Switchgear & MCC Scans
Targeted thermographic inspection of switchgear lineups and motor control centers — every cubicle, every termination, photographed under load with calibrated FLIR cameras.
A certified thermographic inspection is the most cost-effective electrical-safety intervention you can schedule this year. A two-day inspection routinely uncovers loose terminals, overloaded phases and failing fuses that would cost hundreds of thousands of riyals in unplanned outages.
AlSaif Safety is a Saudi-engineering-council registered firm specializing in industrial inspection, predictive maintenance, and electrical safety services across the Kingdom. Our thermographic inspection practice combines ITC Level II thermographers, ISO 17025-traceable cameras, and reports trusted by Aramco-tier facilities and major Saudi insurers.
Since opening our Riyadh office, we have completed thermographic inspection engagements at petrochemical plants, cement kilns, hyperscale data centers, hospital networks, and Class-A commercial real estate across Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Yanbu, and Jubail. Every report is signed by a Saudi-engineering-council registered electrical engineer, every camera carries a current calibration certificate, and every finding ships with a corrective-action recommendation, not just a thermal image.
Our discipline is straightforward: we adopt international best practice — NFPA 70B, NETA-MTS, ISO 18434-1, ANSI/NFPA 70E — and we adapt it to Saudi operating conditions. High ambient temperatures, wind-borne dust, and sustained 24/7 load profiles mean a thermography program designed for North American facilities will quietly miss developing defects in the Kingdom. Our procedure controls for those variables explicitly.
Our thermographic inspection practice is structured around six distinct asset families, each with its own procedure, ΔT thresholds, and reporting rubric. Pick the family that matches your scope below; full quoting in 24 hours.
Targeted thermographic inspection of switchgear lineups and motor control centers — every cubicle, every termination, photographed under load with calibrated FLIR cameras.
Outdoor transformer bushings, lightning arresters, OLTCs, and substation steel work — full thermographic inspection coverage with arc-rated PPE and Saudi Civil Defense procedures.
Loose lugs, hot breakers, unbalanced phases — our thermographic inspection workflow for low-voltage panels finds defects before they trip or burn.
Bearing housings, couplings, gearboxes, and steam traps — thermographic inspection on rotating equipment catches lubrication and alignment defects months in advance.
Roof moisture, wall thermal bridges, HVAC ducts — building-envelope thermographic inspection reduces cooling load and prevents capital damage.
High-temperature thermographic inspection for refractory linings, process piping, insulation degradation, and steam systems — non-contact and load-aware.
Choosing a thermographic inspection provider is a question of credentials, methodology, and accountability. Here is exactly what makes us a defensible choice for your reliability program and your insurer.
Every thermographic inspection engagement is led by an ITC Level II thermographer with a current certificate and arc-flash PPE.
Our FLIR cameras carry annual ISO 17025-traceable calibration certificates — your thermographic inspection data is defensible in audits and insurance claims.
Every thermographic inspection report is reviewed and signed by a Saudi-engineering-council registered electrical engineer.
Standard turnaround for our thermographic inspection reports is 48 hours from final scan, with PDF and Excel deliverables.
Our thermographic inspection methodology aligns with Saudi Aramco SAES-P-114 and is accepted by major Saudi industrial insurers.
72-hour mobilization for thermographic inspection jobs to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Yanbu, Jubail, and Aramco contractor sites.
From the first phone call to the post-repair re-inspection, our thermographic inspection workflow is the same disciplined sequence. No surprises, no scope creep, no missing data on the report.
We confirm the asset list, voltage levels, and access constraints for the thermographic inspection engagement.
Level II thermographer arrives with calibrated FLIR camera, arc-rated PPE, and reporting tablet for the thermographic inspection survey.
Your authorized operator issues the permit; we conduct a pre-job safety briefing before any thermographic inspection access.
Each component is photographed with paired infrared and visual imagery as part of the thermographic inspection workflow.
Findings are rated per NFPA 70B Annex L — every thermographic inspection anomaly gets a severity, ΔT, and corrective recommendation.
PDF + Excel report delivered within 48 hours; engineering review call walks you through the thermographic inspection findings.
We have shipped thermographic inspection reports for facilities of every size and sector. Below are the six sectors we know best.
Refineries, gas plants, ethylene and ammonia units across Eastern Province.
Kilns, raw mills, finish mills, and packing plants in Riyadh, Yanbu, and Eastern Province.
MEP rooms, UPS halls, switchgear, and cooling plant for hyperscale and colocation operators.
Hospitals, clinical centers, and pharmaceutical manufacturing sites with stringent uptime requirements.
Towers, malls, mixed-use complexes, and hotels — main switchboards, transformers, and roof systems.
Sensitive sites with full NDA, vetted personnel, and classified-handling reporting workflows.
Every AlSaif Safety thermographic inspection engagement is performed and reported against four overlapping standards. Your insurer, your auditor, and your authority-having-jurisdiction will all find what they need in our deliverables.
Six of the most-asked questions we field every week from Saudi operators considering thermographic inspection.
A typical Saudi industrial facility with one main switchgear and 8-12 panel boards is inspected in 1-2 working days. A full plant with refractory and rotating equipment can take 3-5 days. We confirm the schedule after a brief asset walk-through.
Per NFPA 70B Annex L, a ΔT of 1-3 °C above the reference is a discrepancy under further observation; 4-15 °C is a Level 2 finding (corrective action in 90 days); 16-40 °C is Level 3 (30 days); above 40 °C is Level 4 (immediate).
An authorized electrical operator must be present to open and close panel doors and to grant the energized work permit. The thermographer leads the inspection; your operator handles switching and access control.
Wherever IR-transparent windows or apertures are installed we capture through them. Otherwise the panel must be opened under a permit. We never use a regular sight glass — it blocks infrared and gives a false reading.
No. The inspection is non-contact, non-destructive, and conducted by certified personnel under standard work practices. Our procedure does not modify, disturb, or remove any equipment component.
Yes. After corrective action, our follow-up visit re-images only the previously-flagged components, confirms ΔT has dropped to acceptable, and issues a closure certificate — typically at a fraction of the full-job rate.
Tell us about the asset, the load profile, and the access window. We come back within 24 hours with a fixed-price quote and a target mobilization date.