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News Release from: Hawk IR International | Subject: C-Range Hawk IR Sightglasses
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2006
Sightglasses to safely enable
thermography scans
A multiple unit nuclear generating station has adopted the C-Range Hawk IR Sightglasses to safely enable IR thermography scans of Medium Voltage (MV) motor junction boxes.
A multiple unit nuclear generating station has adopted the C-Range Hawk IR Sightglasses to safely enable IR thermography scans of Medium Voltage (MV) motor junction boxes MV Motors, in particular the junction boxes, are the keystone for a nuclear generating station, providing a junction between large field cabling and the rotating machinery used to power coolant pumps and other critical drives
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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