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Accessories for the Heine Borescopes

The Dec 98/Jan 99 issue looked at the advantages of the German manufactured Heine Techno Borescope and it’s uses for wall & floor cavity inspection work within the Pest Industry. In the last issue Professional Pest Manager discussed one recent ‘convert’ to the borescope and the success he had by being able to explain to the customer he could carry out a non-invasive inspection of their wall cavity. 

Sydney based INLINE Systems importers of the Heine German borescopes also sell a range of accessories available to suit the Heine Techno Borescope and make it even more versatile for the operator. Along with the standard borescope you can also use the Heine camera adapter Part # T.00.26.176, 177&178 and the 120°x120mm Angled extension tube Part # T-00.26.090. The camera adapters come with 49,52 & 55mm threads, and these will screw directly onto the filter lens section of most SLR cameras or hand held Video Recorders. The angled extension tube, another attachment for the Heine borescope will allow the operator to get close to the eyepiece in tight spots, or close to the floor or roof level.

Adam Walsh product manager for INLINE Systems said he would be happy to answer question about a Heine scope for those who already own one or are thinking of purchasing one and would like to know more about it. 

For more information or a copy of the Heine Catalogue please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team on Ph: 02 9999-2696 or Fax us on 02 9979 8703 if you have any questions on the above mentioned items or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au  for more information.

Popular Borescope given a new name

Life doesn’t get much easier for timber pest inspectors!! In fact trying to locate termites in most buildings is quite hard. Professional Pest Managers need as much information and tools they can get their hands on, to be able to locate termites as easily as possible.
A few years ago, moisture meters became popular, to the point that some insurance companies required timber pest inspectors to carry a moisture meter with them to all property inspections. Now most timber pest inspectors own and use moisture meters. 
Now there are additional ways for all professional pest inspectors to visually inspect and document what they see in a wall or behind a lining or sometimes in a tree. This effective and essential tool is now know as the BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE

Often you wonder about the cost of these location tools but Pest Managers who carry out termite treatments regularly will be keen to ensure that termite treatments have been successful ensuring the BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE has been used to asses the situation. The cost of the BUGEYE can be offset against the quality of service you offer in both timber pest inspections and treatments. How often have you treated a property with termites to find they pop up again some months later?? If you could see into those areas that give you concern, without destroying wall linings or removing skirting boards, you could monitor any activity. You could save the cost of this precision building instrument in the price of a single large termite treatment, or a few smaller jobs. 

With the introduction of the popular Heine Techno Borescope over the last couple of years and the success stories from it’s PCO operators, it has now been given a new identity in the Australian Pest Industry. This effective and essential tool is now know as the BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE manufactured in Germany and distributed by most major pest control accessory suppliers in Australia. The June /July 99 issue of Professional Pest Manger looked at the accessories available for the German-manufactured BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE and the ability to document images through the use of the T.00.26.177 camera adapter. The camera adapter allows the user to connect the borescopes to almost any Video camera, SLR camera, Digital camera or any camera that has a thread on the front of it’s lens. Adam Walsh Product Manager of INLINE Systems ind.div. said he would be happy to answer questions on the BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE from PCOs who either own a unit or are looking into purchasing a new unit and wish to know more about it. The part numbers for the two kits are the TS-08350.9060 Focusing borescope and the TS-08230.7090 Fixed focus borescope. Other interesting news related to the BUGEYE TECHNOSCOPE is the introduction of the borescope by Mr Allen Schofield into the  TAFE Open Training Education Network. The borescope will be used for practical training techniques in certificate 3 to ensure that all new students are up to date with the very latest in trends in the Pest Management Industry. 

Fiberscopes & Borescopes

The “INLINE Systems” sales team located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches are distributors of the popular range of Heine 8mm & 6mm Automotive ‘Warm Light’ borescope inspection kits, distributed in Australia and NZ through INLINE Systems, they are a small team dedicated to specializing in borescope & Fiberscope Technology and have been in operation since 1995. Their 
products are now used by many popular Motorcycle & Automotive Companies, Racing Teams, Small Workshops to carry our visual inspection & condition monitoring procedures. Their instruments are configured to suite the majority of automotive and diesel  inspection applications and are likely save you thousands of dollars. These high quality instruments, imported from Germany allow the user rapid and reliable visual diagnosis in almost any dark cavity, e.g. combustion chambers, transmissions, gearboxes, door cavities and many more hard to get to locations. The use of Borescopes reduces dismantling time, thereby decreasing costs and increasing efficiency allowing the user to discover potential problems early, before they cause damage. 

