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Pipe Inspection Camera Helps Nuclear Power Plant During Outage

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 [...]

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Push Cameras Used to Look for Blockages in Industrial Pipes

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 [...]

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Remote Visual Inspection at Power Plants

August 18, 2009 – 10:21 am

Power Generation plants use borescopes and videoscopes extensively to reduce maintenance and avoid unscheduled outages. During outages or prior to plant start up, remote visual inspection (RVI) is used used to inspect areas of the plant that are not accessible during operation. Some common applications for RVI include:
Steam and gas turbines are inspected with videoscopes [...]

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Borescope Inspection of Boiler Tubes is Revealing

August 10, 2009 – 7:50 pm

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.
Most refineries, power plants [...]

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