Thermography Articles
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6 Ways Machine Maintenance Helps the Environment
The idea of maintaining machinery and maintaining the environment may sound like science fiction, or like apples and oranges. However maintaining equipment can have a direct, positive, measurable, and meaningful effect on the planet, the plant, and the people who own and work on them, if executed properly. ...
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Proposed EPA Appendix K: Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) Camera Calibration and Maintenance
Optical Gas Imaging Camera Calibration and Maintenance Over the next few months, we will discuss aspects of the EPA’s proposed Appendix K and the advantages of Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) to Oil and Gas producers. Compared to gas detectors or “sniffers,” OGI cameras aim to significantly reduce methane and VOC emissions by detecting and visualizing the leak quickly and more ...
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Thermal monitoring: a safer, more effective way to identify electrical fire risks
We all know how potentially devastating electrical fires can be in any building. Not only is human life put at risk, but also the resulting property damage and business disruption can be extremely costly. Take, for example, the fire caused by a switchgear failure at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport in 2017, which caused US$50 million in losses and 1,400 canceled flights for Delta ...
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Modelling the thermal desorption soil treatment
Haemers Technologies is a leading company in the thermal desorption soil remediation industry with more than 25 years of experience in this field and a commitment to being at the forefront of technology. To do this, Haemers Technologies has focused most of its activity on inventing, improving and applying thermal desorption technologies all over the world, where we work with local ...
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Reduce Unplanned Downtime: Learn the Warning Signs of Bearing Failure
Bearing failure is almost entirely avoidable if you have a proactive mindset and put effort toward learning your equipment. In fact, bearings should last a minimum of 8-12 years, so if you’re changing them quite frequently, this is for you. By learning to pick up on warning signs of bearing failure, you can stop replacing bearings and start focusing on the bigger reliability ...
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How camera technology supports your hazardous environment protocols
Adding high-resolution intelligent camera technology to your hazardous area can benefit productivity in a multitude of ways by facilitating as the ‘eyes and ears’ of your operation, even seeing beyond the human visual spectrum into thermography. These IoT devices include intelligence that surpasses security functions alone, and with feature that include access control, movement ...
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Improving Machine Availability in Cranes at Panama Ports - Case Study
Challenge: Panama Ports Company administers two ports in the Panama Canal. Their mission is to become a leading port in the Americas for services and logistics. As part of the goal leading towards system-wide efficiencies there was a need to reduce maintenance costs for bearings by improving lubrication methods and reducing premature bearing failure. Solution: New technologies for ...
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What are the benefits of using infrared line scanners for high resolution thermal imaging applications?
Both infrared line scanners and thermal imagers are increasingly used in industrial thermal imaging applications, however for certain applications the infrared line scanners are preferable. Firstly, we will consider more about infrared linescanners and thermal imagers. Infrared Linescanners The standard operating mode of an infrared linescanner uses the periodic deflection of the optical ...
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Oil Analysis for Pulp and Paper
The pulp and paper industry is comprised of facilities that manufacture corrugated paper, flake or particle board pressing, woven or fiber spinning, and general craft paper. The unique aspect of pulp and paper is the integrated complexity in medium to large- sized plant operations. Typically, people think about the paper end of the system, but there is actually a much more complex system at hand. ...
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Precise Temperature Control assures High Quality Steel
Process monitoring during continuous casting using special ratio-pyrometers and thermal imagers from LumaSense Today’s increasing quality standards and higher energy costs demand more accurate and consistent temperature control in every step of the steel making process. Steel manufacturing consists of high temperature manufacturing steps that use significant amounts of energy. Processes ...
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Maximize equipment uptime and reliability through optimized maintenance strategies
There are two general categories of maintenance – corrective maintenance (reactive maintenance undertaken only once a problem has arisen) and preventive maintenance (proactive maintenance). Preventive maintenance is the preferred strategy for achieving maximum equipment and process uptime, extending the useful life of your equipment, and optimizing your total cost of ...
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Water masses surface temperatures assessment and their effect on surrounding environment
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of water masses on the surface temperature with direct impact on the surrounding area. Three systems were used for the study: a fully vegetated system (subsurface flow constructed wetland (CW)), a lake with no vegetation and a lake partially vegetated with Lemna minor. Infrared thermography was applied for the different systems analysis, ...
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Oil Sampling Best Practices (Part 2)
Understanding Dynamic Particle Equilibrium in Closed Loop Systems Dynamic Equilibrium Condition (DEC) is defined as a steady state condition where the normal wear rate in a machine results in no net gain or loss of particles. Knowing what that level is in any lubrication system is necessary in order to detect departures from this level as a result of an abnormality. At equilibrium operating ...
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Chill Out: Chemical Descaling of Condensers Maximizes Efficiency
Chiller units — open loop or closed loop — naturally experience performance degradations over time. As noted by Facilities Net, chillers and companion condenser units are often the single biggest energy spend in an organization and despite predictive maintenance methods such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography and rotor bar testing, scale and foiling still occurs. ...
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A New Way to Locate Seeps Into Surface Waters
How can we determine where groundwater is seeping into rivers and bays? Knowing seep locations can help with selecting sampling locations, identifying contaminant sources, determining whether contamination is historic or on-going, and designing remediation. Historically, methods for locating seeps have been limited. Due to cost, sampling can only be done at a few locations. This means we ...
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INFRARED TECHNOLOGY - It`s Use in Forensic Building Science to Solve Moisture Intrusion Problems
This paper will focus discussion on the building envelope, the science behind the inspection, techniques for inspection, and verification of the findings. Because much of our work is pioneering, we will end by addressing the question 'Where do we go from here?' WHY USE INFRAREDA picture says a thousand words; infrared thermography is the only diagnostic technology that lets you instantly ...
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Intermediate Reynolds/Peclet number, flat plate boundary layer flows over catalytic surfaces for micro-combustion applications
The reactive, flat plate boundary layer flow of close-tostoichiometric, methaneair mixtures over small size Pt plates is studied experimentally for intermediate Reynolds and Peclet numbers which pertain to micro-combustion applications. The surface temperature was measured with infrared thermography and correlated to reactant concentration profiles acquired with line-Raman imaging. Three phases ...
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