Method for Testing a Thermography Apparatus, Designed for Carrying out a Thermography Method, for its Correct Operation, Test Component Therefor and Method for its Production

A method for producing a test component having a surface coated with a coating system, the method comprising:

• deliberately producing, on the surface, at least one region comprising a defined delamination of the coating system.

A test component coated with a coating system, comprising:

• a delamination introduced deliberately into the coating system with defined properties in at least one defined region of the test component.

A method for testing a thermography apparatus, the thermography apparatus being designed for carrying out a thermography method, the method for testing being employed to test the thermography apparatus for its correct operation with a view to the detection of delaminations, the method for testing comprising:

• employing a test component comprising a delamination introduced deliberately into the coating system with defined properties in at least one defined region of the test component, and
• detecting the at least one defined delamination of the coating system on the test component by using the thermography method employed in the thermography apparatus.