The full range of Heine Borescopes from Inline Systems use precision optics and provide a clear focused image with true colour transmission. The instruments have a 12V halogen bulb in the tip of the probe supplying an extremely bright white light suitable for even the darkest cavity inspections and allowing the scope to be connected directly to the 12 volt supply of the vehicle. The viewing direction of 70º and super wide angled 100º Field of View allow the user to inspect the piston crown along with the cylinder walls and valve seats of the engine for damage or wear with ease. The automotive borescopes are available in 6mm & 8mm diameters and 170mm, 230mm & 350mm lengths.

INLINE Systems also import a full range of Cold light flexible Fiberscope systems manufactured by Scholley Fiberoptic in Germany along with our range of warm light rigid borescopes from Heine. Scholley’s range of Fibrescopes & Borescopes come in a vast array of configurations & sizes making it very modular with a wide variety of components for the users applications. Along with the supply of Scholley Fibrescopes & Borescopes, INLINE Systems also offers a repair service for damaged or out of Spec scopes. This repair service is more than just a repair as it involves the complete re-construction of any third party flexible Fiberscope with a Schölly image transmitting system and illumination techniques according to the latest technologies .

You receive your reconditioned instrument at a fixed price in Schölly quality and with a manufacturers guarantee. The repair price is therefore no longer dependent on the condition of the scope but rather on your chosen configuration for the new reconstruction.

Other products available from INLINE Systems include Mini Hand held Borescopes, Surface Illuminators and Mirror Probes.

The use of Borescopes within the automotive industry is of course not limited to engine inspection applications as many of our existing customers have found. Applications range from the internal examination of panel repairs and door cavities to the inspection of gearboxes and differentials. 

Please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team if you require more information or a demonstration & pricing on any of the above mentioned items or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au  for more information.

Heine Techno Borescopes & Schoelly Cold light Borescopes & Fibrescopes

Borescopes & Fiberscopes are easy-to-use optical diagnosis instruments that view, magnify and illuminate hard to reach areas. They can be extremely valuable tools for detecting many problems where the human eye can’t get. Adam Walsh Product Manager industrial division of Inline Systems in Warriewood N.S.W has found that these high quality instruments are now becoming extremely common in a wide variety of industries. Borescopes are no longer the realm of the larger companies with industries varying from Automotive and Aircraft inspection applications through to Pest Control & building Inspections, Breweries, Pharmaceutical companies, Power stations & Mining Industries through to specialist inspection applications. In an effort to cover all these application areas, Inline Systems has secured distribution rights from two German optical supply companies of these high quality inspection instruments. They are Heine Optotechnik & Schoelly Fibre Optic.

Heine, based in Munich, manufactures a comprehensive range of warm light instruments   varying from Battery illuminated viewing probes, Mirror probes, Surface Illuminators through to the very popular rigid Warm Light Borescopes. The Heine range of rigid Borescopes have two working diameters, being 6 & 8mm. Heine is the only company in the world to manufacture a 6mm warm light borescope. Both borescopes have a 12v halogen globe at the end of the tip ensuring a brilliant bright white light for almost any dark hard to get to cavity. Because the scopes have a globe at the end of the tip, you can never look straight ahead at zero degrees. However this is almost possible when using the Heine scope which has a viewing direction of 70º with a super wide field of view of 90º. 

The other extremely popular range is Scholley who also manufacture high quality cold light Fibrescopes & Borescopes being INLINE Systems second brand, to its range. The Scholley range comes in a vast array of configurations & sizes with diameters ranging from .36 mm up to 14mm with custom lengths also available making it very modular to the user, with a wider variety of components for the users applications. Adam Walsh mentioned they can always help their customers with a cost effective inspection application should the need arise. 

Along with the supply of new Flexible Fibrescopes & Rigid Borescopes, INLINE Systems also offers a repair service for damaged or out of spec scopes. This repair service is more than just a repair as it involves the complete re-construction of any third party, flexible Fiberscope with a Schölly image transmitting system and illumination techniques according to the latest technologies. So if you own a Fibrescope that is damaged don’t worry, we can offer you a free quote on re-building it.

