Industrial benefits

Increased safety/reduced downtime from electrical fires or failures in the main incoming substation. Failures due to high voltage arcing, transformer overheating, corrosion and hot spots of conductors or ring bus can be reduced or eliminated by a timely thermographic scan. Cost saving include component replacement cost, labor for replacement and business cost of production facility downtime.

Increased safety/reduced downtime from electrical fires or failures in the distribution/MCC areas. Failures due to loose connections, faulty starters, insulation overheating, cable hot spots can be detected and corrected before an imminent failure occurs. A thermographic scan will “see” these problems before the become a failure. Increased safety for personnel in switch rooms from smoke inhalation. Cost saving include component replacement costs, labor costs and lost production costs.

Increased process uptime from automation system overheating failures. Failures due to hot automation/network switch failures can be detected and corrected before a major site process interruption occurs in the PLC/DCS system controlling the plant. Cost savings include expensive network switches/components expensive PLC/DCS CPU hardware and associated control cards. There is also a cost savings to localized or plantwide automation interruption.

Increased reliability and uptime for computer/cryptocurrency servers and server farms. A thorough thermal scan will detect the possible overheating of computers, network switches and power supplies. Cost savings are prevention of computer systems on computer component failure due to overheating. Cost savings of potential customer loss due to unexpected failure.

Increased reliability and uptime of electric motors. A thermal scan of electric motors and drive equipment will detect motor bearing problems caused by over tensioning of belts or front motor bearing heating due to mechanical misalignment. Also motor winding over temperatures due to overloaded/overworked motors. Cost savings are derived from premature motor failure and loss of process/production

Increased reliability and uptime of hot metal vessels. A thermographic scan can detect voids in refractory which left unchecked could cause hot metal cutouts. Cost savings can be realized by failure prevention of hot metal furnaces, flues, skimming pots etc.

Increased efficiency of steam and steam piping systems. A thermographic scan can detect steam leaks, steam relieve valves malfunctioning, steam traps not cycling. Cost savings are in the form of more efficient use of steam power.