Thermal Images - Special Projects
To give you an idea of the sorts of things which could be identified by thermal scanning, the following are a selection of images provided to various clients over time.
Glycol Encapsulated Stainless Steel Tank
Tank has an internal leak. Colder black spots identify possible leakage.
This is interesting for a number of reasons:
- The reflected heat from surrounding objects made the images difficult to interpret. Reflected infrared energy can confuse image interpretation.
- The emissivity of stainless steel played a part. We had to accommodate for this.
- We were looking for the coldest spots to find the Glycol leak. We usually seek the hot spots.
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Location of Vermin
A stench filled the corridors of a leading hotel summer's peak season. We understood the premises became unlettable, losing turnover as a result of the smell. A hot spot was located within a drainage pipe within minutes. Suspect was a decomposing rodent.
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Sodium Vapour Luminaire
Maintenance performed on remaining luminaires after a fire. We suspect the fire was caused as a result of a faulty condenser.
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Furnace Joints
The heat escaping from the furnace joints is wasted and may affect product quality.
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Industrial Heating Blanket
Industrial heating blanket being inspected for defects. As can be seen, one section is cold. The heating blanket is used in a laminating process and may cause delaminating of the panels it is used to heat prior to gluing.
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Refractory
600 degree hole appearing in a refractory. The breakdown of the refractory could lead to a failure of the outer steel casing causing structural collapse.
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Bag House Chambers
The bags working at the higher temperature are doing all the work and have a much shorter life due to uneven airflow.
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