You receive your reconditioned instrument at a fixed price in Schölly quality and with a manufacturers guarantee. The repair price is therefore no longer dependent on the condition of the scope but rather on your chosen configuration for the new reconstruction.

Please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team if you have any questions on the above-mentioned items or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au for more information.

The Snake Eye Video Inspection System

The "INLINE Systems” sales team located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches are marketing throughout NSW a totally “new” low cost video inspection tool for use in Industrial Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Aviation Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance, and many more avenues. The name of the system is Snake Eye. It is a Lightweight, modular and portable video inspection system that lets your eyes travel where you can’t. Combining a CCD camera and TFT-LCD display technology it delivers crystal clear, full colour video at a fraction of the price of current remote video inspection systems.

Adam Walsh (Industrial Product Manager) of INLINE Systems said the Snake Eye is modular in design so it can be easily configured to inspect behind most areas you can see into. Snake Eye achieves it’s versatility with an interchangeable camerahead that can be attached to a rigid wand or a finger attachment and extendable cables. The unit comes equipped with a full range of accessories and also has plug in capabilities , one of which allows the user to connect to a standard VCR to record and play back images. Another excellent feature of the Snake Eye is it’s design to function in harsh industrial environments and is constructed of high impact, heavy duty plastic that cam withstand shock & vibration. Snake Eye also resists water, dust and dirt particles and can also be used where grease and non-solvent based chemicals are present.

Important features are a light weight, compact display unit (less than 2 lbs.) this houses a high resolution (960x234) full colour 5” TFT-LCD display and rechargeable battery pack. The display
Screen has a built in protective , plastic cover and can be rotated to maintain proper image orientation for the viewer. Designed for easy one-handed operation, the display unit contains
Three colour-coded push button controls. Power On/Off, camera Head Light On/Off for operating in low light conditions and brightness adjustment to see better in bright light conditions.

Two ports at the base of the display unit allow for additional plug in capabilities. Video In/Out connects to a standard VCR for image recording and play back , AC/DC adapter and 12 volt cigarette lighter adapter allow for continuous non-battery power operation.

For further information an the Snake Eye please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team for a demonstration & pricing or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au  for more information.

Workshop Diagnostics using rigid warm light borescopes & 
flexible/rigid cold light borescopes & fiberscope

Borescopes & Fiberscopes are easy-to-use optical diagnosis instruments that view, magnify and illuminate hard to reach areas. They can be extremely valuable tools for detecting many problems where the human eye can’t get to. Adam Walsh Product Manager industrial division of Inline Systems in Warriewood N.S.W, has found that these high quality instruments are now becoming extremely common in a wide variety of industries. Borescopes are no longer the realm of the larger companies with industries varying from Automotive and Aircraft inspection applications through to Pest Control & building Inspections, Breweries, Pharmaceutical companies, Power stations & Mining Industries through to specialist inspection applications. In an effort to cover all these application areas, Inline Systems has secured distribution rights from two German optical supply companies of these high quality inspection instruments. They are Heine Optotechnik & Schoelly Fibre Optic.

Heine, based in Munich, supplies a comprehensive range of warm light instruments   varying from Battery illuminated Viewing probes, Mirror probes, Surface Illuminators through to the very popular rigid Warm Light Borescopes. The Heine range of rigid  Borescopes have two working diameters, being 6 & 8mm. Heine is the only company in the world to manufacture a 6mm warm light borescope used for diesel injection inspection & the 8mm unit for combustion chamber, gearbox, oil pump inspections. Both borescopes have a 12v halogen globe at the end of the tip ensuring a brilliant bright white light for almost any dark hard to get to cavity. Because the scopes have a globe at the end of the tip, you can never look straight ahead at zero degrees. However this is almost possible when using the Heine scope, that has a viewing direction of 70º with a  super wide field of view of 90º. 

The other extremely popular range is Scholley who also manufacture high quality cold light Fibrescopes & Borescopes being INLINE Systems second brand, to it’s range. The Scholley range comes in a vast array of configurations & sizes with diameters ranging from .36 mm up to 14mm with custom lengths also available making it very modular to the user, with a wider variety of components for the users applications. Adam Walsh mentioned they can always help their customers with a cost effective inspection application should the need arise. 

