Course Description Details
E600 Electrical Troubleshooting
Seminar Code: E600
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This is a three-day course is designed to familiarize the maintenance professional with basic electrical circuits, electrical safety in troubleshooting, electrical drawings and schematics, electrical distribution systems, wiring and troubleshooting of motor control circuits, electrical protective devices, and AC motors as they relate to electrical troubleshooting.
Some of the key topics covered are:
- Basic Electrical Circuits
- Ohm's Law
- Kirchoff's Law
- Series, parallel, and combination circuits
- Use of test equipment
- Hands-on circuit exercise
- Electrical Safety in Troubleshooting
- Basics of electrical safe work practices
- Lock Out Tag Out
- Personal protective equipment and electrical troubleshooting
- Electrical Drawings and Schematics
- Review of electrical print reading
- One-line diagrams
- Ladder Diagrams
- Electrical symbols
- Electrical Distribution Systems
- Transmission relays
- Transformers
- Single-phase, three-phase power systems
- One-line diagrams
- Wiring and Troubleshooting of Motor Control Circuits
- Basic control components
- Wiring basic control circuits (hands-on)
- Sizing of thermal overload protection
- Troubleshooting of motor control circuits
- Hands-on wiring and troubleshooting "bugged" control circuits
- Two-wire control circuits
- Three-wire control circuits
- Electrical Protective Devices
- Explanation of protective devices
- Fuses
- Circuit breakers
- Phase monitors
- Thermal motor overloads
- AC Motors
- Single-phase
- Three-phase
- Troubleshooting and testing
- Proper preventive and predictive maintenance
- Torque characteristics
- Why motors fail
- Meggering, surge comparison testing
E601 Motor Controls and Troubleshooting
Seminar Code: E601
Seminar Duration: 2 Days
This is a two-day course designed to familiarize maintenance personnel with the different types of motor controls and their applications.
Some of the key topics covered are:
- Review of Basic Electrical Circuits
- Ohm’s Law
- Kirchoff’s Principles
- National Electrical Code Requirements Relating to Motor Controls
- Review of Wiring - one line and ladder diagrams
- Electrical Safety Issues Dealing with Electrical Motor Control Circuits, Repair, and Troubleshooting
- Motor Control Circuit Fundamentals
- Hands-On Wiring and Troubleshooting Several Basic Motor Control Circuits
- General “Rule of Thumb” Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Practices
- Basics of Electrical Protective Devices
E602 Ladder Diagrams
Seminar Code: E602
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course teaches the student how to read basic electrical ladder diagrams. The special symbols used in electricity are learned.
E603 Grounding and Bonding
Seminar Code: E603
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course covers the basic theory and principles of grounding and bonding of electrical systems and related equipment. Safety aspects are covered in great detail.
E604 AC Motors
Seminar Code: E604
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course teaches the student about alternating current motors and their applications. Proper maintenance of AC motors is also covered.
E605 AC Motor Controls
Seminar Code: E605
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course teaches the student about the different components that "start and stop" a motor.
E606 Industrial Electricity Basics
Seminar Code: E606
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course covers the basic principles of electricity and how they apply to the industrial environment. Electrical safety is also stressed.
This course includes the information on industrial electrical subjects necessary to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain most industrial electrical equipment.
This course is not only for the novice, but serves as an excellent refresher for the experienced electrician. It is also well-suited for the non-electrician for the purpose of cross craft training. With the highly complicated interrelationships of electrical and mechanical systems in most modern equipment, this course eliminates the age-old argument of whether the problem is mechanical or electrical.
Follow-up to this course is our AC Motor Controls course, which consists of two days of hands-on fun wiring and troubleshooting common motor control circuits.
Some of the key topics covered are:
- Basic Electrical Principles, Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff's Law
- Digital Multimeter – hands-on circuit tests
- Basics of Direct Current, Series, Parallel, and Combination Circuits
- Basics of Alternating Current, The Induction Effect
- Transformers
- Industrial Power Distribution Systems
- Electrical Protective Devices, Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Phase Monitors
- Basics of AC Motors - Single and Three-Phase
- Basics of Electrical Schematics and Blue Print Reading
- Basics of Electrical Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
- Electrical Safe Work Practices - based on OSHA Standard, 29CFR 1910.331-335
E607 OSHA Electrical Safety Training
Seminar Code: E607
Seminar Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: The attendee should have a basic knowledge of industrial machinery, math, and electrical principles.
This course is designed to raise awareness of electrical hazards in the workplace, and to point out the "safe" way to work with electricity. It follows the requirements of OSHA CFR 1910.331-335 that covers scope, training, work practices, use of equipment, and safeguards for personnel protection. The Occupational Safety and Health Act is also explained, as well as electrical dangers of shock, arc, and blast.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act includes the following:
E608 PLC Basics
Seminar Code: E608
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course covers the basic principles and applications of programmable logic controllers.
E609 Variable Frequency Drive Basics
Seminar Code: E609
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course teaches the student the fundamental principles and applications of variable frequency drives.
E610 Electrical Systems/Transformers
Seminar Code: E610
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course teaches the student about different types of electrical systems. It covers the different types of electrical transformers and their various applications.
E611 Cross-Craft Industrial Electricity
Seminar Code: E611
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course is designed to teach students other than electricians the basic principles of industrial electricity and motor controls. It also addresses the safety precautions that they should take when dealing with electricity. This course is intended to help workers in industry avoid the hazards that they may encounter while performing electrically related jobs.
E612 NEC® National Electrical Code
Seminar Code: E612
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the National Electrical Code and its changes for 2011.
E613 Instrumentation Measurement and Control Basics
Seminar Code: E613
Seminar Duration: 3 Days
This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of pneumatic, electrical, electronic, and digital instrumentation.
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Process Measurement
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Flow
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Pressure
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Level
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Temperature
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Pneumatic Instrumentation Fundamentals
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Electrical and Electronic Instrumentation Fundamentals
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Digital Instrumentation Fundamentals
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Primary Elements
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Orifice plate
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Venturi tube
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Pitot tube
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Magnetic flowmeter
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Ultrasonic flowmeter
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Capacitance detector
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Ultrasonic detector
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Bimetallic devices
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Secondary Elements
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Transducers
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Diaphragm devices
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Bellows devices
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Transmitters
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Controller Modes
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Off/On
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Modulating control (PID)
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Final Control Elements (control valves)
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Instrumentation Drawings
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Introduction to Process Control Computer Systems
E614 NFPA 70E Arc Flash
Seminar Code: E614
Seminar Duration: 1,2, or 3 Days
This course is designed to teach students the current standards of NFPA 70E as it relates to the electrical safety hazard known as Arc Flash. The regulations that require the calculation of the “flash protection boundary” inside which qualified workers must be protected when working are discussed.