Industrial Systems Training
Industrial Systems is an emerging field that integrates electrical and mechanical engineering, advanced manufacturing, and computer technology.
- 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday (10 weeks)
- Day Class
- Waco
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Estimated Cost: $4,500
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Modules Included in the Course
Description
Prepares individuals to connect, adjust, operate, troubleshoot and analyze electrical circuits using basic electrical components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, DC motors, solenoids, manual switches, relays, fuses, circuit breakers, transformers and indicators. Other key skills include adhering to electrical safety rules, reading electrical circuit diagrams, applying Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s law, using digital multimeters, interpreting series/parallel circuits and assessing power/circuit protection.
Length
48 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to connect, adjust and operate electrical motor control circuits using these electrical components, including 3-phase AC motors, reversing magnetic motor starters with overloads, drum switches, control relays, timer relays, push-button switches, selector switches, limit switches, pressure switches and float switches. Other key skills include adhering to motor control safety rules, reading ladder logic circuit diagrams, checking for proper ground connections, wiring motors for high and low voltage and interpreting common motor control application circuits.
Length
40 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to connect, configure, adjust and operate AC variable frequency motor drives using basic volts per hertz mode. Key skills include adhering to VFD safety rules, operating VFD in manual using keypad, performing normal VFD startup and shutdown, performing emergency shutdown, viewing and editing parameters, changing speed with potentiometer, interfacing/configuring external discrete I/O, interpreting error codes, resetting drive errors and configuring for acceleration, deceleration and braking.
Length
40 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to install and test/commission electrical motor control circuits using these electrical components: control cabinet enclosures, 3-phase AC motors, reversing magnetic motor starters with overloads, control relays, timer relays, push-button switches, selector switches, limit switches, pressure switches, indicators, electro-pneumatic solenoid valves, safety disconnect switches and circuit protection. Key skills include adhering to motor control installation safety rules, using proper PPE, reading electrical wiring installation diagrams, sizing circuit protection, installing components on DIN rails and cabinet panels, installing and testing ground systems, wiring motors for high and low voltage, selecting and preparing wire for installation, attaching of wire to terminal strips and components/motors and routing of wire with raceways/conduits.
Length
40 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to program, configuration, adjust, monitor and operate industrial programmable logic controller (PLC) systems. Key skills include adhering to PLC safety rules, performing normal startup/shutdown, operating PLC in different modes, performing emergency shutdown and reset, monitoring for proper operation through indicators and PC-based PLC software, configuring processor software drivers for communication to PC, configuring and loading of HMI programs, operating HMI with PLC, configuring PLC discrete I/O, transferring programs between PC and PLC processor, interpreting basic and intermediate level PLC ladder logic programs (with contacts, coils, timers, counters, math, comparison instructions), PLC project creation/editing and interpreting common PLC program logic applications using electro-pneumatic actuators and on/off motor control systems.
Length
40 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to connect, adjust, operate and analyze pneumatic circuits using these components: quick-connect fittings, tee and cross fittings, air compressors, filters, regulators, lubricators, gauges, rotameters, directional control valves, flow control valves, check valves, cylinders and motors. Other key skills include adhering to pneumatic safety rules, reading pneumatic circuit symbols and diagrams, applying the Force-Pressure-Area formula, converting absolute/gauge pressure units, performing reciprocating compressor startup/shutdown, applying Pascal’s law, setting pressure switch, filter draining, setting lubricator rate, lubricator refilling and measuring delta P.
Length
40 hours
Description
Prepares individuals to install, adjust, align, tension, operate and analyze basic mechanical power transmission drive systems using these components: motors, shafts, flexible jaw couplings, fractional horsepower (FHP) chain drives, FHP V-belt drives, spur gear drives, pillow block bearings and flange bearings. Other key skills include adhering to mechanical drive safety rules, mounting and leveling motors, testing and correcting for soft foot, installing components and shafts with keyways, sizing keys, aligning shafts using feeler gauge and straight-edge method, calculating speed and torque from component size ratios, interpreting rotary power specifications, determining mechanical efficiency, greasing bearings using a grease gun, refilling oil lubrication reservoirs, interpreting lubrication specifications and identifying component given a model number.
Length
40 hours