Along with the supply of new Flexible Fibrescopes &  Rigid Borescopes, INLINE Systems also offers a repair service for damaged or out of spec scopes. This repair service is more than just a repair as it involves the complete re-construction of any third party, flexible Fiberscope with a Schölly image transmitting system and illumination techniques according to the latest technologies . So if you own a Fibrescope that is damaged don’t worry, we can offer you a free quote on re-building it.

You receive your reconditioned instrument at a fixed price in Schölly quality and with a manufacturers guarantee. The repair price is therefore no longer dependent on the condition of the scope but rather on your chosen configuration for the new reconstruction.

Heine Techno - Endoscope with 6mm diameter shaft now
available for use in direct injection diesels

Borescopes are being utilised more and more to aid the professional Automotive Engineer and to give it’s operator a more accurate diagnosis in a quick efficient manner. The Heine range of Techno borescopes have been intelligently engineered and designed to give the operator a viewing direction of 70° and a super wide angled field of view of 100° which allows the operator to inspect the piston crown along with the cylinder walls, valves and valve seats of the engine with ease. The German manufactured scopes are widely used by Mercedes Benz & BMW Germany and several Australian based car dealers are now implementing the system also . In the Jan/Feb 2000 issue of The Automotive Engineer we discussed the Heine Borescope range & Schölly Fiberscope range and the various industry users. Other “new” news from Heine Germany is the fairly new release of the only known 6mm warm light borescope in the world. The new borescope carries the same characteristics as the original 8mm system only with the 6mm shaft & focusing eyepiece ideal for diesel injection inspections. 

Adam mentioned both Heine Technoscope units come with a range of additional accessories to further enhance the ease of use of it’s product. These items are the T-05.26.090  angled eye piece adapter the and the T-00.26.177, digital camera, SLR or video camera adapter. 

A recent convert of the popular Heine Techno borescope was Honda Australia’s National Training Department who last year purchased the T-05.26.302 6mm x 240mm Technoscope, for use within their training department and occasional field use. It’s main use has been within the Honda training department but because of it’s portability it has been used several times for service diagnostics In the field. A recent example of it’s field use was to determine weather valves in an engine where in fact actually sticking at idle or during warm up at idle, or was it an injection problem. 
The diagnosis had revealed it was not an injection problem. This diagnosis resulted in a major saving benefit after the diagnosis found their was no need to carry out expensive head removal. 

For further information please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team if you have any questions on the above mentioned items or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au  for more information.

Photograph , Video , Archive or e-mail images of the 
inside of an engine, gearbox or almost any vehicle component 

With Automotive technology & equipment becoming more and more user friendly and necessary to a wider range of professional automotive workshops, along comes another extremely useful tool. It’s the Heine range of German manufactured Techno borescopes, intelligently designed, allowing the operator to connect their choice of Digital, SLR or Video camera. The Heine range of portable high end borescope system has it’s own special range of photo/camera adapters designed to further enhance and benefit the operators services to the customer.

When your customer leaves their car, truck, bus or bike with a problem, it would be nice to offer a borescope inspection, along with any other diagnosis the workshop may utilise. By using the Heine borescope, you can also take photos or video footage of the suspected areas eg: Valves/Cylinder walls, Rear axle, Gearbox for signs of corrosion, wear, cracks & blockages without major dismantling.   Before quoting on the cost to repair the damage, you can save yourself and your customer a great deal of frustration and time by using the Heine Techno borescope, connected to a camera or video, to discuss and observe the problems and to decide on remedial action. 

The full range of Heine Techno borescopes are designed to integrate beautifully with most cameras on today’s market. To start taking your images you will need one of the three Heine photo adapters available in thread sizes of 49, 52, 55mm. These are the three  industry standard filter thread diameters. If you already own or are about to purchase a video camera, still camera or digital camera it is important to find out if the camera has a filter thread on the front of the lens. 

If you use a computer system that’s connected to the internet then you will be happy to know that you can also e-mail your digital or scanned images from the workshop to your customer for further observation. 

For further information please feel free to contact the INLINE Systems Sales team if you have any questions on the above mentioned items or visit our Word Wide Web Site at  http://www.inline.com.au  for more information.