USER MANUAL - CorDEX Instruments
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1. 1 4 Check the contents of your Infrared Camera The shipping case should include the following items TC70007TC7150 Thermal Imaging Camera e USB Communication Wand e Manual Pack e Certificate of Conformity e Neck Strap e Rechargeable Battery Pack e Lens Cleaner e Wrist Strap e Access key e Battery Charging Station and Mains Charging unit 2 For comparative thermography do not amend the emissivity setting and leave this constant every time you carry out imaging Temperature differences over time will then be valid although the ambient temperature may have changed as well as the electrical or mechanical load of the object 5 Please ensure that you fully charge the battery prior to use The battery is charged using the docking station supplied See page 7 3 Before using Infrared Camera consider the objects that you are going to image Will you use comparative thermography simply looking for temperature difference or are you going to attempt to make an accurate temperature measurement RUGGED For accurate thermal measurement the emissivity of the object will need to be considered and the camera emissivity setting corrected In addition background and reflected ambient will need to be considered as well as thermal and solar reflection and relative humidity Please Note It is recommended that users attend formal thermography training to understand the implication of these par2. an RFID tag and press hold the joystick again The RFID tag information will be displayed and can be edited See detailed RFID Section on P 11 RUGGED MENU SELECTION All other camera settings and features are selected through the menu button Press this once to display 6 icons e When the NUC icon is highlighted one press of the joystick will perform a manual Non Uniformity Correction NUC This should not be required in normal use as the NUC is carried out automatically when required A distinct click will be heard when the NUC is performed and the thermal image will be refreshed A manual NUC may be required when moving to different ambient temperatures but very frequent NUC operation will seriously impact battery life e When the analysis icon is highlighted pressing the joystick in will cycle through crosshair spot selection 0 1 2 or 3 maximum temperature display within entire image minimum temperature display within entire image See detailed analysis section on P12 The settings icon enables the user to select or deselect all of the display settings See detailed Settings section on P13 The parameters icon allows measurement parameters to be altered These include ambient temperature reflected temperature relative humidity and target distance Note that emmisivity adjustment is selected individually at each spot measurement See detalled parameters section on P14 The clock icon enable
3. automatically adjusted to display both the hottest and coldest temperature within the field of view e When more sensitivity is required level and span must be set manually by disabling auto level span in the Settings Menu and using the L Land S S buttons on the rear of the camera Start by increasing the span sensitivity to the required setting and then increase or decrease the level range so that the object is visible at the required sensitivity STORING AND ANALYSING IMAGES e The Image Save Button on top of the handarip is used to store images except when periodic save is enabled e When you want to save an image press the Image Save Button and a Save Image menu will appear Use the joystick to select yes and press joystick to save e If RFID scan is enabled in the Settings Menu you will be asked to scan an RFID tag to link the saved image to a location If text annotation is enabled in the Settings Menu you will be asked to select one of 4 pre programmed text comments After this the image is stored in the camera memory If voice annotation is enabled in the Settings Menu you will be asked to record your message Press the joystick on the Record Button speak maximum ten seconds and then press the joystick on the Stop Button to finish To review saved images within the camera press VIEW on the rear of the camera and use the joystick to select the image reguired Pressing the joystick will displa
4. CorDEX CONNECT M KS Liste x ve USER MANUAL TC7000 TC7150 INTRINSICALLY SAFE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA AUTHORITY Congratulations You are the owner of the first fully radiometric thermal imaging camera designed and certified Specifically for use in hazardous explosive atmospheres Your CorDEX intrinsically safe thermal imaging is ATEX IECEX and NRTL certified For Specific certification levels and Special Considerations for Safe Use refer to the latest revisions of Manuals 167000S0M and TC 150SOM If in doubt contact your local CorDEX Instruments Representative CONTENTS Getting To Know Your Infrared Camera 4 Getting Started 6 A Guide To Charging Your Infrared Camera 7 A Guide To Your Home Screen 8 FOCUS g Creating A Thermal Image g Menu Selection 11 RFID 12 Analysis 13 Settings 14 Rara meters 15 Level Span 16 Storing And Analysing Images 17 Technical Information 18 Ten Suggestions Fa AM AU 19 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INFRARED CAMERA mE wa H El Neck Strap Points Wrist Strap Points Image Save Menu Key Level RFID Scanner USB Connection Point Power Switch Span Level Focus Ring 135 Swivel Lens View Key Span Joystick RUGGED Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 5 GorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual GETTING STARTED
