In the laboratories of our schools making adequate measurements is critical to the success of an experiment, some of these measurements must be taken continuously and other instruments not so frequently an oversight can be costly and results compromised for these experiments.

Maintaining the appropriate thickness of brake drums on your commercial vehicles not only keeps them performing optimally, but can help prevent serious consequences while driving, like shattering or failure to stop. To protect the safety of drivers, Ontario adopted a new standard for commercial transportation requiring brake drum thickness measurements be made and recorded.

As technology evolves and improvements are made, we always want the latest releases and thermography is no exception to this. We ask for more resolution, a higher sensitivity, and more versatility. The question is, do we really need all this?

What is a stream trap?

A steam trap is simply an automatic valve that permits condensate to pass while preventing steam from escaping a system. A steam trap also removes air and particulates that are not condensable from space normally occupied with steam. Did you know...

Vibration Monitoring is the most common element of a holistic preventative maintenance concept called Condition Monitoring. Until fairly recently, common practice was for maintenance of many objects to be performed at regular intervals; that is, according to the calendar. Data over many decades has proven this approach to be unhelpful: equipment failure tends not to happen over time, but rather shortly after maintenance was performed.

Summers can be brutally hot, and when high temperatures mix with high humidity, it slows the evaporation of sweat, inhibiting the body's ability to release heat quickly. Heat-related illnesses occur when the body's temperature control system becomes overloaded, potentially damaging vital organs. Heat-related illnesses can range from heat cramps to heat exhaustion to the most serious, heat stroke.

What is an IR Thermometer and why would you use one?An infrared temperature sensor is a point-and-shoot device that provides a fast and accurate reading of the surface temperature of any visible object or target. When an object or target is:

• so hot (typically above 1300°C) it will damage thermometers requiring contact to measure or damage the product itself.
• in a physically inconvenient or hazardous location, or is itself hazardous material
• one of many that you wish to rapidly measure the surface temperature of an IR thermometer is the right choice

Infrared Thermography (IRT) or Thermal Imaging Camera use in commercial and industrial applications is gaining popularity as the technology, portability and compact designs of the devices improve, making them more cost competitive, and an optimal choice over traditional single point IRT counterparts.

Consider this fact: The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety advises that no legislation has set a maximum temperature above which work should stop! How, then, is an employer or sports team manager able to ensure an environment is within safe working conditions?

Repairing and preserving modern electrical equipment requires up-to-the-minute tools for commercial and industrial plant maintenance programs. But when it comes to advanced technology, maintenance professionals have generally been faced with a frustrating compromise: Expensive price tags or bulky designs. Infrared Thermography or Thermal Imaging (IRT), meters and stroboscopes offer a solution to that aggravation.

Noise is an extremely common workplace hazard. Some noises are intermittent, like the sound of a brake press; others are continuous, like a rumbling boiler. Exposure to excessive noise over a long period is likely to result in hearing loss. To reduce the risk of hearing loss reaching a point where impacts quality of life—such as when a person has trouble discerning one voice or communicate in a crowd or party—workplace noise levels can be measured with a Sound Level Meter (SLM).

Whether you’re tracking current leaks or troubleshooting problems in cables and switchgears, insulation resistance testing is crucial to the performance of your power system and equipment, and should be part of every predictive and preventive maintenance program.

Assessing indoor air quality (IAQ) is important, not only for keeping your workers comfortable during office hours, but also for keeping them healthy. Poor IAQ can be linked to headaches, fatigue, asthma and other nose and throat problems.