Building Envelope

The primary diagnostic procedure for determining the thermal performance of a building envelope is infrared thermography.

Thermography can be used to perform residential and commercial infrared energy audits for heating and cooling losses due to poor construction, missing or inadequate insulation and moisture intrusion.

Roofing
Detect wet insulation in flat-roof systems quickly and efficiently.

Moisture/Restoration
Detect moisture issues located behind exterior and interior walls, in ceilings or under carpet-covered floors.
 

Mold Remediation
Control mold by finding unknown sources of moisture that would otherwise go undetected.

Missing Building Insulation: ‘Copyright Infraspection Institute’

Roofing Moisture Problems:

Moisture Problems Can Lead To Mold:

Concrete Water Heated Floor Inspections For Leaks And Temperature Distribution:

Thermal imaging cameras provides the means to evaluate and convert infrared energy into meaningful data and temperatures.

Components in various states of failure will emit more thermal radiation as a direct result of more energy being dissipated into the components.

This additional energy is usually increased friction in mechanical devices or higher resistance in electrical devices.

Contact Problems

Heating is produced by current flow through a contact with higher than normal electrical resistance. Electrical connections become hot due to overload or high resistance caused by corrosion or a poor connection.

Thermography can easily identify such thermal problems and provide the information to correct the problems before they become a failure or fire.

Loose/Deteriorated Fuse Clips & Connections.

Electrical Distribution

Literally hundreds of different components make up an electrical system. These components include transformers, bushings, disconnects, switchgear, breakers, meters, local power distribution panels, grounding systems, surge arrestors and many more.

Utilizing a Thermography Predictive Maintenance Program will help to reduce impending electrical problems thus saving on costly down time and wasted energy that is dissipated as heat.

Fuses:

Transformer Bushings:

High Voltage Fuses:

Bus Bars:

Substation Switches:

Transformers:

Oil is not circulating through the cooling tubes.

In all commercial and industrial plants there is a variety of different equipment that can be successfully inspected using a Thermography Predictive Maintenance Program.

Thermography has been successfully used to identify heat problems such as misalignments in rotating equipment, pulleys, drive belts, bearing, fans, pumps, gearboxes, motors, generators and variable speed drives, just to name a few applications.

Drive Belts:

Shaft Misalignment: ‘Copyright Infraspection Institute’

Defective Bearings: ‘Copyright Infraspection Institute’

Overheated Bearings or Poor Lubrication: ‘Copyright Infraspection Institute’

Boiler Equipment Checks
Thermography can zero in on destructive hot spots in boilers. Uneven distribution of heat can cause refractory or tubes to fail prematurely. Inspect for flame impingement, tube blockage and combustion patterns of fuel.

HVAC Equipment Checks
Evaluate heating ventilation and air conditioning equipment, cold storage cooling losses and detect insulation leaks in refrigeration equipment

Early detection lets technicians correct hot-spot problems, and one such early detection can save many times the cost of the instrument and time to make the measurements.
 

Damaged Boiler Refractory: ‘Copyright Infraspection Institute’

Refractory Condition Monitoring – Cement Kiln:

Refinery Process Line Insulation Loss or Leak Detection:

Automotive
Evaluate motor racing suspension and tire contact diagnostics.
Evaluate brake and engine systems for performance and cooling efficiencies.
Find faulty fuel injection nozzles.

Automotive Tire & Brake Studies:

Window Defroster Design Studies:

Inspecting Heated Car Seats:

Veterinary Application
Horse injury examination, stress fractures, lameness.

Horse Injury:

Medical Applications
Evaluation of sports injuries and therapy progress.
Injury examinations for whiplash, back injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Back Injury:

Process Monitoring & Quality Assurance
Temperature is the most measured parameter in many process control systems.

Thermal imaging provides for an accurate, non-contact temperature measurement technique and a two-dimensional view of a wide range of process control applications including web-based applications such as paper, glass, plastic, thermoforming, molding, packaging, food processing and and many others.
 

Food Processing – Cookie Baking:

Casting Molds – Aluminum Wheel:

Product Development
Design engineers seek to maximize the thermal performance of products to increase efficiency, improve reliability and maintain performance over wide variations in ambient temperature.

Thermography helps to eliminate hot spots that can cause performance limitations as well as to confirm the effectiveness of heat sinks and thermal design characteristics.

Circuit Board Inspection & Component Design:

Heater Element Design:

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