Electrical Maintenance Module 3
This course is for Electrical Maintenance – Technicians / Engineers / Supervisors who are required or wish to develop their electrical maintenance competencies. Delegates must have an understanding of electrical principles and be computer literate.
Description
By the end of the programme participants will be able to:
- Work safely on modern industrial electrical/electronic control equipment
- Systematically interrogate a range of commonly used Programmable Logical Controllers [PLCs]
- Understand how PLCs are incorporated into modern electrical circuits
- Interpret basic levels of ladder diagrams to facilitate change
- Gain a basic understanding of variable frequency drivers [inverters]
- Carry out basic checks on variable speed drives
- Identify, understand and deal with faults involving PLCs and variable speed drives
The Programme Will Cover:
- Introduction to industrial electrical/electronic control equipment on state of the art industrial process simulators
- Introduction to generic ladder diagrams
- PLCs in electrical and electro-pneumatic instrument controlled circuits
- Interrogation of a range of commonly used PLCs
- Fault finding approaches on PLCs and variable speed drives
- Setting and adjusting process on PLCs and variable speed drives
- Practical fault finding on PLC controlled motor test exercises
- Fault finding without laptop versus fault finding with laptop to observe program running
- Practical fault finding on PLC controlled process rig
Prerequisites
All delegates must have the below experience/knowledge to attend this course:
- Understanding of relay logic
- Use of test equipment for fault finding
- Ability to read drawings to trace I/O connections to the card
- Must be IT literate
We recommended that delegates who do not meet the above criteria attend our Electrical Maintenance Module 2 course.