SKF TKTI 10 Instructions For Use Manual

Brand: SKF

Model: TKTI 10

Type: Instructions For Use Manual

Instructions for use

SKF TKTI 10

2 SKF TKTI 10

EC Declaration of conformity ....................................................................................3

Safety recommendations ..........................................................................................4

1. Description .......................................................................................................5

2. Getting started .................................................................................................5

2.1 Contents.......................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Charginginternalbattery............................................................................................. 6

3. Basic features of the SKF Thermal Camera TKTI 10 ..........................................7

3.1 Hardware........................................................................................................................ 7

3.2 SwitchingontheTKTI10............................................................................................. 8

3.3 Focusing.......................................................................................................................... 8

3.4 Usingthelaserpointer................................................................................................. 9

3.5 Fieldofview..................................................................................................................10

4. Using the direct access buttons .......................................................................10

4.1 Directaccessbutton1................................................................................................11

4.2 Directaccessbutton2................................................................................................13

4.3 Directaccessbutton3................................................................................................14

4.4 Directaccessbutton4...............................................................................................14

 4.4.1MenuInfraredSettings...................................................................................15

 4.4.2MenuMeasurementOptions...........................................................................17

 4.4.3MenuCameraSettings.....................................................................................20

 4.4.4MenuAudioSettings........................................................................................21

 4.4.5MenuImageBrower.........................................................................................22

 4.4.6MenuDate&TimeSettings............................................................................22

 4.4.7MenuLanguageSelection...............................................................................23

5. Saving and annotating pictures.......................................................................24

5.1 Savingapicture...........................................................................................................24

5.2 Addingavoicemessage.............................................................................................24

5.3 AddingaCaption.........................................................................................................25

6. Technical specications ...................................................................................27

Table of contents

3SKF TKTI 10

EC Declaration of conformity

We,SKFMaintenanceProducts,Kelvinbaan16,

3439MTNieuwegein,declarethat

SKF Thermal Camera

TKTI 10

Conformstothefollowingstandards;

• EMCDirective89/336/EECasamended

 “CouncilDirectiveontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMemberStates

relatingtoelectromagneticcompatibility”asoutlinedinharmonizednorms:

 EN61000-6-2:2005Immunityforindustrialenvironments

 EN61000-6-3:2007Emissionstandardforresidential,commercialand

light-industrialenvironments

• FederalCommunicationsCommissionregulationCFR47:2007subpart15b

Thelaserisclassiedinaccordancetothe

21CFR1040.10and1040.11exceptfordeviationspursuanttolasernotice

No.50datedJuly26th2001

andcomplieswithIEC/EN60825-1(2001).

TheNetherlands,January2009

SébastienDavid

ManagerProductDevelopmentandQuality

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Safety recommendations



Warning

• TheequipmentdescribedinthisdocumentusesaClass2laser.

Donotlookdirectlyintothelaserbeamorthelaserbeamexitaperture,

irreversibledamagetotheeyemayoccur.Thelasershouldnotbe

operatedwhentherearepersonnelinthecamera’seldofview.

Caution

• Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthan

thosespeciedinthisdocumentmayresultinhazardouslaserradiation

exposure.

• Tohelpminimizeburnhazards,beawarethatthermalimagesofhighly

reectiveobjectswillshowlowerthanactualtemperaturemeasurements.

• Donotuseinamannernotspeciedinthisinstructionforuse.

• Donotuseinexplosiveatmospheres.

• Alwaysusethelanyardprovidedtohelpminimisedamagetothethermal

imagerandpersonalinjuryaccidents.

• OnlyusegenuineSKFsparesandaccessories.Othersparesand

accessoriesmaydamagethethermalcamera.

• Thethermalcameracontainsnouserserviceableparts.Openingthe

imagercasingvoidswarranty.Allserviceworkmustbecarriedoutbyan

authorisedSKFworkshop.

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1. Description

TheSKFTKTI10isadigitalcamerawithadvancedthermalimagingcapabilities.

