If you’ve been paying attention, you’d know by now that we’re very much on the PROACTIVE maintenance train when it comes to electrical maintenance.
Being ahead of the curve and finding problems arising into your network is critical if youre wanting to make the most out of your production, man hours and profit line.
Regular Thermal scanning is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to catch an issue before it shuts your plant down.
High resistance joints or loose screwed terminals under load will give off a significant amount of heat. Over time, this heat can further give the electrical connection more resistance, causing more heat and so on. Many switchboard fires and electrical motor breakdowns are caused by this exact issue. Thermal scanning can also identify unbalanced phases, overloaded circuits, water ingress and hot spots.
A trained and ticketed technician with the know how and background to correctly thermal scan can find and rectify these issues before they become catastrophic. Many insurance companies will state that your place of business shall have such an inspection periodically to be covered. Being such an effective means to identify these issues, thermal scanning is becoming more and more popular.
