Case studies
Four inspection programs and what they found: infrared trending at a sawmill, a transformer test baseline, partial discharge heard inside medium-voltage switchgear, and a CSA Z32 clinic recertification.
Each case study is a real inspection or testing program run by our Level II thermographers, Red Seal electricians and protection technicians: an infrared program that turned breakdowns into planned work at a sawmill, a transformer test baseline at a pulp mill, partial discharge found by ultrasound inside energized switchgear, and a CSA Z32 recertification that caught a code requirement before sign-off. Each one sets out the challenge, what we did, what we found and what the client did next. Client names are changed for confidentiality.
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Predictive IR Scanning Keeps a Major Sawmill Running
A multi-year infrared program that catalogued, graded and trended every panel, drive and connection in a major sawmill.
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Catching a Hidden Code Violation in a Pediatric Clinic
A next-day data review during a Z32 recertification caught a tamper-resistant receptacle requirement the on-site checks had missed.
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Hearing Partial Discharge Inside Sealed Switchgear
Airborne ultrasound heard partial discharge inside sealed, energized medium-voltage switchgear and flagged it for the next planned outage.
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Transformer Test Suite Builds a Maintenance Baseline
A pulp mill's dry-type and liquid-filled transformers get a full diagnostic baseline: turns ratio, insulation resistance, power factor and oil analysis.
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