infrared inspections
10 Minute Talk
Nine Steps to Setting Up an Infrared Inspection Program
Infrared inspections are now a matter of routine for many commercial and industrial facilities. By proactively addressing incipient or latent failures detected during a single inspection, facility managers are able to avoid costs associated with unscheduled downtime and damage to electrical and mechanical equipment. Even greater savings can be achieved through...
- Jim Seffrin
- Infraspection 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.
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
