Thermography Services

Every object with a temperature above absolute zero (0 Kelvin =-273.15 °C) emits infrared radiation. This infrared radiation is invisible to the human eye. As the physicist Max Planck proved as far back as 1900, there is a correlation between the temperature of a body and the intensity of the infrared radiation it emits. A thermal imager measures the long-wave infrared radiation received within its field of view. From this it calculates the temperature of the object to be measured. The calculation factors in the emissivity (ε) of the surface of the measuring object and the compensation of the reflected temperature (RTC = reflected temperature compensation), both variables that can be set manually in the thermal imager. Team Edge Electrics undertakes the study to ascertain the Electrical Safety and Reliability of Electrical Equipment and to address the urgent safety issues, reliability and deliver a step change in their overall safety and reliability.
Thermography Advantages & Benefits:
- Quick problem detection without interrupting service & Prevention of premature failure and extension of equipment life.
- Identification of potentially dangerous or hazardous equipment &Quickly identify areas of energy wastage and cost savings.
* Detection of plumbing and moisture issues & Reduction in Insurance Claims.
* Effective infrared scanning to prevent down-time
Thermal Imaging in Electrical System: * To ensure the integrity of electrical installations for reduced down time, fire and safety, or assurance company compliance, we highly recommend performing
* Infrared Thermal Imaging of electrical installations to find overheating in connections and components, or faulty components.
* General inspection areas are: Electrical inspections in buildings, plants, facilities, refineries & Overhead urban and rural distribution electrical inspections.
* Substation Electrical inspections, transformers and capacitor evaluation & Power generation generator inspections.
* Circuit board, Distribution board and Main Switchboard inspections & Power distribution units.
* 60-70% of fire claims can be linked to electrical issues.
Predictive Maintenance:* In today’s industrial plants it is essential that unplanned breakdowns and the resultant costly loss of production is kept to an absolute minimum.
* Thermography in maintenance applications is based on the fact that most components show an increase in temperature when malfunctioning and faults steadily get worse before failure.
* Inspections can be made under full operational conditions and hence there is no loss of production.
* Equipment life can be extended.
* Plant downtime may be reduced
* Plant reliability may be increased.
* Plant repairs scheduled for the most convenient time.
* Quality of repair work may be inspected
Edge Electrics Report:* Included are the IR thermograph pictures of various points in the distribution. Against each picture, we present our detailed observations related to reliability and safety.
* We categorize the potential risks involved with the particular location as shock to humans, short circuit or arc flash/fire. We further provide our recommendation for the necessary corrective measure
* We recommend weekly maintenance to be done (e.g. blowing of equipments; checking of lugs, loose contacts and cable insulation).
* We pin point the exact fault generator. This may due to lose contact at terminal connections, wrong selection of contactor, or ageing Some bus bars are heating up.
* This may due to under size or overloading of the bus bars