Thermal Risk Intelligence

Stop fires before there's smoke.

Continuous, contact-based thermal monitoring of electrical panels, busbars, breakers, and critical heat sources. Detect anomalies hours before failure — not after the damage is done.

See it in action

The OctosX Thermal Intelligence dashboard.

Live thermal monitoring across every monitored panel — anomaly detection, equipment health, and risk scoring at a glance.

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Thermal Intelligence

Real-time thermal monitoring and hotspot detection across facility assets.

System Online
Thermal Sensors Online
3,842
↑ 99.8% uptime
Hotspots Detected
12
↑ +2 today
Panels Over Threshold
5
> 75 °C
Thermal Risk Score
92/100
Low Risk

Breaker Temperature

Avg Temp Max Temp

Ambient Temperature

Indoor Ambient

Delta T Analysis

Critical
A-204P-005W-102M-002A-108

Highest Temperature Equipment

PanelSensorEquip. TempAmbientDelta TRiskStatus
PNL-A-204Paint Shop · Zone 2 Main Breaker L1 88.5 °C 32.0 °C 56.5 °C 94 Critical
PNL-P-005Packaging Line · L1 Dist. Busbar A 72.3 °C 28.5 °C 43.8 °C 76 Warning
MCC-W-102Welding Station · B1 Contactor K1 68.1 °C 30.1 °C 38.0 °C 62 Warning
PNL-A-108Assembly Line · A3 Feeder 4 45.2 °C 28.0 °C 17.2 °C 24 Normal
TRF-M-002Substation 2 LV Bushing C 52.1 °C 31.5 °C 20.6 °C 35 Normal

Representative product UI. Data shown is illustrative.

The Problem

Smoke detectors tell you a fire has started. That's too late.

By the time a smoke alarm triggers in your electrical room, the damage is already measured in thousands of dollars — and dozens of shutdown hours.

$1.4M
Average loss from a single industrial electrical fire
Source: NFPA
50%+
Of industrial fires originate in electrical systems and equipment
Source: NFPA
Hours
Between detectable thermal anomaly and catastrophic failure — if you're monitoring
Field observation across 10+ deployments

How OctosX Solves It

Contact-based thermal monitoring. Always on. Sub-degree precision.

Always-On Contact Thermal Sensors

UL-certified, IEC 60068 environmental-rated thermal pass sensors mount directly on busbars, breaker lugs, and cable terminations. Continuous readings every configurable sample interval — not spot-check scans.

Hot-Spot Detection at Sub-Degree Precision

Temperature readings with ±0.5°C accuracy. Multi-tier thresholds: advisory, warning, and critical — each with configurable escalation paths. Rate-of-rise detection catches accelerating faults that static thresholds miss.

Multi-Tier Alert Escalation

Dashboard notification → email → SMS → on-call escalation. Configurable per node, per cabinet, per site. Alerts include the specific sensor ID, temperature reading, delta from baseline, and time of first detection.

Insurance-Grade Event Logging

Every thermal event, every alert, every acknowledgment — time-stamped, tamper-proof, and exportable. Supports NFPA 70B inspection documentation, insurance reporting, and regulatory audits.

Thermal Risk — MCC Room B
Max Temp
73.4°C
CRITICAL
Active Nodes
56 / 56
Online
24h Events
3
1 unacked
Panel Temperatures — Top 6 Nodes
B-07
73.4°C
B-04
64.8°C
A-12
42.1°C
A-09
36.4°C
CRITICAL — B-07: 73.4°C (+3.4°C above threshold). Rate of rise: +1.2°C/hr. Maintenance notified 08:42 AM.

Sensor Technology

Powered by Thermalpas — a globally patented thermal-tracking sensor.

Conventional contact thermal sensors lose signal in the interface layer between sensor and surface. Thermalpas closes that gap with a superconductive contact layer — so the temperature you read is the temperature that's actually there.

