Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Mechanical thermal surveys and Thermal imaging


In the thermal imaging world, one of the essential key pre-requisites to any inspection or survey is having the correct environmental conditions and/or perimeters to ensure that the images obtained give you the best chance possible to detect what it is you wish to find in the first instance. A mechanical thermal inspection allows the early detection of wearing mechanical parts, such as bearings and rollers, pulleys and belts, even shafts and fans.

 All of these increase friction and generate heat when worn, detectable by the use of a thermal imaging camera. safe contractor accreditation will enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal. The effective employment of this technology in your food processing or food manufacturing plant will allow you to reduce downtime and save both your time and money, two of your most precious commodities. To ensure a correct thermal portrayal, the sample size and response rate from survey participants has to be high enough to lessen the risk of generalizing conclusions from a few respondents over those who did not reply.

 
Thermalplus is one of the UK’s market leaders in the world of Thermal Imaging. Our up to date Infrared Thermography cameras are able to highlight potential Electrical, Mechanical, and Building insulation problems. Several building programs such as LEED™ can require ‘post occupancy surveys’ to assess the building, its systems, performance and operation. I intended to blog about this LEED credit for the building a little later, but then read a professional magazine article the other day about a preponderance of buildings failing thermal comfort surveys. So if you are looking for an internal inspection, involving mechanical and electrical equipment, or you are looking for those unknown roof leaks and damp areas below roofing membranes, the summer months are definitely times that this type of work can be undertaken. Thermal imaging is a type of infrared imaging which renders infrared radiation as visible light for the creation of video images. 

Thermal imaging is a growing diagnostic tool in medicine. I use it for a diagnostic tool on Horses but there are many ways it is being used in medicine for people. The PT Series is a set of cutting edge pan/tilt, multi-sensor thermal imaging security & surveillance cameras. They bring thermal and visible-light imaging together in a system that gives you video and control over both IP and analog networks.Thermal imaging predictive maintenance has become a risk management necessity in the last decade.