Stop fires before there's smoke.
Continuous, non-invasive thermal monitoring of electrical panels, busbars, breakers, and critical heat sources — powered by Thermalpas's globally patented sensor that reads the temperature inside the conductor, not just the surface. 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.
Thermal Intelligence
Real-time thermal monitoring and hotspot detection across facility assets.
Breaker Temperature
Ambient Temperature
Delta T Analysis
CriticalHighest Temperature Equipment
| Panel | Sensor | Equip. Temp | Ambient | Delta T | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
What You Receive
A risk summary you can actually hand to someone.
Not a wall of charts — a reviewable document: monitoring coverage, findings with evidence labels and plain-language rationale, documented limitations, and a recommended next action for every item. Explore the interactive sample below, then switch to the quiet day to see what honest reporting looks like when nothing is wrong.
Illustrative sample — synthetic data
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.
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.
Try the Alert Engine
Where would you set the line?
Every asset gets its own warning and critical thresholds, plus rate-of-rise rules that flag fast events before any fixed line is crossed. Drag the thresholds on this sample trace and watch the alert behaviour change.
Illustrative simulation — synthetic data
Sensor Technology
Powered by Thermalpas — a globally patented thermal-tracking sensor.
Most contact thermal sensors only read the skin temperature of whatever they touch — and the skin lags the inside by minutes when something starts to overheat. Thermalpas closes that gap with a superconductive layer that conducts heat from inside the conductor or pipe wall straight to the sensing element. You see internal-temperature changes as they happen, not after they've propagated to the surface.
Adheres to the outside of busbars, lugs, and pipes. Existing infrastructure stays intact — no penetrations, no welds, no shutdowns for most installs.
The superconductive layer conducts heat from the conductor core or pipe interior, so the reading reflects internal temperature — not a delayed skin measurement.
Internal temperature rises before any change is visible at the surface. Catching the rise earlier means more lead time before a failure event.
low thermal conductivity
Sensor reading sees only the surface skin and lags the actual internal temperature. Hotspots are detected late — sometimes too late.
superconductive layer
Superconductive layer pulls heat from inside the conductor or pipe wall straight to the sensor — so the reading tracks internal temperature in near-real-time.
Reviewed by Prof. Masafumi Kimata
Director, Integrated MEMS Sensor Laboratory
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
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.
Who It's For
The people who need to know before the smoke alarm does.
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.
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.
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
Adhere on the outside. Read what's happening inside.
Thermalpas's globally patented thermal-tracking element bonds to the outside of a busbar, terminal block, cable lug, or pipe — no drilling, no welding, no cutting into your infrastructure. The superconductive layer conducts heat from inside the conductor or pipe wall directly to the sensing element, so the temperature you read is the temperature inside the equipment, not a delayed skin reading.
Site Assessment
SI or OctosX engineer reviews electrical drawings, identifies monitoring points, produces a sensor placement plan tailored to your panel layout.
Non-Invasive Installation
Sensors adhere directly to live infrastructure — no drilling, no welding, no shutdown for most installations. IPC and gateway commissioned in the control room. Hazardous-area variants available where the environment requires them.
Baseline Calibration
System learns normal operating temperatures per node, per load condition, per time of day. Because Thermalpas reads the internal temperature, the baseline is more stable than a skin-temperature sensor would produce.
Live Monitoring & Alerts
Platform enters active monitoring. Alerts configured for your team's escalation paths. Dashboard live for plant manager and maintenance team.
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.
FPCC Mailiao: $12.85M saved a year, 1.1-year payback.
Across a 10-year window, FPCC's Mailiao power station lost $128.5M to four boiler-tube ruptures — each caused by a stuck-open soot-blower valve nobody caught in time. OctosX installed 276 Thermalpas RTD sensors on every soot-blower angle valve across the MHI and CE boilers. Since cutover, zero tube ruptures.
Thermal Risk Intelligence
See what's running hot in your panels right now.
Book a 30-minute demo. We'll show you how thermal monitoring works on real electrical infrastructure — and what an early detection event looks like in practice.