Thermography
Articles
Getting Started
Welcome to the home of condition monitoring; CBM CONNECT! The site is designed to provide you with educational articles, videos, and podcasts...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Four Electrical Failure Modes
Electrical failure modes can be divided into four main categories. This tip will briefly discuss these categories and their associated thermal patterns to help the field thermographer better understand and identify thermal anomalies found in the field...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
White Papers
Give Yourself a “Thermal Lobotomy”
Thermal Lobotomy: The virtual act of severing the concept of reflection from that of emission in order to prevent thermographers from suffering destructive and repetitive inspection methodology...
- Jim Fritz
- The Snell Group
Five Minute Facts
What’s the Best Color Palette?
What is the best color palette to use for your infrared camera and program? There are several factors to contemplate when selecting a palette for use in the field and additional considerations when selecting a palette for analysis and reporting. This tip will briefly describe some options to scrutinize when deciding what the best palette is for you.
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Two Minute Tips
Are Traditional Electrical Maintenance Practices Sustainable?
Traditional electrical maintenance practices, such as tightening and Megger testing, are all designed to do one thing: prove that the system is safe and meets the operational requirements of the plant. But shutdown calendar-based maintenance is a complete waste of money...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Two Minute Tips
Equipment Failure Pattern Distribution from 3 Studies
If you understand failure patterns and how assets fail, then you can start to develop a strategy. Failure curves can show us...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
You Can See It, but Can You Measure It?
Just because you can see an anomaly does not mean you can radio-metrically measure it using an infrared camera. The concept of spatial and measurement resolution is one of several reasons and will be briefly described in this 5-minute fact...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Categories of Infrared Cameras
Choosing the correct infrared camera can be a bit overwhelming. It is important to know the differences between infrared cameras on the market today. In this video we will break down infrared cameras into different categories to determine your needs…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Transmission Measurements and Selective Radiance
Emissivity, reflections, and transmission rates for IR windows can cause confusion and frustration without the proper knowledge, experience, training, and skills. This quick tip will simplify the very complex subject of IR window transmissions…
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
