Test & Measurement Feature Articles

Insights from the Field: Streamlining Building Diagnostics and Maximizing Uptime with Thermal Cameras

Why Bigger Pixels Can Be Better

SPI Inspections provides their customers with top-notch utility system and infrastructure inspections, relying on their extensive experience in the field and advanced inspection ...

Looking to add a moisture meter to your tool bag? Here’s what you need to know to find the right tool for you.

Looking to add a moisture meter to your tool bag? Here’s what you need to know to find the right tool for you.

With winter in full swing across the northern hemisphere, the cold air (or perhaps a quick review of the last heating bill) has prompted residents and building managers to take note ...

Non-contact displacement sensors has been increasingly used in industrial automation process to achieve high quality and higher production rates while minimising errors and production ...

At a facility that manufactures critical components for aerospace companies, a technician calibrates the control system that maintains precise temperatures within furnaces that harden ...

Valves, the actuators that move them, and the electronic circuits that control them, endure tough daily use.

Technicians calibrate at the bench to ensure calibrations are effective and don’t result in degradation of performance.

Temperature sensors are often calibrated to ensure product quality, maintain proper flow or to meet safety requirements.

It’s no secret that infrared cameras, or thermal imagers, are handy for troubleshooting motor problems.

Pressure calibration can be challenging in the best of environments.

Thermal imaging inspection reports are designed to communicate findings and produce action, such as a repair order or further monitoring of equipment.

Power Quality loggers are often placed in the field for long periods, so most don’t have a display.

The great thing about thermal imagers is that, in addition to the standard lens that comes with the camera, many are compatible with several optional lenses.

In many facilities today, HVAC technicians need to know how to troubleshoot photovoltaic (PV) systems. As plants look for ways to become more energy independent, they are leaning ...

The electrical power issues that most frequently affect industrial plants include voltage sags and swells, harmonics, transients, and voltage and current unbalance.

Most problems with single-phase motors involve the centrifugal switch, thermal switch, or capacitor(s).

Whether at an industrial plant, in a commercial office, or residential home, frequent inspections of the building envelope and the environmental conditions inside are important for ...