Thermography
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Establishing Infrared Inspection Frequencies
You have an infrared camera. You’re ready to implement an infrared program. You know what assets you want to inspect. How do you establish an effective inspection frequency for your program? This short presentation will take you through the many, many aspects that must be considered when establishing inspection frequencies. Annual inspections do not support reliability. One set frequency for all assets is not the answer either. Take a few minutes to see what industry best practices suggest…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Five Minute Facts
The Deception Caused by Convection
Convection can have a big impact on what an infrared thermographer sees with a thermal imager, whether outdoors or indoors. This instructional presentation will show a specific case study on the power of convection...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Articles
Hello and Welcome to CBM CONNECT
Welcome to the new home of condition monitoring; CBM CONNECT! The site is designed to provide you with educational articles, videos, and podcasts...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Five Minute Facts
Know Your Emissivity
Emissivity is a measure of a material’s ability to emit infrared energy. The emissivity of a surface is the ratio of the energy radiated from it to that from a blackbody at the same temperature and wavelength and under the same viewing conditions...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Does an IR Camera Work With Your Infrared Windows?
Someone comes into your facility with an infrared (IR) camera to take measurements through an IR window. How do you know their camera will work...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Two Minute Tips
Don’t Forget to Label Your Infrared Inspections Window
Although you may be the engineer responsible for installing the IR window, you may not be the one using it. Record all required target data inside the panel, as this will make sure that the same data is recorded using…
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Electrical Reliability: Remove Those Panel Covers!
A common mistake made by a number of thermography programs is skipping infrared inspections of panelboards (power and lighting panels) or failing to properly access the equipment by removing…
- Jim Fritz
- The Snell Group
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Choosing a Temperature Surveillance System
Electrical equipment has many points of potential failure. Each connection and internal component has the potential of failing and…
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
An Extremely Important Aspect to Quality Data
Why is focus so important? The quality of the images in your report projects…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
