Fundamentals of
Climatic Testing
|
|
This course is available as a custom location training option for your facility.
This course provides information about the basic elements of climatic testing, including discussion of climates and their effects, why this type of testing should be done, and the typical equipment used to do the testing, along with operating principles, characteristics, and cost factors for that equipment. Attendees will start on the road toward appropriate and successful climatic testing and will be able to ask intelligent questions when dealing with chamber makers.
Course outline Who should attend? Course materials Instructor
Course online
- Definition of climate
- Reasons to do climatic testing
- Standards to consider
- Simulation vs. field testing
- Temperature and humidity
- Usual and unusual types of climatic test equipment
- General features of the typical climatic test chamber
- Protective devices
- Overtemp/undertemp
- Heaters
- Refrigeration system
- Controller features and characteristics
- Specification of climatic simulation equipment
- Costs
- Chamber Installation
Who should attend?
I need to gain an understanding of climatic testing because:
- I need to deal with climatic testing and/or climatic testing equipment and have no prior experience in the field
- I am not confident in the testing of and dealing with equipment of which I am currently responsible at my company
Course materials
- Copy of PowerPoint presentation in course binder
- Certificate of attendance for completion of CEUs
Continuing Education Units: .3 CEUs
Instructor
David Gibbons