Description

Day 1

• Solenoids and actuators, principles of operation and maintenance
• State precautions that may be necessary when removing cores from energised AC solenoids
• Transformers, sizing, applications and uses
• Heaters, applications, uses and safety precautions to be observed
• Temperature controllers, various types, principles of operation and uses
• Thermal sensors, various types, principles of operation and uses.

Day 2

• Proximity devices, limit switches and proximity switches, various types, principles of operation and uses
• Practical workshop, gaining an understanding of typical connections of various proximity devices and the range
• of available supplies catered for, voltage levels and current type
• Development of a typical simple control system using push buttons, proximity devices, relays and indicator
• lamps.

Day 3

• Protection against overcurrent
• Protective devices, various types, suitability and uses
• Earthing, including principles of protection against indirect shock
• Undervoltage protection.

Day 4

• Cable and core termination techniques, including crimping and soldering
• Practical workshop terminating YY, SY, SWA and MICC cable
• Testing, basic principles of circuit protective conductor testing and insulation resistance testing, instruments
• used and expected values
• Practical workshop testing cables terminated previously and testing cables with faults on test rig.

Day 5

• Fault finding, safety precautions and principles
• Practical workshop on fault rigs
• Root cause analysis
• PPM and maximising uptime