ItisidealforuseasaPredictiveMaintenance(PdM)tool.Thermographyisanon-invasive

techniqueandiswellsuitedformechanicalandelectricalinspections,energyconservation

andplantsafetyactivities.TheTKTI10hasalargebacklit31/2”colourscreen,which

givesaclear,sharpresolutionusinganyoftheeightcolourpalettes.Designedforeasy

operation,multipletemperaturescanbemeasuredandthedifferencesbetweenthem

displayed.Otheradvancedmeasurementoptionsarealsoavailable.Imagescanbestored

asradiometricdataanddigitalimagesonthemicroSDcard(supplied).PowerfulPC

softwaresuppliedwiththeTKTI10,allowstheimagestobefurtheranalysedandtobe

optimisedforeaseofinterpretation.

2. Getting started

2.1 Contents

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2

    1

     3

Figure 1. Contents of the case

1. SKFThermalCameraTKTI10

2. Powersupplyunit(12V)andInternationaladaptors

3. CD-Softwareandinstructions(MP5358)

4. USBcable(cameratoPC)

5. Detachablehandle

andQuickStartguideSKFThermalCameraTKTI10(MP5361)

Inspectalltheitems.Ifanyitemisdamagedormissing,pleasenotifyyourdealerorlocal

SKFofceimmediately.

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2.2 Charging internal battery

• TheTKTI10’sbatterycanbechargedinthecamerabyconnectingthesupplied12V

powersupplyunitintotheDCsocketinthehatchofthethermalcamera(seegure2;

connectionports).

• Thebatteryconditionindicatorappearsonthescreenwhentheimagerisswitchedon

(seegure3).

• Theredledindicatesthatthecameraischarging.Thegreenledmeansthatthe

cameraisfullycharged(seegure2).

• TherechargeablebatterywillpowertheTKTI10forapproximately6hours.

red/green charging indicator

Figure 2. Connection ports



Temperature

Span

Level

Spot Emissivity Reected Battery

temperature  temperature condition

StatusofDirectaccessbuttons

Theyellowborderediconistheactivefunction.

Figure 3. Screen overview

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3. Basic features of the SKF Thermal Camera TKTI 10

3.1 Hardware

TheTKTI10isdesignedforuseasahandheldthermalcamera.Youcanusethe

detachablehandleifconvenient.ThermalimagesarestoredonamicroSDmemorycard

(suppliedsizeis1GB).TheseimagescanbetransferredtoaPCusingtheUSBcable

provided.PCsoftwareisincludedforviewingandanalysisofsavedthermalanddigital

images.

Hatch

On/offbutton

4navigation

buttons&

Centretoggle

button

Screen

Directaccessbuttons1to4

Figure 4. Main camera controls

Laserbutton

Focusring

Exposure

button

Light

Digital

cameralens

Thermal

cameralens

Connectionports:

-12Vcharger

-USB

-MicroSD

-Headset

Detachable

handle

Exposure

button

Screw

Figure 5. Front panel

Speaker

Microphone

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3.2 Switching on the TKTI 10

• TheTKTI10isswitchedonandoff

bypressingandholdingdownthe

powerbutton.

• TheTKTI10takesapproximately

tensecondstobecome

operational.

Figure 6. Camera on/off button

3.3 Focusing



Sharpentheimagebyrotatingthe

focusring

Figure 7. Focusing

Ifthecameraisnotfocused,thethermalimagequalitywillbepoorandtemperature

measurementswillnotbeaccurate.Tofocusmakecertainthatthedisplayblendingisless

than100%visible(seechapter4.2).

Rotatingthefocusringinaclockwisedirection(fromuserpointofview)focusesthe

imagesatshorterdistancesdowntoaminimumof30cm.

Rotatingthelensintheoppositedirectionfocusestheimageratlongerdistancesupto

innity.

Rotatethelensuntiltheimagehasasharpdenition,withthesharpestcontrastatobject

edges.

Focused Not focused

Figure 8. Focusing

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Whenfocusing,afocusbarappearsonthescreenshowingthefocuseddistance.