5. ameters A GUIDE TO CHARGING YOUR INFRARED CAMERA 1 7 Remove the battery from the battery compartment of the camera 2 Insert the battery pack into the camera paying careful attention to the orientation of the pack 8 Plug the mains charging unit to a mains circuit and plug the jack from the charging unit into the battery station 3 Insert the battery into the battery charging compartment on the battery charging station A green light will show that the unit has power The charging light on the charging unit will flash amber whilst the charger assesses the charge held on the battery Following this a solid amber light will be displayed showing that the unit is charging 4 When the amber light is no longer displayed the battery is fully charged 5 Remove the battery from the charging compartment 6 Insert the battery pack into the camera paying careful attention to the orientation ofthe pack Remove battery when the camera is no longer in use DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY WHILST IN HAZARDOUS AREA Rechargeable Removable Battery Mains Charging Unit Battery Charging Station Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B GorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual A GUIDE TO YOUR HOME SCREEN 1 RFID Tag Status Bar Temperature Reading Spot 141 Temperature Spot 1 02 PAN upper limit Temperature Scale SPAN lower limit E Batt
6. ature selection 2 The Hi icon enables and disables display of maximum temperature within the image as a red spot crosshair This temperature will be the same as the top of the temperature range in auto span level 3 Selecting Upper will saturate any temperature greater than the temperature selected below this option with colour selected below this option 3 The Lo icon enables and disables display of minimum temperature within the image as a blue spot crosshair This temperature will be the same as the bottom of the temperature range in auto span level Selecting Lower will saturate any temperature lower than the temperature selected below this option with colour selected below this option NOTE to better Use images ANALYSIS jpeg 6 ISOTHERM jpeg in this updated section Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 13 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual SETTINGS There are 12 icons in the Settings Menu 1 The Scale Icon toggles the display of the temperature colour scale 2 The Info Fields Icon allows display of relative humidity only reference and ambient temperatures only emissivity only or all 3 To Save battery life the Auto Off Icon allows a choice of 2 5 or 10 minutes of no activity before auto off The off setting disables this feature 4 The Auto S L Icon toggles between enabling the auto span and level setting where highest and lowest tem
7. ery Charge Indicator Ambient Temperature Selected Reflected Temperature Selected Relative Humidity Selected Emissivity Selected IW Series IR Window Correction enabled icon RUGGED FOCUS e Correct focus is critical in producing an effective thermal image Slowly rotate the knurled orange Focus Ring on the front of the lens until the object is clearly in view You may find that the best focus is easier to achieve using a grey scale palette Make sure that you focus on the object to be measured rather than the background CAPTURING A THERMAL IMAGE Switch on the Infrared Camera by pressing and holding the power switch for at least 3 seconds e Ensure auto Level Span is enabled See Settings section on P 13 e Ensure that camera is correctly focused e You should now see a high quality thermal image and be able to discern small spatial and temperature differences e Spots crosshairs can be moved by using the joystick The temperature at that point is displayed on the top left of the display When the crosshair is highlighted pressing and holding the joystick will allow the emissivity of that spot only to be changed Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual e Pressing the joystick again will highlight each spot in turn This is followed by the option for the Infrared Camera to scan for an RFID tag Place the top front of the camera within 5 cm of
8. peratures seen within the image are always displayed and manual level and span where the user can manually select span and level to adjust displayed temperature range 5 The Voice Tag Icon enables and disables voice annotation when saving files 6 Brightness Adjustment Select the backlight brightness in Levels 1 8 Level 1 being the lowest and level 8 being the highest RUGGED The Text Tag Icon enables and disables text annotation when saving files 8 11 The Periodic Save Icon allows the user to set the camera to automatically save an image every 10 seconds 30 seconds or one minute This is the Same as pressing the image save button on the camera 12 The Palette Icon allows the user to choose between greyscale black hot greyscale white hot ironbow hotmetal rainbow amber and sepia colour palettes g The Temperature Units Icon allows the user to choose either Celsius Fahrenheit or Kelvin temperature display 10 The Temperature Units Icon allows the user to choose either Celsius Fahrenheit or Kelvin temperature display Edit RFID This function allows you to edit the RFID information as you save an image PARAMETERS There are 5 icons in the parameters menu all allowing the user to input temperature measurement parameters to increase measurement accuracy 1 The Amb Temp Icon accepts input of object ambient temperature 2 The Atmos Temp Icon accep
9. roduction or uptime Choose a report software package that creates a scheduled job sheet to pass straight to the maintenance engineer RUGGED Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 91 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual RUGGED Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 23 Copyright 2015 CorDEX Instruments Limited All other brand and product names are trademarks of CorDEX Instruments Limited Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B
10. s IS AOAC 57086 Display 3 2 Backlit LCD Software CorDEX CONNECT Included Batteries Removable and Rechargeable Battery Life RUGGED Upto 8 hours If you are looking for temperatures above or below a temperature threshold use an isotherm or maximum temperature within an area feature to clearly highlight any excess These features save time and increase awareness as surveys can take several hours where fatigue could cause an important anomaly to be overlooked Use infrared windows to image electrical switehgear under full load in safety Never open cabinet doors or override protection devices this will put you at serious risk of injury from arc flash Even a change of airflow or dust and debris being dislodged can trigger an arc flash incident Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 19 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual 9 Always store images and relate them where possible to visible images when building a Report This makes it easier to pinpoint the fault for scheduled maintenance Choose a reporting software package that makes this process simple and consider installing RFID tags to link measurements from different technologies to one specific location 10 Report critical items separately in the Report E and draw attention to them clearly the whole idea of thermography for preventive maintenance is to find faults and fix them before they cause a breakdown and loss of p
