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 14, 2010 – 4:20 pm
The Burrowing Owl, a California Species of Special Concern isn’t your average owl: it doesn’t live in trees, and it’s not nocturnal. It makes its nest underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and is active both day and night. But human population explosion has reduced the charismatic western burrowing owl’s breeding populations by [...]
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 Applications, Borescope Rentals, Industry Events, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge, 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 23, 2010 – 5:21 pm
Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) was contacted at 10:00 PM on a Friday night and asked if it was possible to have an industrial pipe inspection camera sent to the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant as soon as possible. AIT always places the customer first and understands the urgent needs of the industrial customers we cater [...]
By Paul Fitzgerald
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Also posted in Industry Events, Pipe Inspection Cameras, Push Cameras, Remote Visual Inspection Knowledge
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Tagged crystal river, industrial pipe, inspection applications, inspection cameras, late night, nuclear power plants, pipe inspection, pipe inspection camera, Pipe Inspection Cameras, Power Generation, power plants, responsive customer service, unplanned outage, visual inspection equipment
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November 26, 2009 – 3:28 pm
Many remote visual inspection users rely on rental borescopes to meet their periodic inspection applications. They are faced with choosing from a variety of suppliers and equipment for the best remote visual inspection equipment to use for their inspection. Typically, the most important criteria to consider are the length and diameter of the borescope or [...]
November 17, 2009 – 2:05 pm
Video Borescopes are used to inspect Porcelain bushing located on electrical capacitors. The video borescope needs to be of an 8mm or 6mm diameter for best results and 2 to 3 meters in length. Inspectors insert the video borescope inside the bushing to inspect for cracking and other damage that may impair the optimal functioning [...]
September 15, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Push cameras or pipe inspection cameras are frequently used to inspect industrial pipes for blockages. Industrial lines can become blocked due to build up of scale deposits, loose parts becoming trapped or collapse in underground industrial waste lines. Remote visual inspection of the pipe lines is typically done with long push cameras that can be [...]
September 8, 2009 – 6:05 pm
Remote Visual Inspection Rentals Have a Lot of Applications
Today’s slow economic environment means that the larger budgets of the past are no longer available to purchase your remote visual inspection equipment. The need to inspect critical systems at your plant has not gone away though. I have noticed that capital sales of remote visual inspection equipment is not growing as rapidly as rentals. [...]