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ASSET MANAGEMENT Piping Beam, To From Hoist, To Below The Hook. That’s What Complete Lifting Systems Are All About. Whether lifting steel beams or positioning delicate electronics equipment, all of the necessary products are available from a single source - CM Complete Lifting Systems. Jib cranes, enclosed track systems, crane components, trolleys, and beam clamps offer numerous options overhead, while hoists are available in electric, air, and manual configurations. Below-the-hook attachments like spreader beams, shackles, chain slings, h o o k s, a nd clamps round out the most versatile line in the industry. One authority that has it all. sive information about pipe conditions using inexpensive equipment and few personnel. Zooming’s goal is a rapid classification of infrastructure as either satisfactory or in need of maintenance, repair/replacement, or additional CCTV inspection. These classifications allow you to confidently prioritize maintenance activities, committing maintenance resources — inspection crawlers, cleaning trucks, cutters/rodders, GPS surveyors, and grouting and relining crews — exactly where they’re needed most. Inspection crawlers can’t be matched for their detailed, 360° pipe inspection, but they move slowly, require substantial investment and demand considerable manpower and overhead. By contrast, zooming allows a single operator to make a rapid visual pipe assessment using an inexpensive, ultra-portable zoom inspection camera. Zooming’s simplicity is its power. A typical zoom inspection system consists of a camera, lamps, a positioning pole and a video display. Grasping the pole, an operator orients the camera to look down a section of pipe. Starting with a wide-angle view, the operator slowly increases zoom so the camera’s view advances down the pipe. In this manner, an operator inspects the entire length of the pipe for anomalies, and then classifies its condition accordingly. Zoom inspection cameras also are ideal for inspecting tanks and vessels that provide limited access, helping avoid the hazards of confined space entry. Another benefit accrues to cleaning crews, which often work more efficiently with zoom inspection cameras. With a quick glance down a line before cleaning, and then again afterward, an operator can judge the effectiveness of cleaning, or even monitor the efficacy of a specific cutter or nozzle, in real time. Manhole inspection is an integral part of infrastructure assessment, and some zoom cameras can be adapted for wide-angle viewing. A wide field of view allows a camera to see larger regions of a manhole wall or other up-close target. It also allows an operator to capture the entire circumference of a manhole wall from a downward-looking vantage point. Commonly, use of a wide-angle lens for pipeline zooming requires a lamp diffuser to produce more uniform illumination. Flexible viewing 800 - 888 - 0985 • www.cmindustrial.com 30 Figure 5. The high-resolution digital scan captures the entirety of a pipe wall interior. www.PLANTSERVICES.com December 2007 http://www.cmindustrial.com http://www.cmindustrial.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - December 2007 Contents From the Editor: Orange Alert The PS Files: Pressed into Innovation Up and Running What Works: Samuel Adams Facility Refreshed in Cincinnati Energy Expert: Energy's "Perfect Storm" Technology Toolbox: Know Your Position Cover Story: Get a Grip on the Steamer Piping: Outside Looking In Web Hunter: Potpourri X In the Trenches: Making a Big Stink Boiler Room: Getting Educated

Plant Services - December 2007

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