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Thermographer Level I

 ASNT (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING) – SNT – TC – 1A Y ANSI
(AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE) CP-189

Objective

Supply efficient tools in the implementation of processes used in Infrared Technology. We obtain this through professional training at the CIT GROUP (Center of Infrared Training) in the United States of America.

Introduction

Level I Certification Parameters

- ASNT NORM (American Society Of Non-Destructive Testing) SNT – TC – 1A and ANSI (American National Standards Institute) CP-189
- CIT Group - Center of Infrared Training
- Methodology
- Quizzes and Final Test
- Thermodynamics
- Basic Principles
- Energy Conservation
- Temperature and Heat
- Heat Transfer Mechanisms
- Thermal Equilibrium
- Heat conduction
- Newton's Law of Cooling
- Forced Convection
- Free Convection
- Radiation
- Radiant Energy
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Discovery of the Infrared radiation 
Thermography
Applications in the different types of industries
Infrared Theory
William's  Law of Infrared Radiation
Infrared Radiation
Visible Radiation
Kirchhoff’s Law of Thermal Radiation
Infrared
The nature of Thermal Radiation
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Conceptual and Theoretical Fundamentals 

- Planck's Law for radiation of Black Bodies
- Black bodies / Gray Bodies / Infrared Materials
- Wien's Law of Displacement
- Emissivity and Absorption
- Reflectance
- Transmissivity
- Emissivity
- Stefan Boltzmann’s Law
- Radiation of Background
- Emissivity and Compensation of Background
- Applying the parameters of measurement to the exact temperature
- Emissivity Measurement: Simple Technical Reference
- Measurement of Basic Temperature
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Camera / Hardware / Installation and functioning

- Field of View (FOV)
- Instantaneous Field of View (IFOV)
- Regions of Interest
- Focus (Optical Focus)
- Level (center point)
- Field / sensitivity / increase (minimum - maximum of the window)
- Emissivity Table of Materials
- Components / Connections / Configurations
- Support Equipment
- Image and perspectives of optimization
- Manners of Measurement of Temperature / Parameters
- Recognition of Reflections and Convection
- Optics / Filters
- Digital storage and recovery:  Card PCMCIA
- VCR adquisition of information
- Information on the environment: emission
- Precedents / Distance/
- Humidity/ Ambience and the temperature of reference
- Visual image: photographies, digital and analogical video, cameras
- Menu Selection of functions and options
- Checking calibration with Reference through a black body
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Heat transfer for Interpretation of Images
- The importance of Heat Transfer
- Direct and Indirect Measurements
- Instrumentation
- Tables, Scales and Conversions
- Basic Conduction
- Conductivity / resistance (isolation) basic
- Basic Convection
- Radiations
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Factors that influence the measurement of  Temperature

The Importance of the Resolution of the Measurement
- Difference between Images Size of the Cell / Rule of Approximation/ Variation of the size of the Hot Spot
- Factors:
- Environmental: Environmental Temperature, Wind,Solar effects, Temperature of reference (backround)
- Distance
- Emissivity
- Possible mistakes in the radiometric measurement
- Available Lenses in the market
- Advantages of lenses Telephotos / Long Distance Lenses
- Practical Examples of measurements in industry
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Laboratory of software for the basic generation of reports

- Introduction to the Processing of images
- Options of Image Processing
- Requirements of Hardware / Software
- Minimal Requirements of the Computer
- Methods of summary of information
- Basic Thermal Analysis
- Integration of visual image
- Minimal Requirements of the Thermographic Report
- Basic Generation of Reports
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Practical Application Workshop

The student will realize some thermographic measurements. The Student will realize a thermographic report and will present his conclusions ( If the technical facility exists)
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Test