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Shielding Effectiveness Testing

Unclassified

Location: Northern Virginia. This course will be held at a working electromagnetic compatibility laboratory.

At first glance, shielding effectiveness tests seem to be fairly simple. This is not so. Consider the following: The testing environment is most often that of a construction site; A shielded enclosure rarely passes the first time, and the tester is often called upon to help locate and fix "leaks." The testing presents certain hazards to the testers and to their instruments. The intense electromagnetic fields that are generated can lead to blindness or stop a pacemaker. This course fills a long-standing and unfilled need in the shielding industry: formal training for the engineers and technicians that perform shielding effectiveness tests.

OBJECTIVE
This course covers the technical and safety procedures involved in testing shielded rooms. It reviews the most widely used testing standards, along with the advantages and drawbacks of each. Using the shielded room of a working Electromagnetic Compatibility testing laboratory, it presents practical techniques for locating and eliminating electromagnetic leaks. It provides practical advice on the selection of test equipment, and on its care and protection on a construction site. Participants will gain the ability to perform shielding effectiveness tests and to locate leaks in a shielded enclosure. They will gain the knowledge necessary to make rational and intelligent decisions regarding the selection and care of test equipment to be used in testing electromagnetically shielded rooms.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is technical in nature, but no extensive technical training or experience is required. Anyone in government or industry whose responsibilities involve the design, selection, acquisition, construction, testing, or management of shielded rooms can benefit from this practical, hands-on course.