Thermal Imaging Surveys

Benefits of thermo graphic surveys

• Surveys are non-invasive and non-destructive allowing the survey to be completed whilst plant and equipment is running, in production and on load.
• Surveys are real time and produce fast, accurate and immediate temperature measurement and fault detection.
• Increased reliability and efficiency of plant and equipment resulting in reduced breakdowns and stoppages and significantly reduced maintenance costs and production losses.
• Assists businesses to comply with The Electricity at Work Act by complementing the electrical periodic test and inspection and helping to prove the integrity and safety of electrical systems and equipment
• Assists businesses to comply with insurance requirements and complements their existing risk avoidance measures
• Surveys can be incorporated into existing predictive and preventative maintenance programmes.
• Surveys can be performed at a convenient time and tailored to each client’s individual requirements.
• Increased energy efficiency.
• Increased capital equipment lifespan.
• Increased safety.
• Reduced risk of fire.

Electrical Surveys and Preventive Maintenance

A thermal imager provides a visualisation of heat, often invisible to the naked eye, which provides a quantitative analysis of temperature rise. A thermal imager can display and record temperature differences as low as 0.3°C which is far above the sensitivity required to detect electrical faults. A warm wire in a bundle of wires or amongst hundreds of terminals will be immediately detected and displayed. Overheated components or components that are breaking down and visually normal to an electrician will also be immediately apparent to a thermal imager.

Preventative maintenance surveys can save on-line breakdowns, delivery schedules and in the long term significant costs.

Infrared thermography or thermal imaging is a recognised technique for detecting loose or corroded connections. A poor electrical connection under load will rise in temperature. Arcing may occur and eventually the connection will fail, and could result in a fire.

To arrange for your thermal imaging survey call A&N Electrical Engineering today on:
0151 606 0776.