ultrasound testing

In today's environment, generating revenues for any industry is important. Profit margins are shrinking and often the difference between a profit and a loss can be as simple as preventing loss and improving efficiencies. Locating sources of energy waste, identifying failure conditions in electrical and mechanical systems all contribute to helping improve the bottom line.

This is why many industries around the world have incorporated some form of condition monitoring.  As opposed to the other forms of maintenance such as reactive in which a failure condition has occurred and maintenance personnel must “react” to the problem; or preventive where maintenance activities are performed on a set schedule, condition monitoring is used to check the health or “condition” of operating equipment.  Any change in monitored fields can alert maintenance personnel of potential failure and allow the repair to be performed on a scheduled, controlled, basis.

by Gustavo Velasquez and Allan Rienstra

Ultrasound as a predictive maintenance tool is used successfully for many applications in industries of all kinds.  Ultrasound is useful as an inspection tool for detecting positive and negative pressure leaks, which are commonly found in compressed air and vacuum systems.  Some industrial processes use ultrasound to identify failed steam traps, and all facilities derive safety benefits from its ability to find electrical faults.