Figure 9. Focus bar

3.4 Using the laser pointer

WhentheTKTI10isswitched‘ON’,thelasermaybeactivatedbypressingandholding

downthelaserbuttononthefrontoftheimager(seegure5)orthelaserpointerbutton

onthehandle.

Laserpointerbutton

Figure 10. Laser pointer button

Thelaserpointerisusedtoilluminateandidentifyfeaturesintheimage.

Note:Thelasercentreisalignedtoobjectsatadistanceof3m.

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3.5 Field of view

Figure 11. Field of view

TheTKTI10hasa20˚x20˚eldofview,anda47x47pixeldetector.

Thedetectorresolutioncanbeinterpolatedto180x180(seesection4.4.1;Interpolation).

4. Using the direct access buttons

TheDirectaccessbuttonpositionsareshowninthebelowgure.Theiconwithayellow

bordershowtheselectedfunctionthatcanbeadjusted(seealsogure3):

1. Directaccessbutton1

2. Directaccessbutton2

3. Directaccessbutton3

4. Directaccessbutton4

5. Centretogglebutton

6. 4Navigationbuttons

Figure 12. Direct access buttons

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47 20˚ 20˚

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4.1 Direct access button 1

WithDirectaccessbutton1youcanaccess:

a. Alignment

b. Severalmeasurementoptions,ifenabledintheMeasurementOptionmenu.

a. Alignment (ifvisibleon :seeDirectaccessbutton2).

Asthevisibleandthermalcameraarenotco-incidentthevisibleandthermalimageoften

needtobealigned.Thisisusuallyrequiredwheninspectingobjectsatdifferentdistances.

Itispossibletoalignthethermalandvisible(digital)imagesonlyon“Live”mode.

Furtheradjustmentscanbedoneonthesavedimageswiththesoftware.

1. PressDirectaccessbutton2tolocatethecameraon/off

optionandtogglethecentrebuttontoturnthecamera

optionon.

 

2. PressDirectaccesbutton1tolocatethealignment

option. 

3. Alignmentpresetsareaccessiblewithcentretoggle

button.Youcanalsousethenavigationbuttonsfornal

adjustment.



Press left navigation arrow fully aligned Press right navigation arrow

Note: Only the digital image is moving.

Figure 13. Examples of alignment

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b. Measurement options

TobedisplayedwhilenavigatingwithDirectaccessbutton1,theseoptionsneedtobe

enabledintheMeasurementOptionmenu.

ToaccesstheMeasurementOptionmenu

pressDirectaccessbutton4

andselectthecorrecticon:

Directaccessbutton1candisplaythefollowingicons:

 Cursorone

Menu>Measurement

options>Cursors:1

 Cursortwo

Menu>Measurement

Options>Cursors:2

 Isothermlowtemp

Menu>Measurement

Options>Isotherms:(Low,

High&Low)

 Isothermhightemp

Menu>Measurement

Options>Isotherms:(High,

High&Low)

 Area

Menu>Measurement

Options>Area:On

 Hot/coldtracking

Menu>Measurement

Options>Tracking:(High,

Low,High&Low)

 Lowtemprange

Menu>Measurement

Options>Temp.Alarm:(Low,

High&Low)

 Hightemprange

Menu>Measurement

Options>Temp.Alarm:

(High,High&Low)

 Horizontalprole

Menu>Measurement

Options>Temp.Prole:

Horizontal

 Verticalprole

Menu>Measurement

Options>Temp.Prole:

Vertical

 Align

(IfCameraOn :

seeDirectAccessButton2)

Seefordetaileddescriptionofthefunctionalityoftheseoptionssection4.4.2:

MeasurementOptions.

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4.2 Direct access button 2

Whenapictureisdisplayedonthescreen,thisbuttongivesaccesto3differentoptions

with2settingsforeach(toggleusingcentretogglebutton):

1. Camera on/off

Enable/disablethedisplayofadigitalpictureblendedwiththermal

image.

Howtosetblending:

1. PressDirectaccessbutton2tolocatethecameraon/offoptionand

togglethecentrebuttontoturnthecameraoptionon.

