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Predictive Maintenance

110 A Circuit Breaker
240V 110A breaker feeds LAN rooms.
Load Reading A=65 B=95 N=84
B phase exceeds 80% ampacity and temperature exceeds breaker rating.
A/C Unit Problem
A\C unit overheated and shut down after running for aproximately 30 min. After visual inspection from ground level maintenance was unable to ...more
Air leakage
A pattern of air leakage is present in this photo. It was discovered that when snow would “drift” against this wall, a water leak would develop. ...more
Belt Drive
Note high temperatures present in the left thermogram. Second thermogram presumably after repair or alignment.

First Thermogram - ...more
Bolted Bus Connection
Hot bolted bus bar connection.
Breaker Connection
Internal breaker connection problem.
Bus-breaker
A bad bus-breaker connection.
Bushing connection
An overheating bushing connection
Buss Assembly
FURNACE BUSS ASSEMBLY IN MAIN TRANSFORMER VAULT WHERE IT CONNECTS TO TRANSFORMER.

The thermogram shows a hot spot on the third bar from the ...more
Cable to Busbar Connection
This cable to busbar connection feeding a pump is excessively hot and needs attention.
Circuit Breaker
Hot lug connection.
Circuit Breaker Panel
Note how thermography easily finds the problems in this circuit breaker panel.
Circuit protector
Bolted connection problem on a circuit switcher.
Connection in a substation
This thermal image shows a hot connection—measuring 437°F when viewed with a telescope lens — in a substation that supplied power to a hospital and ...more
Connection or Bushing Problem?
Is this a connection or a bushing problem, or both?

Learn how to analyze images like this at an Infrared Training Center Thermography ...more
Contactor
Left image shows heating from a loose contactor connection. The right image shows the system after repair.
Coupling Misalignment
This is a double pump hydraulic system. Image 1 shows the coupling between the motor and 1st pump. Image 2 shows the coupling between 1st pump and ...more
Drain Valve
Extraction Steam to High Pressure Heater Drain Valve

The higher temperature on the bypass valve indicates it may be leaking through. The ...more
Duct Seal Pot
Infrared inspection shows a 650°F hot spot on the west side elevation lower duct to seal pot crotch weld area. External steam cooling is recommended ...more
Filter capacitors
Overheating capacitors.
Fluid Cooler
This is a heat exchanger that is used to cool fire resistant hydraulic oil. The oil is used to control a large governor valve position on a 660 MWatt ...more
FRP laminate
Irregular dark spots represent high moisture conditions in the cored FRP laminate.
Fuses
Hot fuse connection.
Heat Seal
In food packaging, many of the containers go through a “heat sealing” process. In the case of the milk cartons in this image, we can easily see that ...more
Heater Shells
Internal refractory damage
Heater tubes
This thermal image of horizontal tubes inside a gas-fired heater clearly reveals coke buildup in the center tubes.
Injector
High injector temperatures can indicate plugging. A plugged injector will show very hot on an infrared scan. Pinpointing the problem before it ...more
InstAlert
The Scout’s exclusive InstAlert object tagging feature highlights warm objects, such as people or vehicles, in red for immediate operator ...more
Line blockage
Steam was introduced at 150 psi into this plugged transfer line at the draw-off nozzle to locate the blockage.Note that the steam does not contact ...more
Line to line Jumper
Thermal Anomaly at bolted connection.
Main power transformer
Overheating contacts inside this load tap changer on a main power transformer has caused a dramatic increase in the temperature of the oil inside, ...more
Mechanical and electrical equipment
The motor in the background is revealed by IR thermography to be much hotter than the one in the foreground,which is operating under similar load ...more
Micro resistor
Micro resistor with faulty element.
Microcircuit
ThermaCAM image of a microcircuit showing 7 micron leads. Faults even smaller than 7 microns can be detected. ThermaCAM systems can measure very ...more
Motor
Internal winding problem.
Motor
Internal winding problem on motor.
Motor Shaft End Bearing
Motor shaft end bearing failure detected by thermography and vibration analysis.
PC Board
PC board with overheating component.
PC Board Hot Spot
Obvious hot spot on a PC board.
Piping
IR camera assess the condition of dozens of vessels and miles of piping, all of which operate under extreme heat and pressure.
Process equipment condition
This thermal image details a 499º F hot spot on this heat exchanger.The IR camera can also provide early warning of problems or incipient failures in ...more
Process lines
The cool areas where liquid has condensed inside this uninsulated vapor line are clearly shown in this thermal image (see second story on next page). ...more
Pump Circuit Breaker
The heating on the C phase of this circuit breaker indicates a loose or bad connection.
Refractory lined equipment
Furnace refractory breakdown a crude heater stack is clearly shown in this thermal image. unchecked, the condition can to accelerated metal ...more
Substation
A wide view of a substation can quickly show areas where unwanted high resistance connections exist. Electrical current passing through a resistive ...more
Transformer
Excess heat on this distribution transformer was attributed to internal damage plus low oil level.
Transformer
Cold cooling fins due to low oil level in a transformer
Transformer Radiators
This infrared image shows a cold radiator (lower left) possibly due to a bad pump. This could be a serious problem as the capacity of the ...more
Wafer Board
This is an annealing process for wafers. Thermography can quickly identify thermal irregularities on critical parts.
Water Pump Starter
The heater portion of the starter had a reading of 188.7°F. The pump was also very hot, indicating that it is in need of ...more
Windshield Washer Fluid Pump
It appears the coupling has failed or is out of alignment.


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