Thermography
What’s the Best Color Palette?
What is the best color palette to use for your infrared camera and program? There are several factors to contemplate when selecting a palette for use in the field and additional considerations when selecting a palette for analysis and reporting. This tip will briefly describe some options to scrutinize when deciding what the best palette is for you.
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Are Traditional Electrical Maintenance Practices Sustainable?
Traditional electrical maintenance practices, such as tightening and Megger testing, are all designed to do one thing: prove that the system is safe and meets the operational requirements of the plant. But shutdown calendar-based maintenance is a complete waste of money...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Equipment Failure Pattern Distribution from 3 Studies
If you understand failure patterns and how assets fail, then you can start to develop a strategy. Failure curves can show us...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
You Can See It, but Can You Measure It?
Just because you can see an anomaly does not mean you can radio-metrically measure it using an infrared camera. The concept of spatial and measurement resolution is one of several reasons and will be briefly described in this 5-minute fact...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Categories of Infrared Cameras
Choosing the correct infrared camera can be a bit overwhelming. It is important to know the differences between infrared cameras on the market today. In this video we will break down infrared cameras into different categories to determine your needs…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Transmission Measurements and Selective Radiance
Emissivity, reflections, and transmission rates for IR windows can cause confusion and frustration without the proper knowledge, experience, training, and skills. This quick tip will simplify the very complex subject of IR window transmissions…
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Don’t Forget the Walk Around
For over two decades, PdM (Predictive Maintenance) technicians use best practices to walk around equipment seeing, smelling, and listening before they open their PdM toolbox...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Establishing Infrared Inspection Frequencies
You have an infrared camera. You’re ready to implement an infrared program. You know what assets you want to inspect. How do you establish an effective inspection frequency for your program? This short presentation will take you through the many, many aspects that must be considered when establishing inspection frequencies. Annual inspections do not support reliability. One set frequency for all assets is not the answer either. Take a few minutes to see what industry best practices suggest…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
The Deception Caused by Convection
Convection can have a big impact on what an infrared thermographer sees with a thermal imager, whether outdoors or indoors. This instructional presentation will show a specific case study on the power of convection...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group