2. Blendbetweenthedigitalandthermalimagebypressingthe

up/down,left/rightarrowbuttons.

3. Thiswillblendthetwoimagesonapercentagescale0%,25%,50%

75%and100%.

a) 100% Thermal only b) 100% Digital only c) 50% Thermal/50% Digital

2. Light on/off

Enable/disablehighpowerLEDinthefrontpanel,helpfultotake

picturesinadarkenvironment(seegure5).

3. Auto/manual temperature range scale

Auto

Automaticallyadjuststheimagetoallowforthehighestandlowest

temperatureinthescene.Usefulwhenstartinganimagerand

switchingtodifferentpartsofascene.

Manual

Theuserdenestherangeoftemperaturestobedisplayed.

Manualsettingisusefulwhentheuserwantstoexaminevarious

piecesofsimilarequipment.Inaxedtemperaturerange,anomalies

ordiscrepanciescanbehighlightedvisuallyveryeasily.

Setthespanusingtherightandleftnavigationbuttonandthelevel

usingtheupanddownnavigationbutton. 

4. Play audio (only in picture viewing mode)

Playspreviouslyrecordedvoiceannotationsavedwiththeimage.

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4.3 Direct access button 3

Thisbuttontogglesbetweenliveimageandafrozenimage

 

live  frozen

4.4 Direct access button 4

Thisbuttonselectsthecameramenus.

Infrared

Settings

Measurement

Options

Camera

Settings

Audio

Settings

Image

Browser

Date & Time

Settings

language

Selection

Menu selection

1. PressDirectaccessbutton4toenterthemenuselection

screen 

2. Navigatetothedesiredoptionusingthenavigationbuttons.

(Theiconwiththeyellowbordershowtheselectedoption)

3. PressDirectaccessbutton3orthecentretogglebuttonto

entertheselectedoption. 

Menu items

1. Arrowupanddowntothedesireditem

2. Usetheleft/rightarrowstochangethevalueofthisitem

3. SelectDirectaccessbutton4toexitor

Directaccessbutton1togobacktothemainmenu.

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4.4.1 Menu Infrared Settings



Infrared

Settings

• Emissivity

Differentsurfacescanradiatedifferentamountsofinfraredenergyatthe

sametemperature.Thisdifferenceintemperaturemeasurementcanbe

correctedforbysettingtheemissivityvalue.

Theamountofinfraredradiationemittedbyasurfacedependsonboth

itstemperatureanditsemissivity.Surfacesthataregoodreectors(e.g.

polishedmetal)arepooremitters,andsurfacesthataregoodemitters

(e.g.humanskin)arepoorreectors.Ablackbodyisdenedasan

objectthatabsorbsallradiationfallingonit;anditisaperfectemitterof

radiation.

Theemissivityofasurface(usuallywrittenε)istheratioofenergy

radiatedbythatsurfacetoenergyradiatedbyablackbodyatthesame

temperature.Foraccuratetemperaturemeasurements,theemissivityof

thesurfacebeingmeasuredmustbeenteredintothecamera.Thisisdone

byenteringanumberintherange0.10(forpolishedchromium)to1.00

(forablackbody).Anemissivitylookuptableisprovided,whichliststhe

emissivitiesofarangeofcommonmaterials.

Itisnotrecommendedthattemperaturemeasurementsbeattempted

whenemissivityvalueslowerthan0.70arerequired,becauselargeerrors

arelikelyduetoreectedradiationfromsurroundingobjects.

Setemissivityvaluebetween0.10and1.00formeasuringtemperature.

PressingDirectaccessbutton3(εTable)givesatableofemissivityvalues

ofcommonmaterialsfromwhichaselectioncanbemade.

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Infrared

Settings

• Palette (8 options)

Differentcolourpalettesareusefulinviewingobjectsandscenesfor

differentrequirements.Asasimpleruleofthumb,paletteswithalotof

differentcoloursaremorehelpfulwhenlookingforhotspotsorcoldspots,

whereaspaletteswithfewerandgraduallychangingcoloursaremore

usefulinviewingchangesoftemperaturesinasceneorobject.

