Recently a customer rented a video borescope to remotely inspect the interior condition of their boiler tubes. The images they saw quickly told the story of the condition of their boiler. The video borescope inspection of the boiler tubes showed common problems such as pitting, corrosion, cracking, scale deposits and other defects.
Borescope Inspection of Boiler Tube
Most refineries, power plants and chemical plants conduct remote visual inspections of the waterside of each fired boiler during the annual or bi-annual outage. The purpose of this inspection is to ensure that the corrosion and deposit control program is consistent with industry standards to preserve boiler reliability. A video borescope, videoscope or small diameter boiler tube camera is the perfect tool to visually asses the condition of a boiler. The inspector simply snakes the video borescope camera down the boiler tube from one end to the other. As the inspector pulls the camera back towards him he can view the condition and record the inspection.
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About Paul Fitzgerald
Paul C. Fitzgerald, President and CEO, Advanced Inspection Technologies Inc. has been involved in the remote visual inspection industry (RVI), Since leaving the US Marines in 1992.
He has a background in business with an economics degree from the University of Rochester and an MBA from Florida Metropolitan University. He served in the United States Marine Corps as an artillery officer. Mr. Fitzgerald is a veteran of Desert Storm.
Mr. Fitzgerald began his remote visual inspection career with Schott Fiber Optics where he was responsible for sales throughout the southeastern United States. He was a founding member of Everest Imaging (later GE Inspection Technologies) in 1996 and took on responsibility for sales in Florida and the Caribbean. Mr. Fitzgerald founded Advanced Inspection Technologies in 2008 to offer remote visual inspection solutions throughout North America.
His background and experience have given him an excellent overview of the remote visual inspection industry. He has years of experience with RVI applications across multiple industries, applications and geographical areas using a wide variety of available instruments and technology. Now Mr. Fitzgerald is able to share his knowledge and experience through this Blog.
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