Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Free thermography seminars


Fluke offers free or inexpensive "Thermal Imaging Hands-on Seminars" around the United States. Next week alone Fluke has 6 such events scheduled, half of which are free, the others are longer, cost $99-$125, and include additional materials or test tools in the price (varies by event). These seminars are primarily run by Fluke, Graybar, or Grainger.

Fluke encourages attendance not only by professionals who want to find out more about thermal imaging in general, but also by electricians and technicians who may already be experienced in using thermal imaging.

These free seminars generally last 2-3 hours and cover the fundamentals of thermal imaging, using thermography for troubleshooting, and how to select the right imager for your application. If you already own a camera, they encourage you to bring your Fluke Thermal Imager to the class.

Fluke also offers a series of 8 free on-line seminars using Webex.   Many of these are centered around the Fluke Ti25/Ti10/TiR1/TiR Thermal Imagers, while others are more general and teach concepts applicable to all makes of thermal imagers.  The live events generally are offered once a month, run about 45 minutes long and are interactive, including in-depth discussion and Q&A time.   If the live schedule does not work for you, pre-recorded videos are available, these run 10-20 minutes and offer an overview of the topic.

Non-product-specific Fluke seminars include:
  • Introduction to Thermography
  • Energy Auditing & Weatherization with Thermal Imagers
  • Building Inspections with Thermal Imaging
  • Thermal Imaging in Electrical Applications
  • Thermal Imaging in Electro-Mechanical & Mechanical Applications
  • (See the Fluke training US site for the complete list)
If you are new to the topic, why not spend 15 minutes to watch their free Introduction to Thermography video now?  (Requires a WMV-capable player)

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