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Featured Tips are exclusive articles for our Knowledge Briefs subscribers. They are updated and rotated weekly, written by Snell instructors and consultants for those interested or involved with infrared thermography and electric motor testing (EMT).

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Take the Time to Learn your Camera’s Software

Camera software

Camera software

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Ensure that You Stay Charged Up and Ready to Go

If you were asked as a thermographer to try and identify the weakest link to be found with the variety of modern (i.e., reliable & feature

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Don’t End Up with Egg on Your Face

It is quite common for thermographers to come across strange or confusing patterns when conducting IR inspections.

Electric Motor Testing (EMT)

Has your New Motor given you Problems?

Do you or your company have a PdM program yet blindly accept motors from either the vendor or the rewind shop?

Infrared - Buildings

Excessive Air Movement can have Unwanted Impact

During the discussion of heat transfer theory in our Level 1 Thermographic Applications training, convection is discussed in great detail.

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Reactive or Predictive Maintenance?

If you do an internet search on Reliability, you’ll get thousands of hits with links to hundreds of sites for companies t

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Thermography is a Great Tool for Inspecting Moving Parts

When you hear the term “rotating equipment,” what do you think of?

Infrared - Condition Monitoring

Heat Transfer and the Effects of the Heat

Often in our classes, we are asked “what are the most interesting thermal images that you’ve taken?” I always think back to a time that I was asked

Infrared - Condition Monitoring (Español)

Rango vs. Ambiente

Solo porque una cámara termográfica posea un rango térmico que va desde temperaturas muy bajas hasta temperaturas muy altas, no significa que la cá

Electric Motor Testing (EMT)

Evaluating Current is an Important Parameter to Monitor

Energized Electric Motor Testing is an essential ingredient in any World Class maintenance program.