Infrared Thermography

See the Heat Before It Hurts

Protect Your Electrical Systems with Infrared Thermography

Infrared (IR) Thermography

IR thermography uses thermal imaging to detect heat patterns that reveal developing problems in electrical and mechanical equipment. By visualizing surface temperature changes, it helps identify loose connections, overloads, friction, and insulation breakdown before they escalate into failures. As a non-contact, real-time technique, thermography is a powerful tool for continuous or periodic condition monitoring — especially when safety or accessibility limits the use of other sensors.

Assets Monitored

Breakers/Panels

Failure Modes Detected

Loose or corroded electrical connections
Overloaded or imbalanced circuits or phases
Insulation breakdown and hot spots
Improper lubrication
Misalignment
Mechanical friction points
Cooling system inefficiencies

Customer Testimonials

"More informed replacement schedules optimize asset lifetime and performance, thereby reducing operational costs and business risk from unexpected failures."

Ethan Smith
EIT, Capital Planning Engineer
San Jose Water

“Cutsforth provided the high quality and individual detail that customers have learned to expect from a focused and dedicated subject matter expert. The close attention to detail resulted in our finding and repairing several other problems that could have been the root cause of past collector ring and brush problems.”

T.P.
Principal Engineer
Large East Coast Power Producer

"This is the first time I had a job from a company with unmatched response time, highly professional technicians, and more than 100% service satisfaction."

K.P.
Electrical Engineer
Consulting Company

InsightCM™ Turns Heat Patterns into Insight

InsightCM integrates thermal data with other sensor inputs to automatically trend temperature changes, correlate them with vibration and electrical signals, and deliver early warnings of developing heat-related faults. Using radiometric displays in InsightCM, you can define regions of interest, trend temperatures, and set alarms for early detection. Features:

Radiometric displays
User-Defined Regions of Interest
Temperature Trend
Temperature Min/Max/Avg and Delta between ROIs
Alarms

Measurement Capabilities

How It Works

Streams continuous thermal images from supported cameras
Wired or wireless camera options
Unlimited ROIs to trend min/max, average, and delta temperatures
Monitoring and alarming of transformer tanks and bushings

Sample Configurations

Supports Optris Xi410 cameras and up to seven cameras per system
Scales easily across multiple transformers, switchyard switches, and other equipment
Handles large configurations with 150 ROIs and 25 temperature deltas