CORMS

Thermal Monitoring

Thermal monitoring provides an unobtrusive view of the condition of services in their operational condition, primarily used to detect heated elements of pumps, PDUs, electrical switch gear and data space. When used effectively it will eliminate the requirement for routine maintenance down time by profiling services and highlighting any potential failures. Initially equipment will require modification to accommodate effective thermal monitoring.

Critical organisations, i.e. those who suffer significant potential downtime costs and/or compromised safety, have an increasing requirement to mitigate the risk of unplanned power outages. Periodic thermal inspections were the accepted "best practise" for these situations; however, the latest IR technology step now enables continuous thermal monitoring of critical electrical switchgear enclosures.

CORMS utilises small plastic self-powered IR sensors, which are placed INSIDE the enclosures to continuously monitor all key components, joints etc. The sensors connect into data acquisition cards, which provide integration capability with the CORMS system. With automatic data logging, trend analysis, two alarm levels per sensor, installation ensures any increase in temperature is detected and identified. With continuous data available, the periods between conventional intrusive maintenance, requiring shutdown, can also be significantly extended.

Whilst originally designed for electrical switchgear the system has been used equally well for monitoring key plant such as motors, pumps, bearings, steam traps, gear boxes, air / refrigeration systems (evaporator coils, heat exchangers, condensers, compressors, etc.)