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23rd July 07 - Hired
Videoscopes reduce inspection costs
Hired
Videoscopes reduce inspection costs
 Following
a series of trials, ABB consultants have demonstrated that hired
videoscopes from Ashtead Technology Rentals can save substantial
amounts of money and time in the routine inspection of cooling
towers.
Cooling tower inspections include a physical examination of the
cooling pack to check for scale, slime, algae and physical obstructions,
any of which could harbour Legionella bacteria as well as hamper
the performance of the cooling system.
In the past, it has been common practice to remove the cooling
pack for the purposes of the inspection and cleaning (regardless
of whether the tower needed to be cleaned or not). However, depending
on the size of the unit, this can take anything from a few hours
to two days to complete. During this time the cooling system would
be shut down resulting, in many applications, in the closure of
the entire facility. However, engineers at ABB have demonstrated
that effective inspections can take place without having to remove
the cooling pack.
Ashtead specialises in instrument hire and their Andy Cleaver
says “The iPLEX endoscopes are extremely flexible inspection
tools, finding application in a wide variety of applications.
We have many customers, in almost every industry, that need to
undertake visual inspections in areas that are difficult to access
and the facility to rent an iPLEX provides them with the latest
technology that would otherwise be expensive to purchase.”
ABB’s Melvin Hall says he is “confident that, in most
cases, deployment of the iPLEX endoscopes from Ashtead can negate
the requirement to dismantle cooling packs for the purposes of
inspection.”
In summary, following work at a number of sites, ABB has demonstrated
that hired videoscopes can reduce inspection times, and thereby
minimise shut-down times from as much as 2 days down to as little
as one hour.
For further information, contact: James Carlyle, General Manager,
Ashtead Technology Rentals, Tel. 0845 270 2707, Email james.carlyle@ashtead-technology.com,
www.ashtead-technology.com
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