Thermal imaging in critical asset health monitoring
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Thermal imaging in critical asset health monitoring
Vision in manufacturing often revolves around the big picture: more production, greater efficiency, and steady growth. However, while big-picture goals define a company’ s direction, true success lies in precision on the smallest scale. Details that are seemingly minute and often overlooked can make the difference between uninterrupted operation and costly downtime.
There are hundreds and even thousands of components across a facility— from cable connectors to large-scale electric motors— keeping your workers safe, keeping your production lines moving, and keeping you competitive. Subtle vibrations, slight shifts in temperature, or an unusual data pattern can all signal much larger issues waiting to unfold. These“ small” details, if left unchecked or unobserved, can be the catalysts for systemic failures with catastrophic consequences.
Thermal Imaging: Bringing details to life
With thermal imaging, companies can transform their reactive condition and process monitoring programs into proactive, predictive activities that ensure equipment repairs and replacements happen on a schedule instead of after a failure. Predictive maintenance is built on a foundation of routine, repeated critical asset monitoring that identifies equipment with high impact potential and builds a historical dataset of normal operating temperatures. This data is key to spotting changes in asset health and predicting the optimal time to take the equipment offline for repair.
For example, the utility grid may wish to know what temperature a cable connection is under a particular electrical loading, to understand resistance and the likelihood of failure. Or, a production plant may need detailed data on how hot an electric motor is when running at a known resistance in order to trust whether the motor will continue running flawlessly or fail.
FLIR has long been a pioneer in the predictive maintenance space, specialising in the design and production of advanced thermal imaging cameras, components, and sensors. We continually invest in research and development and test real-world applications to ensure you’ re able to capture the details that really matter.
Integrity of Image
Good, useful thermal images need to be detailed, vibrant, and crisply focused. Our image processing technologies enhance thermal images— reducing noise and improving contrast— to provide you with clearest, sharpest visuals. Key to this technology is FLIR’ s
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