Practical Mini MBA in instrumentation and Automation
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Practical Mini MBA in instrumentation and Automation Course
Introduction:
This workshop is aimed at giving you a brilliant overview of the instrumentation industry from a basic and yet practical point of view. You will receive an excellent grounding in the fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers, SCADA systems, Process Instrumentation, and Process Control. We have distilled the key areas of each of these topics into course. While there is a considerable amount of material it is all covered in a fundamental manner and there is no intention of covering the material superficially.
Course Objectives:
A Five-day refresher and back to basics workshop going through the critical elements of each of the following topics and highlighting the latest developments in the area.
Covering:
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Process Instrumentation
- SCADA Systems
- Process Control
- Data Acquisition
- Get the latest tips and tricks from a professional in the area
Who Should Attend?
- Managers
- Consultants
- Apprentices
- Accountants
- Systems Integrators
- Technicians
- Electrical Engineers
- Electricians
- Process Control Engineers
- Automation Engineers
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Installation and Maintenance Technicians
- Energy Management Consultants
- Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
- Operators monitoring and controlling processes
- Engineers working in different areas
- Anyone wanting to get a fundamental grounding in this topic
- New Graduates
Course Outlines:
Overview
- Introduction to the course
Programmable Logic Controllers
- Hardware and Software
- Troubleshooting Tricks with PLCs
- PID Control Tips on a PLC
- Installation Tips (esp. Grounding and Noise)
- New programming standards (1131-3)
- Good programming habits
- How to improve software quality
- PLCs and PID control
- Safety PLC Developments
SCADA Systems
- Basic Operation
- Configuration of Displays & Trending
- Industrial Ethernet and RS-485
- Communications
- TCP/IP
- Internet/Intranet based SCADA
- Wireless based SCADA Systems
- OPC and XML
- Web servers
- Thin clients
Process Instrumentation & Valves
- Basic principles and operation of
Instrumentation in:
- Flow
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Level
- Latest developments in Flow (incl. Ultrasonics)
- Smart instruments
- Foundation Fieldbus and instruments
- Profibus and instruments
- Control Valves
- Types
- Smart Valves
- Tips and traps with Valves
Data Acquisition
- Configuration of a Data Logger
- Tips and Traps in collecting data
- Earthing and Isolation Tips
- Ethernet and RS-485 Communications
- Wireless based Data Acquisition
- Latest Developments in
- Data Acquisition
Process Control
- Fundamentals of Process Control
- How to handle Instability of Systems
- Feedback Control
- Basics of PID Tuning
- Cascade Control
- How to handle long dead time processes
- Feedforward Control
- Tuning and cascade control
- Feedback and Feedforward control
- “New” tuning techniques e.g. lambda