Conventional sensor
Sensor
Standard interface layer
low thermal conductivity
Measured surface (busbar / breaker / cable lug)
TM1  «  TS

Sensor reading lags behind real surface temperature. Hotspots are detected late — sometimes too late.

Independent academic validation

Reviewed by Prof. Masafumi Kimata

Director, Integrated MEMS Sensor Laboratory
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

30+ years of infrared sensor R&D — formerly Mitsubishi Electric (1976–2004)
PhD, Osaka University (1992) — Schottky barrier infrared image sensors
SPIE Fellow · IEEE member · Japan Society of Infrared Science and Technology
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) visiting researcher since 2009
Recipient of Japan's Patent Office Commissioner Award (1992) and Ichimura Industrial Award (1988)

Prof. Kimata's lab has reviewed the Thermalpas sensor technology. A full technical brief is available on request.

Coverage

What gets monitored

Any surface that generates heat under fault conditions — and where that fault could cascade into fire, arc flash, or extended outage.

Switchgear
Motor Control Centres
Busbars
Breakers & Fuses
Capacitor Banks
UPS Systems
Motor Starters
Transformers
Cable Terminations
Distribution Panels
FRP/FFB Chemical Tanks
Server Room UPS

Who It's For

The people who need to know before the smoke alarm does.

Plant Manager / Operations Director
You cannot afford a shutdown from a preventable electrical fire.

One MCC fire can take a production line down for days. OctosX gives you documented proof that your electrical infrastructure is being watched — every hour of every shift.

CFO / Risk Officer
Insurance premiums, regulatory audits, and Board-level risk reporting.

Tamper-proof thermal logs support insurance claims, reduce premium risk for carriers who recognize proactive monitoring, and satisfy auditors asking for documented fire-prevention controls.

Maintenance Superintendent
You'd rather investigate an alert than write an incident report.

Named alerts with sensor ID, temperature trend, and time-since-first-detection give maintenance teams exactly what they need to prioritize — and exactly what documentation they need after.

Implementation

Deployed in days. No production interruption.

Thermal pass sensors mount on live busbars and terminal blocks. No panel shutdown required for most installations. A typical MCC room with 30–50 monitored points goes live in one to two days.

1
Site Assessment

SI or OctosX engineer reviews electrical drawings, identifies monitoring points, produces sensor placement plan.

2
Sensor Installation

Contact sensors mounted on live infrastructure. IPC installed in control room. Typically completed in 1–2 days without production interruption.

3
Baseline Calibration

System learns normal operating temperatures per node, per load condition, per time of day. Baseline typically established within 5–7 operating days.

4
Live Monitoring & Alerts

Platform enters active monitoring. Alerts configured for your team's escalation paths. Dashboard live for plant manager and maintenance team.

Typical Deployment

Monitored points (per MCC room) 30–120
Installation time 1–2 days
Production interruption None (typical)
Time to live alerts <48 hours
Baseline calibration 5–7 operating days

Outcomes

Measured in dollars avoided, not features delivered.

Fire Prevention

Detect thermal anomalies hours before they escalate to arc flash or fire. Documented interventions on record for insurers and safety auditors.

Insurance Leverage

Some carriers recognize proactive thermal monitoring programs. OctosX provides the documentation — continuous logs, baseline deviations, and intervention records — needed to support premium discussions.

NFPA 70B Compliance

Continuous monitoring supports the inspection frequency guidance in NFPA 70B (Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance). Export inspection-ready reports directly from the platform.

Case Study

1 IPC. 56 Nodes. 118 Sensors. Zero production fires.

A furniture manufacturer in Taiwan — high fire-risk processes, complex electrical infrastructure, and a history of MCC overheating events — deployed OctosX Thermal Risk Intelligence across their entire production floor. The system detected three thermal threshold breaches in the first quarter, each of which was investigated and resolved before any production impact.

1 IPC
Central edge device
56 Nodes
Network monitoring points
118 Sensors
Thermal pass sensors
3 Events
Detected and resolved in Q1
Read the Full Case Study

Thermal Risk Intelligence

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