Doane Infrared Services

Common Infrared Applications:

I. ELECTRICAL

1. Transmission Lines/Distribution Lines

2. Substation Components

a. Transformers - Capacitor banks - Disconnects - Switches fuses - Bus -

Relays - Breakers - Meters - Controls

3. In - Plant Components

a. Circuit breakers - Bus(enclosed and exposed) - Bus taps - Fuses - Motor

windings - Motor - Generator brushes - Relays - Meters - Switches -

Regulators - Cable trays - Circuit boards

II. MECHANICAL

1. Insulation

a. Boilers - Furnaces - Kilns - Piping - Ducts - Vessels - Tank cars -

Refrigerated Trucks - Systems

2. Friction in Rotating Equipment

a. Bearings - Couplings - Gears - Gearboxes - Conveyor Belts - drive belts -

Pumps - Compressors

3. Fluid Flow

a. Steam lines - Valves - Heat exchangers - Tank fluid levels - Exothermic

reactions - Steam leaks above and below ground - Cooling and Heating

systems - Boiler/Furnace air leakage - Pumps - Compressors - Tube

blockages - HVAC Systems

III. NON_ DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

1. Castings - Extrusions - Welds -Tube wall thinning - Composite voids -

Composite delamination - Product curing rates - Product drying rates -

Radiant heating systems - Circuit boards

IV. BUILDINGS

1. Missing insulation - Damaged insulation - Improperly installed insulation - Air

filtration - Build up moisture