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 1.WhiteHotMono

 2.Ironbow

 3.Rainbow

 4.IsothermStyle

5.HotMetal

6.HighContrast

7.16stepRainbow

8.BlackHotMono

Infrared

Settings

• Reected Temperature

This is only applicable if an emissivity of less than 1 is selected.

Someoftheinfraredenergyseenbythecamerafromasurfacewithan

emissivityoflessthan1.00isreectedbackgroundenergy.Ifthereis

ahotobjectinthebackground,thiscanhaveasignicanteffectonthe

temperaturemeasured.Byenteringareectedtemperaturevalue,the

cameracancorrectfortheeffectofthisreectedbackgroundenergy.

Usuallysettotheambienttemperature.

Infrared

Settings

• Temperature units

Choosebetween˚Cand˚F.

Infrared

Settings

• Integration. (1 low to 9 high.)

Thecameranormallyoperatesataframerateof8Hz(i.e.theimageis

updated8timespersecond).Forviewingscenesinwhichthereisvery

littletemperaturevariation,however,theimagemaybeimprovedby

integratingoverseveralframestoreducethenoise.

Choseanintegrationperiodfrom1(fast)to9(slow).

Thisdeterminesthetradeoffbetweendisplayspeedandnoise.

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Infrared

Settings

• Interpolation. (On/Off.)

Interpolationisonbydefaultasitsmoothestheimagetoprovideabetter

visualimage.Turningitoffgivesamorepixelatedimage.Someusers

maywishtoobservethescenewiththeactualresolutionofthedetector.

Actualresolutionis47x47.

Byturninginterpolationontheresolutionisinterpolatedto180x180.

4.4.2 Menu Measurement Options

Thismenuenablestheselectionofoptionsfortemperaturemeasurements.Thesymbols

shownbelowindicatetheiconsshownforDirectaccessbutton1whenthevariousoptions

areselected.

Measurement

Options • Cursors

Oneortwomeasurementcursorscanbeselected.Whentwocursors

arechosen,thetemperaturesatbothcursorsandthetemperature

differencebetweenthemwillbedisplayed.Whenoneofthecursors

isselectedbyDirectaccessbutton1,itcanbemovedaroundonthe

displaybythenavigationbuttons.

cursor centre temperature cursor temperature difference

two cursors

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Measurement

Options • Tracking

Select“High”,“Low”,or“High&Low”inordertotrackandmeasurethe

following:

• thehottestpartofthescene

• thecoldestpartofthescene

• orboththehottestandcoldestpartofthescene.

cursor centre temperature cursor temperature difference

Tracking

Measurement

Options



• Area

Areaanalysisisusefulwhenwantingtoknowthehighestandlowest

temperatureinapartofthescene.Italsoworksouttheaverage

temperature.Therearethreeareaboxessizestochoosefrom.

-Maximaltemperatureintheselectedarea

-Minimaltemperatureintheselectedarea

-Averagetemperature(surfaceaverage).

Maximal temperature Minimal temperature Average temperature

Area analysis

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Measurement

Options • Isotherms

Select“High”,“Low”,or“High&Low”inordertohighlightareasofthe

scenewithtemperatureswithinoneortwotemperaturebands.The

temperaturebandsareadjustablebymeansofDirectaccessbutton1

andthenavigationkeys.

Useright/leftnavigationbuttontosetthespanandupanddown

navigationbuttontosettheleveloftheisotherm.

Span max Span min Level

Isotherms high & low

Measurement

Options



• Temperature proles

Select“Horizontal”or“Vertical”toenableahistogramoftemperature

valuesalongahorizontalorverticalcrosssectiontobedisplayedon

therighthandsideofthedisplay.Thepositionofthecrosssectionis

indicatedbysmallarrowsattheleftandright(forhorizontalprole)or

topandbottom(forverticalprole)oftheimageandcanbeadjusted

bymeansofDirectaccessbutton1andthenavigationbuttons.

Horizontal Vertical

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SKF TKTI 10 Instructions For Use Manual

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SKF TKTI 10 Instructions For Use Manual

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