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"Hands-On"
Troubleshooting
Industrial Controls
Learn how to troubleshoot complex industrial control
systems and take your skills to the next level. With Troubleshooting Industrial
Controls you will learn advanced troubleshooting
techniques for typical industrial control systems.
This program includes components such as pumps,
agitators, heaters, motors, selector switches, relays, timers, and many more.
You will gain experience troubleshooting a wide range of defects on this
realistic fluid processing system simulation.
Develop the advanced skills required to troubleshoot complex industrial
control systems.
Length Of Course
3 Days.
Become a Better Troubleshooter
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Bring hands-on troubleshooting into
your lab or workplace with this realistic industrial control system simulator.
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Troubleshoot actual faults on an advanced control system simulation.
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Develop and perfect safe work practices while troubleshooting.
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Learn new troubleshooting techniques and processes for solving faults.
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Over 30 challenging faults to solve.
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Get detailed feedback on your troubleshooting process and comprehensive
evaluation of your troubleshooting skills.
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Instructor resources are available to help
integrate the software into a course.
Who Is It For?
This advanced
troubleshooting program is designed for students and electrical/maintenance
personnel who already have a good understanding of electrical systems.
It is ideally suited for use:
About the Simulation
This is a realistic
simulation of an industrial process for mixing and processing liquids. The
simulated system uses 480 volts AC 3 phase for its power portion, consisting of:
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Pump, Agitator, and Heaters.
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Motors and Transformers.
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Contactors and Overloads.
The control portion of the system consists
of a variety of components typically found in industrial control systems such
as:
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Temperature, Float and Selector Switches.
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Relays, Timers and Pushbuttons.
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Solenoid Valves, Fuses, Indicators,
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Wiring, Terminal Blocks and Wire Connectors.
This troubleshooting simulator has over 30
faults to solve. These faults simulate both electrical and mechanical failures.
Users can interact with the simulation just like a real system. They can:
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Operate the system remotely or locally.
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Take voltage, resistance and current readings with a multimeter.
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Inspect, repair and replace components.
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Disconnect and ring out wires.
This simulator is built with a tracking
system designed to monitor and evaluate all the activities performed by a user.
This information is used to:
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Provide feedback to the user as they troubleshoot system faults.
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Evaluate their process and
identify areas for improvement.
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Allow instructors to
effectively focus the assistance required by the user.
Simulation Features
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The simulation used is realistic and
accurate. It has many features that make it an excellent tool for developing
troubleshooting skills.
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The simulation is lifelike and includes all the tools normally used to
troubleshoot this type of equipment.
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Realistic actions such as taking meter readings, removing wires, and inspecting
and replacing components are all standard features.
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Modeled on real equipment, the behavior of the system and components is accurate
under normal and faulty conditions, and even when wires are disconnected.
More Features
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Accurate equipment models ensure that readings taken in
the simulation are virtually the same as readings taken on real equipment.
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A powerful Observation tool allows for comprehensive analysis of the system and
its operation.
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Customizable regional settings for either North American or European standards,
including component ratings and circuit drawings.
European Standards Option
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With customizable regional settings this program offers the flexibility of
two advanced industrial control system simulations.
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You can choose to operate the system with either North American or European
standards.
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This option affects the design standards used for the simulation, the system
voltage levels, and the circuit drawings found throughout the program.
Troubleshooting The System
This simulation contains many types
of defects designed to give the user practice on a wide range of potential
problems. Typical types of failures are:
- Opens in components or wiring.
- Shorts in components or wiring.
- Defects in component mechanisms.
- Overloaded and defective three-phase motors and protective equipment.
- Opens and shorts in three-phase circuits.
- Defective mechanical components.
Faults are organized into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
difficulty levels. Each level has three types of faults: Guided, Practice, and
Skill Test.
Guided faults coach the user through the most effective and efficient process
for troubleshooting faults. This is a great place for learning valuable tips and
techniques.
Practice faults help improve the user’s troubleshooting techniques by providing
hints before starting the fault and feedback once the fault has been attempted.
Skill Test faults put the user’s skills to the test without any assistance
during the troubleshooting process. These faults are evaluated and are reflected
in the user’s Overall Skill Rating.
Monitoring and Feedback
As faults are attempted, each step the user makes is monitored for safety
reasons. Safety Error messages appear when the user performs unsafe actions that
could cause personal injury, break a safety rule, or break safe work practices.
The program also monitors testing procedures, and provides tips or warnings as
required.
Evaluating Skill
The program evaluates a user’s
troubleshooting skill for each fault attempt as well as provides Level Summaries
and an Overall Summary evaluation.
Fault Evaluation
Each attempt to solve and repair a fault is evaluated based on a set of
criteria, including:
Amount of time taken.
Process errors made.
Number of meter readings.
Successful Fault Completion Criteria
Fault must be correctly repaired.
No safety errors occurred.
No components unnecessarily replaced.
Fault repaired within time allowed.
Fault repaired within allowed troubleshooting process rating.
If the criteria are not met, the fault is marked
incomplete and the fault will have to be attempted again. The reasons for
failure will be displayed.
If the criteria are met, the fault is marked complete
and a rating is shown for the attempt. The Skill Rating takes into account the
results of the current attempt plus the results of any previous attempt of that
fault.
Overall Summary
Once completed, the program summarizes all the user’s results and provides an
Overall Summary of their results. The Overall Skill Rating takes into account
the difficulty of each fault completed. The more difficult a fault the more it
impacts the Skill Rating.
Also shown in this summary is a list of the major errors made. This information
is important to help determine the areas for improvement
Learning How It Works
The Troubleshooting Industrial Controls program
contains sections devoted to learning how the system in the simulation works.
System Overview section.
This section shows how the process works, and points out components that affect
the operation of the system at key points in the process.
A detailed step by step sequence shows the operation
of all electrical components in the system.
Seventeen (17) screens that explain step by step
the system function from the moment the system receives a start signal to the
end of the cycle. This is done through the use of the main schematic diagram and
images of the key system indicators.
For each step of the process, live portions of the
circuit are highlighted with newly energized sections shown in a different
color. As relays become energized, they, and their corresponding contacts, are
also highlighted.
Resources
The program contains resources to help
understand the troubleshooting process and troubleshoot the system including:
System Operation Manual.
Schematics and Wiring Diagrams.
Troubleshooting Flow Chart & Worksheets.
Comprehensive Help System.
Certificates of Completion.
Seminar Fee
Contact
William J. Dumas & Associates.
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