Micro Borescopes that are 3.0 mm (0.12 in) and smaller in diameter can be used to inspect the interior of castings and machined parts. A micro or mini borescope can actually be as small as 0.35 mm (0.013 in). It is common that manufacturers will want to know the condition of interior channels and other [...]
A plastics bag manufacurer recently needed to shut down production on a massive plasitc press that made common house hold garbage bags. The press had developed a leak in a channel that forced the shut down. The only way to view the location and determine the exact source of the leak was with a videoscope [...]
February 26, 2010 – 12:03 am
Circulating water pumps deliver cooling water to equipment that condenses the steam coming from a turbine. This is an extremely important component for a fossil power plant that operates a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The internal workings of a circulating water pump needs to be operating at peak efficiency. It is possible for internal [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Borescopes, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, Video Borescopes, Videoscopes
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Tagged cooling tower, inspection applications, inspection procedure, power plant, turbine, Videoscopes, water pump, water pumps
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February 15, 2010 – 4:28 pm
Advanced Inspection Technologies(AIT) was proud to be able to provide video borescope rental equipment to Ad Astra Rocket to conduct an inspection of their new rocket technology. AIT has the most advanced video borescopes available for short and long term rental to customer through out North America. The rocket that the borescope rental was used [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Borescope Rentals, Borescopes, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, Video Borescopes, Videoscope Rentals
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Tagged Aerospace, borescope rental, chemical rocket, electric propulsion systems, impulse magnetoplasma rocket, non destructive testing methods, rocket technology, video borescope
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January 28, 2010 – 4:50 pm
Recently, Advanced inspection Technologies (AIT) was pleased to be involved with restoration work of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL. AIT provided a flexible video borescope rental to inspect the interior plumbing of the memorial. Engineers rented the video borescope from AIT to snake through a pipe that normally delivers water to the memorial [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Borescope Rentals, Industry Events, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, Rentals, Video Borescopes, Videoscope Rentals, Videoscopes
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Tagged Borescope inspection of Archeology, inspection applications, inspection engineers, interior condition, Pipe Inspections, video borescope, video borescope inspection
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January 18, 2010 – 2:11 pm
Since one of remote visual inspections most common applications is the inspection of turbines It may be helpful to understand how a turbine works. Air is drawn into the engine and compressed as it travel though a series of rotating blades. The compressed air then passes into a combustion chamberwhere fuel is added, ignited and [...]
January 18, 2010 – 1:38 pm
Boilers are extensively inspected with pipe cameras and video borescopes. Inspections include: boiler fittings for security, boiler feet for cracks and distortion. Pipe Inspection Cameras and Video Borescopes can be used to inspect the internal condition of boilers tubes. A boiler needs to periodically have its cooling tubes checked for imperfections. a pipe inspection camera [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Borescopes, Pipe Inspection Cameras, Push Cameras, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, Video Borescopes, Videoscopes
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Tagged boiler inspection, boiler tube, boilers, Borescopes, corrosion, cracks, erosion, inspection cameras, pipe cameras, pipe inspection camera, tubes, video borescope
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January 18, 2010 – 1:09 pm
As castings come off the foundry line, they need to be thoroughly inspected. The casting of metal may include gaseous inclusions, bits of core sand or ceramic that breaks off and falls into the molten metal, excessive flash where the molds join and other imperfections. Many castings have complex shapes and and are therefore difficult [...]
January 13, 2010 – 6:20 pm
Micro Borescopes as small as 0.5 mm (0.019 in) are used to inspect inside the smallest areas on turbines blades. Turbine blades and vanes have cooling holes to direct air inside and help reduce the temperature of the blade or vane in areas such as the combustion section of a gas turbine. Small diameter micro [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Borescopes, Micro Borescopes, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge
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Tagged blockages, Borescopes, gas turbine, non destructive testing methods, tiny openings, turbine blades, turbine components, turbines, visual inspection equipment
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January 13, 2010 – 5:48 pm
Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) equipment such as videoscopes, video borescopes, pipe inspection cameras and remotely operated vehicles (ROV) can be used for a variety of inspection requirements during outages at Nuclear Power Plants during an outage. Here are some examples of inspections that can be performed remotely using videoscopes, video borescopes, ROV’s and pipe inspection [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Foreign Material Exclusion, Pipe Inspection Cameras, Push Cameras, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, Video Borescopes, Videoscopes
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Tagged balance of plant, boiling water reactors, Borescopes, foreign material exclusion, industrial pipes, inspection applications, inspection cameras, nuclear power plants, pipe inspection, piping inspection, reactor head, video borescope inspection, visual inspection equipment
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