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Electrical Inspections with Infrared Thermography
The number one application for infrared thermography globally, is electrical inspections. Why such an interest in electrical thermography? Simple! Virtually every industry, process, building, or facility in the industrialized world requires electrical energy to operate. All electrical maintenance personnel know as soon as new electrical components are installed they begin to deteriorate. With fluctuating and continual loads, vibration, fatigue, and age will lead to catastrophic failures, unplanned shutdowns and losses of production.
Since most problems on an electrical system are preceded by a change
in its thermal characteristics and temperature, whether hotter or cooler, a properly trained and experienced thermographer is able to identify and analyze these problems prior to costly failure occurring.
Infrared Condition Monitoring of Electrical Systems
When considering remote diagnostic testing of electrical equipment, infrared thermography is regarded as the most powerful of all diagnostic tools currently available. The list of equipment to inspect is enormous since virtually every component from the generating facility to medium and low voltage components can and should be inspected with an infrared camera.
It is very difficult to place a dollar value on the benefits realized from an infrared inspection program because the faults are found and repaired before failure. However, the investment in an infrared camera and full program can be paid back from the discovery of one major electrical fault.
Electrical Thermography Training
The Institute of Infrared Thermography provides certification in Electrical Thermography. Once you have taken the basic Level 1 Thermography Course you are able to enter into the advance Electrical Thermography Application Course.
Used Infrared Cameras Wanted
In these recessionary times companies have to optimize their finances as best they can. Because of this we here at the Institute have been getting many calls to recommend what we think is the best IR Camera to purchase for the money. In other words what is the best value?
Now, we do not recommend any camera or manufacturer, if we did we would lose our independence and our “unbiased” status, and become like the other training companies out there.
But, we wanted to help our students and the Infrared Community, so we have created a new service:
The IR Camera Buy and Sell
To sell or purchase an IR camera simply send an email and let us know in details what you want to sell or purchase and we will do our best to match you up with what you are looking for.
There is no fee for this; it is a courtesy of IRT.
IR Cameras Wanted:
Mikron 7800 series IR Camera with 320x 240 detector.
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