Our Marine thermal imaging surveyors follow the professional code of conduct as set by the International Institute of Marine Surveying and are undertaken by qualified ASNT thermographers to condition monitoring and perform pre-voyage sea trail thermal imaging surveys in compliance with recommendations stated in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Electrical Equipment and Installations Part 7.37.1.2, the International Association of Classification Society (IACS) Maintenance & Inspection of Electrical Equipment on the Ship #57.5 and #35 and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (SOLAS, Ch.II-2, reg.15.2.10) for fire protection in the luxury super yacht market and commercial shipping industries worldwide. Our marine thermographic surveys will also help to detect:
- Detect corroded & loose electrical terminations to comply with MCA: Electrical Equipment and Installations Part 7.37.1.2
- Overloaded wiring in plastic conduit and running behind panelling
- Failing power generation equipment to failing electrical components in switchboards, even un-balanced loading
- Failing rotor or stator motor windings, (did you know: a 10oC rise above motor ratings cuts a motors' life by half!)
- Breakdown of pipe and vessel insulation
- Detect missing and degraded lagging protecting high temperature surfaces against accidental lubricant/fuel oil spillage as experienced on hot machinery surfaces, turbochargers, exhaust manifolds flanges and sensor cutouts, as compliant with the IACS & DNV rules for the Classification of Ships Part 4 Ch.1 Sec.3 & SOLAS, Ch.II-2, reg.15.2.10 and guidance from DNV Technical papers for: Hot Surfaces in Engine Rooms and Engine room Fire Safety
- Locate blocked heat exchangers, cooling radiators to fuel and oil line blockages
- Pipe thinning, internal scaling problems to process piping and perished rubber hosing
- Energy loss from faulty steam trap systems
- Overheating pump bearings, shaft misalignment, seal deterioration and belt driven equipment problems
- Monitoring bulkhead temperatures and other high temperature flashpoint surfaces (surfaces over 220o C) in compliance to (SOLAS, Ch.II-2, reg.15.2.10) search for thermal bridging between engine bay and bulkheads
- Discover structural alterations made to vessel hull
- Delamination in fibre-glass reinforced plastics & other composite materials
- We also retro-fit safety sight glass/view-port inspection windows to MCCs to safely inspect and detect failing electrical equipment in order to prevent arc flash explosions on opening electrical panel doors, and surpass those concerns as stated in the DNV rules for the Classification of Ships Part 4 Ch.4
We aim to report on the vessel condition accessible to us at the time of the survey reporting on the condition of your super yacht or super tankers' critical systems to identify problems that can adversely affect your voyage, in short, our thermal infra-red surveys dramatically improve your risk management.
