What We Survey: A Comprehensive Look at Your Assets
Thermography is a versatile and non-invasive technology that provides critical insights into a vast range of systems and structures. Our surveys are tailored to your specific facility, whether it's a commercial high-rise, an industrial plant, or a specialised operation. We typically focus on four key areas: Electrical Systems, Mechanical Equipment, the Building Envelope, and Process Control.
Core Electrical Systems
This is the most common and often most critical application of thermography. Faulty electrical components generate excess heat, a clear indicator of inefficiency and impending failure. We meticulously examine every part of your electrical infrastructure to prevent outages and mitigate fire risk.
Primary Infrastructure: Main Switchboards, air-insulated transformers, and bus ducts.
Distribution & Control: Distribution boards, sub-boards, contactor panels, Motor Control Centres (MCCs), and capacitor banks.
Cabling & Connections: Cable runs, terminations, and splices.
Protective Devices: Terminals and structures of circuit breakers, MCBs, RCDs, and fuses.
Power & Backup Systems: UPS systems, battery banks, industrial plugs, sockets, and switches.
Mechanical Equipment & Machinery
Abnormal heat in mechanical systems is a classic sign of friction, wear, or inefficiency. Thermal imaging allows us to assess the health of your machinery without interrupting production.
Rotating Equipment: We identify abnormal heat in motors, bearings, shafts, and conveyor belts that could indicate misalignment or lubrication issues.
HVAC & Refrigeration: We can assess compressors, coils, and refrigerant tubes to ensure they are operating efficiently.
Specialised & Process-Specific Inspections
Our expertise extends to highly specific and unique applications tailored to your operational needs.
Quality Control: We can use thermal imaging to assess products as part of a quality assurance program.
Targeted Diagnostics: We can focus on specific equipment, such as the complex control panels on a multi-storey printing press.
Verification & Commissioning: We survey equipment just before a planned shutdown for service or immediately after it has been repaired or recommissioned to verify the work was completed correctly.
Building Envelope & Structural Integrity
A thermal survey can reveal a wealth of information about the performance and condition of your building itself, helping to improve energy efficiency and identify structural issues.
Insulation & Air Leaks: We can easily identify missing or faulty insulation in wall and roofing panels.
Water Ingress: Our cameras can locate hidden areas of water penetration in walls, ceilings, and floors by detecting subtle temperature differences.
Structural & Utility Inspection: We can identify leaks in kilns and refractories, locate buried thermal lines, or detect blockages and build-up in pipelines.