Borescope Care and Maintenance: A Practical Guide for Reliable Inspections
By Paul Fitzgerald
Protect your borescope with simple maintenance habits that improve inspection reliability, extend equipment life, and help prevent costly repairs.
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What Is a Videoscope? How Industrial Video Borescopes Work
By Paul Fitzgerald
A videoscope is a digital inspection tool used to view and document areas that are difficult to access without disassembling equipment. This guide explains how industrial videoscopes work.
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Motorized vs. Mechanical Articulation in Video Borescopes: 5 Reasons Motorized Wins
By Vivek Rohra
Compare motorized and mechanical articulation borescopes to understand their control, precision, operator effort, and suitability for demanding inspections.
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What Is a Borescope? A Complete Guide to Industrial Inspection Cameras
By Vivek Rohra
Learn what a borescope is, how it works, its industrial applications, key components, types, and how to choose the right inspection camera for your needs.
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How to Choose the Right Borescope Diameter for Aircraft Engine Inspections
By Vivek Rohra
Choose the right borescope diameter by balancing access-port size, image quality, lighting, maneuverability, and the specific engine inspection path.
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Video recording or capturing still images with the VC200 pendant controller
By Paul Fitzgerald
The following procedure it to be used for video recording or capturing still images with the VC200 pendant controller during the inspection process. The following is assumed prior to system startup (see last page...
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Milliscope II Fiberscope
By Paul Fitzgerald
The Milliscope II includes the following components: Fiberscope Backend CCD camera Light Source PC Software Steps for setting up the Zibra Milliscope II: To set up the Milliscope II first...
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What Is a Fiberscope? How It Works and When to Use One
By Paul Fitzgerald
A fiberscope is a flexible optical inspection tool that carries an image through bundled glass fibers. Learn how fiberscopes work, where they are used, how they differ from videoscopes.
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Video Borescope Zoom
By Paul Fitzgerald
Zooming on your video borescope involves getting a closer view of distant surfaces. Optical zoom uses an actual lens adjustment and digital zoom adjusts the digital image itself. Optical zoom: An...
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Rigid Borescope vs Semi-Rigid Borescope: Which One Fits Your Inspection?
By Paul Fitzgerald
Compare rigid and semi-rigid borescopes to understand their strengths, limitations, and the best choice for your inspection application.
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Minimum Bending Radius
By Paul Fitzgerald
Insertion of a flexible borescope can be made difficult by the geometry of the passage; diameter, bends material and obstructions. It is important to select a flexible borescope that can successfuly navigate...
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Depth of Field
By Paul Fitzgerald
With regards to a borescope, fiberscope, videoscope or pipe camera the depth of field or focal distance is the distance, measured from the objective tip of the instrument at which...
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Fiberscope Bend Radius
By Paul Fitzgerald
The bending radius of a fiberscope depends on several factors. The diamter if the fiber optic image bundle is most important. The smaller the diameter the image bundle the more...
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