Power plant engineers use RVI equipment for monitoring vital equipment such as turbines, pipelines, condenser tubes, pumps, boilers, heat exchangers, valves, pressure vessels and many other items of plant. 

Videoscope inspection in remote locations is made possible with the IPLEX MX-R videoscope

Reviewing IPLEX-generated images on a PC

RVI helps engineers get to the heart of problems quickly and easily, by checking for pitting, cracking, corrosion, erosion, weld and other defects, thus minimizing downtime and optimizing planned maintenance. 

A seam weld in a pipe viewed using an Olympus videoscope

A forged ’T’ lateral internal view observed using an Olympus videoscope

If access to plant is via ladders, catwalks and into cramped spaces, portability is obviously important.  Olympus Industrial has a wide selection of lightweight, compact, yet versatile inspection systems, to suit most industrial environments and products.  Products such as the IPLEX MX-R or IPLEX FX videoscope systems provide high resolution imaging in compact and mobile packages, where portability is enhanced with battery operation.

Should records of inspections be required, still and CCTV photographic equipment can be used with all Olympus Industrial instruments, and if further analysis is required, digital image recording and processing is also possible.  Olympus videoscopes and borescopes are also capable of the accurate measurement of cracks and other defects, so that informed decisions can be made prior to teardown, and records kept for condition monitoring purposes.

Power stations have many application areas for inspection with RVI equipment