TTC Skilled Trades Training - UAW-Chrysler.com

Industrial Maintenance:
THERMOGRAPHY (THT 200)
Course Description
The participant will learn how to use a Heat Imaging Camera to successfully locate and
diagnose heat problems throughout the plant. The knowledge given is applicable to all trades
because heat can be a problem in all types of industrial machinery and power supplies.
Learning Outcome
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. correctly operate an Infrared Heat Thermography Camera;
2. identify hot spots in rotating equipment;
3. determine if there are hot spots in hydraulic equipment;
4. locate electrical problems that are causing excessive heat;
5. perform a building scan to find areas of heat loss in roofs and walls;
6. search out and find overloaded circuits that create a heat problem; and
7. use the camera correctly to find sources of overload in power supplies.
2 hours
Course Objective
To give participants the ability to correctly use an Infrared Camera in a variety of situations
to identify, measure, and troubleshoot heat-related problems in equipment and facilities.
Major Topics Covered
• Safety
• Buss scans
• Gear boxes
• Fluids
• Pumps
• Electrical scans
• Circuit breakers
• Mobile equipment
• Molding equipment
• Hydraulic scans
• Steam valves
• Wiring
• Chemical
• Emissivity
• HVAC
• Electric motors
• Misalignment
• Rotating equipment
• Machining equipment
• Building heat loss
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course, however, all participants from each trade must
come to class with a desire to participate and learn how Heat Thermography can help them
with their specific trades.
Class Size
8
Course Duration
40 hours
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