11. s setting of all time and date information The info icon displays camera serial number internal memory used remaining internal memory and battery capacity Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 1il GorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual RFID e When an RFID tag is located an RFID details menu will be displayed which shows the hexadecimal identification of the RFID tag itis recommended that an alias is then added for future identification the tag location Use the joystick to highlight the alias section complete with selecting OK and then input a simple description through the gwerty options complete with selecting OK this can be edited later in CorDEX CONNECT e Select whether the RFID Tag is built into a CorDEX IR window IW2000 IW3000 IW4000 or if it is a stand alone tag NON CDX e With the RFID tag editing complete select SAVE to store this information for future use RUGGED ANALYSIS The analysis menu is split into two sections Spots and Isotherms Selecting Spots enables live spot measurement mode with three options 1 ji je eae ti rs isotherms LE is EU pl per wer Upper Y T milite 4 H j sia Selecting Isotherms enables live isotherm analysis 1 The No spots icon allows choice of 0 1 2 or 3 temperature spots crosshairs within the display that will update in real time 2 There are two options Upper and Lower each option having a colour and temper
12. te temperature discrimination and measurement Focus should always be set to the object being measured even if this means that a surrounding area may be out of focus 3 Always consider the object emissivity first if you want to come close to an accurate temperature measurement but remember that regular comparative thermography will also show temperature changes leading to potential failure 7 Detector 320 x 240 uncooled microbolometer Thermal Sensitivity NETD 50mMK Spectral Range 8um to 14um Field of View FOV eo 10 58 Spatial resolution IFOV 1 38 mrad Minimum focus distance 4 10cm Lens ele Image Capture File Storage 8GB File Formats CDX Radiometric JPEG Non radiometric Voice Annotation YES RFID Tag Reader General Operating Temperature e Operates with 13 54MHz passive tags e Detection range up to 5cm 1 9in e SupportsISO IEC15693 2 S0 IEC18000 3 tag formats 4 F to 104 F 20 C to 40 C If working in a Zone 1 Hazardous area ensure that your thermal imaging camera is marked with the appropriate certification to avoid risk of explosion Employers are required to identify hazardous areas clearly for both employees and contractors 4 For comparative thermography ensure that thermal camera settings and especially emissivity remain consistent Ideally system load should also be similar although this is often impractical 8 Storage Temperature 40
13. ts input of atmospheric temperature 3 The Rel Humidity Icon accepts input of relative humidity 4 The Target Dist Icon accepts input of camera distance from target object Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 15 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual PARAMETERS CONTINUED Moving a spot and setting its emissivity There are three measurement spot options made available within your camera Each spot has an individual measurement function as the target material between spots maybe different To access and adjust the individual spot location and emissivity 1 In the live view mode momentarily press the Joystick until the spot you want to adjust is highlighted in green at the top of the display 2 To move the spot to the desired location on the screen use the joystick RUGGED When the spot is located in the correct position press and hold the joystick for 3 second and the emissivity setting will appear in grey adjacent to the spot To alter the Spot emissivity move the joystick left and right The value can be set from 0 3 1 0 in 0 01 increments To accept the adjustment press the joystick in once more LEVEL SPAN Two settings are fundamental to obtaining an effective thermal image the first is clear focus and the second is the correct thermal range which is adjusted by Level and Span Settings e With Auto Level and Span enabled in the Settings Menu the range is
14. y the stored image full size on the camera display showing all of the parameters displayed when the image was saved Moving the joystick up and down will change the display colour palette Document Reference TC7000 TC7150UM Rev B 17 CorDEX TC7000 TC7150 User Manual Certificate Information ATEX IECEx Certificate No TRAC12ATEXDO37X 7 IECEX TRE 12 0019X ATEX IECEx Certificate Types o EX ib IIC T4 6D Tamo 076 t0 lt 0 Vapon EI T2006 Do Tenio 1016 0 06 Dusi e Ex ib Mb Mining MET Listing No ESG MET North American Certificate Type Temperature Information Measurement Range Class Division 2 Class II Division 2 Class III ete AF20 1050056 Accuracy Imaging Image Frequency 2 C or 2 of reading QHz TEN SUGGESTIONS FOR THERMOGRAPHY BEST PRACTICE 5 Ensure that the electrical or mechanical system you are imaging is running fully loaded to highlight thermal anomalies A fully loaded system will generate higher temperature differential making it simpler to identify problems 2 Observe a scene from different angles to minimise thermal reflection as an unusual warm area could just be your own thermal reflection Minimise solar reflection on display screens outdoors by changing your stance or swivelling the lens to eliminate reflection 6 Ensure your image is in focus this is important not only for image clarity but also accura
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