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Testo donates thermal imager
to support training
By Ilana Koegelenberg
T
esto SA has donated a thermal
imager to the OTTC training centre
in Springs to do their part in upping
the skills in the local HVAC&R industry. This
has been met with great interest from the
students as they explore the possibilities
of improved maintenance with this
handy instrument.
“Testo South Africa wants to assist the
local HVAC&R industry in functioning
better,” explains Clement Steenkamp,
Testo SA’s sales and market manager.
“By introducing technologies not currently
fully used in the HVAC&R industry, via
training institutes such as the OTTC, we
allow students to help industry run more
efficiently. With energy costs ever rising,
we believe that energy efficiency and
preventative maintenance are vital topics
of a thermal camera to the OTTC is a
small step in the right direction.”
Climate change and the growing
demand for energy, when at the same
time fossil energy sources are getting
ever scarcer, represent one of the
greatest global challenges. Because a
relevant proportion of emissions involve
that must be addressed. Our sponsorship
Testo has donated a thermal imager to OTTC. From left: Martin McEneaney-Nel (OTTC training manager), Clement
Steenkamp (Testo South Africa); Isolde Döbelin (OTTC director), and Hannes van Rooyen (OTTC training manager).
the building sector, special efforts ENHANCING SKILLS
are needed in this area to achieve the internationally agreed climate Since receiving the imager in October potential for making their jobs easier looking at.” That is why he is teaching
2018, OTTC training manager Martin on site. “There is so much you can do students how to think of fault-finding in
McEneaney-Nel has been showing with a thermal imager,” he explains. terms of temperature.
“But you need to know what you are
objectives, explains Steenkamp.
students how it works to highlight its
The thermal imager can be used to detect faults on compressors, making maintenance
much easier for technicians.
Martin McEneaney-Nel demonstrates the temperature difference across a cold room fan.
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