Thermography Survey
Infrared Thermography Testing
Applications inspection
Applications inspected which can result in equipment loss, business interruption and fire.
- Distribution Panels
- Incoming power from utility
- Substations
- Transformers Transmission and distribution utility electrical scans
- Switchgeas
- Bus and cable distribution
- Motor control centers
- Disconnects
- Server systems
- UPS systems
- Generator
During the course inspection, our trained and experienced technicians record visual conditions that could place your property or operation at risk. This simple additional service typically comprises over 15% of our findings, often the most important findings discovered during the inspection tour.
Photographic documentation of conditions of risk posing a hazard to business operations
or company assets are recorded.
– Physical damage or potential damage to electrical or mechanical equipment.
– Improper storage of flammable materials in electrical rooms
– Blocked access to electrical equipment
– Abnormal conditions
Infrared Electrical Thermography
An infrared electrical thermography survey can result in significant financial savings by:
- Reducing the risk of an electrical fire.
- Reducing the risk of an unplanned electrical outage.
- Identifying priorities for planned maintenance, resulting in your spend going where it needed most.
- Transformers Transmission and distribution utility electrical scans
- Determines if the elements and system have been properly installed and are not damaged
- Reduces downtime
- Reduces risk of equipment failure
- Disconnects
- Improves insurability
- Reduces liability exposure of the designers and installers
- Improves system performance
- Determines elements and systems carry out properly and meet the design intent
- Reduces construction schedule delays
- Saves money
Infrared Thermography Testing
Infrared Thermography Testing is recommended for:
- Detecting loose or corroded electrical connections
- Detecting electrical unbalance and overloads
- Inspecting bearings and Electrical motors
- Inspecting steam systems IR Imaging helps better to recognise and report suspect elements
- Enable the repair to done right the first time.
- High resistance connections
- Hot spots
- Over loaded cables
- Over loaded fuses or breakers
- Imminent motor or conveyor bearing failure
- Motor windings over heating
- Overheating in distribution equipment
- Phase load imbalance
- Hot spots in high level lighting
- Saves money
- Thermal insulation breakdown (hot or cold)
- Thermal loss
- Damp ingress