IRISS Inc.

06/15/2026

A site walk should do more than document what is already visible.

Done properly, it helps teams connect field observations to real reliability action, from identifying inspection gaps to improving asset access, strengthening safety practices, and building better condition-based maintenance programs.

Our latest whitepaper, Site Walks and Site Inspections: Turning Field Observations Into Reliability Action, explains how structured site walks help maintenance, reliability, and safety teams move from observation to action.

Download the whitepaper to learn how better site inspections can support safer work, stronger asset reliability, and smarter maintenance planning.

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Site walks turn real-world field observations into practical reliability action by helping industrial teams uncover hidden risks, improve inspection strategies, and prioritize smarter maintenance.

06/12/2026

One thing that surprises most reliability teams when they first add ultrasound to an IR program:

Infrared is excellent at finding faults that are already generating heat. That's real value. But arcing, tracking, and corona begin as ultrasonic events. They produce a detectable signal before they produce any thermal signature at all.

By the time infrared catches them, they have a head start.

Ultrasound inspection shifts the detection window earlier in the fault lifecycle. Earlier detection means a scheduled intervention instead of an emergency one. In some cases it means something more important than that.

Neither technology is a replacement for the other. Together they cover what neither can do alone. That's the combination worth building a program around.

06/11/2026

Maintenance teams aren't short of data. They're short of the right data, in the right place, at the right time.

Work orders without history. Sensor readings without context. Inspection notes buried in a folder no one can find. The result is slower decisions, wasted time, and technicians making calls with half the picture.

On June 24, E Sentry's Eric Thompson is hosting a free webinar on how connected condition monitoring and asset-level intelligence can change that. Less friction. Faster decisions. More confident maintenance.

Free to attend. Register here - https://buff.ly/Y3h5n1V

06/10/2026

A panel that gets inspected on the first Tuesday of every quarter is predictable. That's not the same thing as monitored. The fault that develops in week nine of a twelve-week cycle doesn't care about the calendar.

Interval-based maintenance was built around what was practical, not what was ideal. It was the right answer when continuous insight wasn't possible.

That condition no longer exists.

The teams that are ahead of this aren't abandoning periodic inspection. They're using it for what it's actually good at deep diagnostics, documentation, compliance while filling the gaps with something that doesn't sleep between visits.

The schedule didn't fail them. The assumption that the schedule was enough did.

06/09/2026

Data centers are under more pressure than ever.

AI workloads, higher power density, aging infrastructure, and rising uptime expectations are making traditional maintenance schedules harder to rely on.

Our latest whitepaper, Condition-Based Maintenance for Data Centers: The 2026 Playbook, explains how maintenance teams can use safer inspection access, thermography, ultrasound, sensors, structured asset data, and E Sentry to identify electrical risk earlier and make better maintenance decisions.

Download the whitepaper to learn how condition-based maintenance helps data centers:

• Move from fixed schedules to equipment-condition-driven decisions
• Prioritize critical electrical assets such as switchgear, UPS systems, PDUs, busway, transformers, and transfer switches
• Improve inspection safety with IR windows and ultrasound ports
• Use thermal, acoustic, sensor, and asset data more effectively
• Build stronger documentation, trend history, and action rules

Get the free whitepaper here: https://buff.ly/HvnDJFz

Data centers are under growing pressure from AI workloads, higher power density, aging infrastructure, and rising uptime expectations. Condition-Based Maintenance for Data Centers: The 2026 Playbook explains how safer inspection access, thermography, ultrasound, sensors, and structured asset data ca...

06/08/2026

Thermal cameras don't lie. But they can mislead you — and emissivity is usually why.

A polished busbar, a bare copper terminal, a stainless steel enclosure. These surfaces don't emit infrared energy the way painted or oxidized materials do. They reflect it. If your camera's emissivity setting doesn't account for that, the temperature you're reading may have nothing to do with the temperature of the component.

In electrical inspections, that's not a small error. It's the difference between catching a developing fault and walking past it.

The new article on the IRISS blog covers why emissivity matters, how to handle low-emissivity surfaces, and what best practices look like for getting repeatable, trustworthy data from your IR inspections.

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06/05/2026

Today, a lot of companies will post about the environment.
Most of them will do it without changing a single thing about how they operate.

IRISS published its Sustainability Manifesto earlier this year because we weren't willing to be one of those companies. The Manifesto is direct about what's broken like the carbon-heavy event culture, offsets used as absolution, sustainability as storytelling rather than measurement, and specific about what we're committing to instead.

The supporting white paper lays out the data, the reasoning, and the steps we're taking. It's not a vision document. It's a working framework, and we're inviting other organizations in the electrical and reliability sectors to engage with it, pressure-test it, and if they're ready, take similar steps of their own.

On World Environment Day, the most useful thing we can do is point to what action actually looks like.
Read the white paper here - https://buff.ly/jSMGpbO

06/04/2026

A significant portion of wasted energy in manufacturing facilities starts in the maintenance program and not on the energy bill.
Loose connections generating heat. Failing motors drawing excess power. Compressed air leaks forcing compressors to run longer. None of these stop production. But they quietly consume energy, increase risk, and compound over time.

The good news is that a reliable facility is almost always a more efficient one. When you find faults earlier through thermal inspections, continuous monitoring, and smarter inspection access you reduce energy loss before it escalates.

In our latest article, we break down:
→ Why reactive maintenance allows energy waste to persist
→ How thermal imaging reveals hidden inefficiencies in electrical systems
→ The role infrared windows play in making inspections safer and more frequent
→ How E Sentry and continuous monitoring keep watch between inspection rounds
→ Why reliability and sustainability aren't competing priorities they're the same program

If your team is working toward energy efficiency or sustainability goals, this is worth the read.
https://buff.ly/E0fIkMr

06/03/2026

Heat, moisture, dust, vibration, corrosion, weather, and high electrical loading can all shorten asset life and make inspections harder to perform safely.

Our new whitepaper, Industrial-Grade Design in Harsh Environments, explains why inspection access should be designed into electrical equipment from the start, especially in demanding applications.

It also highlights the IRISS CAP-ENV Series as a practical example of environmentally sealed inspection access built for rugged environments, closed-panel inspections, and long-term reliability.

Download the free whitepaper to learn how industrial-grade design can help protect assets, support safer maintenance, and improve the quality of inspection data over time: https://buff.ly/WK5YiGG

Harsh industrial environments expose electrical and mechanical assets to heat, moisture, dust, vibration, corrosion, outdoor weather, and high electrical loading. This whitepaper explains how industrial-grade design helps facilities protect critical equipment while making it safer and easier to insp...

06/02/2026

Join IRISS at the Passive Fire Protection Conference 2026 in Mumbai

When: 18 June 2026
Where: Mumbai, India

As data centers and mission critical facilities continue to grow in complexity and importance, the need for robust fire protection strategies has never been greater.

The Passive Fire Protection Conference 2026 will bring together industry experts, engineers, consultants, and facility leaders to discuss the latest approaches to protecting critical infrastructure, improving resiliency, and enhancing operational safety.

We are excited to share that Mayank Pariaker, Technical Solutions Manager for IRISS APAC, will be presenting during a special speaking session at the event. Mayank will share insights and practical perspectives on safeguarding critical electrical infrastructure and supporting safer, more resilient operations.

At IRISS, we believe safety is not just about compliance. It's about protecting people, preserving uptime, and enabling organizations to operate with confidence.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/KTAOa5t