A recent report from our Field Operators included the photo below and the following story.
The fuse on the main meter panel at a Day Surgery had a melt down prior to our inspection.
A serious fault identified during the course of one of our regular inspections was found to be a loose screw. The screw was tightened and the contactor re-examined. The temperature had dropped...
During the regular annual inspection at a major industrial plant, a very high temperature - 280°c - fault was detected. Upon discovery, immediate plans to correct the fault were put in...
What happens if response times are extended?
In most cases a delay may have no adverse effect. The thermal abnormality observed and documented in the Thermoscanä inspection report is...
When conducting Condition Monitoring inspections and reporting the results a “Reference Temperature” is used to monitor the background conditions or plant operating environment.
The...
We visit many sites and encounter problems such as these, just a couple of the many examples we see.
There is no clear access to the switchboard for us to carry out the inspection.
The...
Many plants and facilities have many shafts with running bearings and these need to be checked regularly and corrective action taken to prevent failure.
There are a number of checking procedures;
"Gear Box 1"
Precipitation Tank Agitator
Mill Gearbox - input side.
Used for checking bearing temperatures.
The below electrical fault may have been identified during a regular Thermoscan® inspection of the Electrical facilities at the centre.
An article from a local paper
Business ground to a...
Regular examinations of refractory lined vessels can indicate the presence of internal failure of the lining. Using the chart Thermoscan is able to plot the temperature changes. When the temperature...
One hot Friday afternoon, the Centre Manager phones the maintenance engineer to say- "it's very stuffy in here, I don't think the air conditioning is running, would you mind checking it out...
The boiler cooling water is discharged into the adjacent river. The EPA has decreed that the heat from the water must be fully dispersed within 30 meters of the discharge point.
If the water is too...
During the annual Thermoscan inspection of the plant and facilities a potentially serious fault was identified. The Plant Management assessed that immediate action should be implemented. First find...
Regular Thermoscan inspections may have identified this potential costly failure.
A Major Shopping Centre had a failure in a common area lighting distribution board. A circuit breaker...
Thermoscan's Condition Monitoring service can predice when a failure is developing and corrective action can be implemented.
We all know the temperature of electrical components is not static. ...
During our inspections of various electrical facilities for our valued customers, we find all kinds of wildlife in various states of health, usually the contact has been fatal.
In many cases, the...
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