Interesting Facts About Borescopes
With its great uses, borescopes are becoming more and more popular and useful. Many professionals use this gadget in their everyday jobs. Individuals like mechanics and engineers have their works done easily because of borescopes. There are many types of borescopes and if you are going to use one, you should choose the right type to acquire.
These gadgets can let you take a look at remote areas of equipment or a building. There is a reflecting mirror on one end of it that enables you to look from the other side. This mirror is perfectly crafted like those being used in cameras. The tubing is composed of optic mechanism that enables the images to travel to the eyepiece for the user to see.
There are two types of borescopes which are flexible and rigid. There is also a third one which is not commonly used but as effective. This is called the semi-flexible borescope. The main difference among borescopes is found in the optical relay.
About Rigid Borescopes
The rigid borescope's tube will not bend. You can also find rigid tubes that are ninety degrees. These are the two types that are widely used and are best-sellers. There are other angles as well, but are rarely being sold. If you found one, you can encounter a very heavy price tag. There are several lenses on the tube that enables the user to see the images from the inspected material. Borescopes gives the best quality inspection images. If your inspected equipment is compatible, you should use a rigid borescope in order for you to have the clearest image possible.
About Flexible Borescope
Flexible borescopes uses optic fibers for it to transmit images from the lens to the user. There are separate fiber optic strands that are also being used to transmit light from the light source to illuminate the subject to be inspected. The image quality when using fibers is sacrificed but the flexibility is met. For many users, they always want to have the best image which is a result of high resolution lenses. To get good results from the image transmission, you should choose a borescope that has more than 10,000 pixels or even more.
The fuzzy image produced by flexible borescope is because of the contrast between black and white. Because of its flexibility and ease of use, this borescope is more expensive than the rigid ones.
Market Sectors That Use Borescopes:
1.) Borescopes are widely used by aircraft mechanics. This is to prevent future repairs in internal combustion turbines. The operating lives of the compressors of a jet engine and fuel components are preserved by inspecting those using borescopes.
2.) Diesel engines are more prone to engine wear. By using borescopes, auto and diesel engine mechanics are able to prevent engine breakups and future damages.
3.) Machinists can have convenience in their finished material. Before they give it back to their customers, they can make everything sure by using a borescope.
4.) The accuracy of guns is also being ensured by using a rigid borescope.
5.) Another major use of borescopes is the inspection of building walls and ceilings. This can give data on the structural integrity of a building like water and molds.
6.) Borescopes are also used for medical purposes as well. A particular borescope being used in a human body is referred to as endoscope.
10 Reasons for Using Borescopes in Remote Visual Inspections
There are endless benefits of using borescopes in remote visual inspection. Many individuals and companies are looking forward to lower their operation costs as well as getting things done in shorter periods. You can stumble many factors using borescopes and the most essential ones are listed in here.
- There is no match for the convenience in inspecting a certain subject using a borescope. You can just insert the scope into the subject and you can see the details very clearly in just a matter of seconds.
- On the part of the client, they can have quick results for them to see the inside as well. If you are doing the inspection for preventing future damages, the clients or customers can have a full view of the subject first hand so there would be no complications along the way.
- Using a borescopes involves low costs as a first-hand user because you are not dismantling the equipment just to see what’s on the inside.
- If you are the client who hired an inspecting team for your equipment, you will also cover a nice chunk of savings in your pocket because the inspection only takes a few minutes rather than waiting for days for the maintenance crew to disassemble your material and knowing that there is only a little damage inside.
- Flexible borescopes can maneuver in bends and corners. This is a great feature that will give great help to particular applications. You can go into all parts inside the subject but due to the bending of the fiber optics inside the scope, it can only give a limited image quality.
- For rigid borescopes, these can reach great distances without sacrificing the details of the image and video results. The larger the scope lens diameter, the clearer the resulting data.
- With proper use and handling, you can have a longer business life if you are the owner of the borescope. The maintenance costs will be lower if you handle the equipment carefully on your own.
- A rigid borescope is a great choice for straight line inspections. The quality of the image as well as the video results is of superb quality for you to evaluate.
- The captured images and video recordings can be taken to other places for evaluation by other parties. This is a great feature of all borescopes because you can document the data and results without any alterations. Videos and image will always be believable against writing things down.
- As many people think about doing remote visual inspection as a way to see discrepancies, it is also a great way to prevent damages. If you or your clients see low performing equipment, then it is a factor or a subject for inspection. If routine maintenance like oil change (for engines) and bore cleaning (in gunsmith) doesn’t seem to enhance its performance, then it is time to perform a remote visual inspection to evaluate things. With those being said, borescopes are great tools to prevent future large-scale damages which costs money and hinder your operations.
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