PRE- REQUISITES
Basic knowledge in electricity/electronics/instrumentation is desirable.
TARGET GROUP
Electrical/Electronic and Industrial/Instrumentation Engineers/Technicians.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
A minimum of 4 participants
DURATION:
40 Hours with the following two options
4 -Weeks (Mon- Friday, from 4pm to 6pm)
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1 -Week (Mon – Friday, from 8a.m – 4pm)
STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the different types of sensors and transducers used in industry
- Be able to identify type of sensor and transducers whether discrete or analogue type
- Understand the wiring connection of different sensor and transducers
- Perform basic measurement of the sensors and actuators
- Perform calibration and basic maintenance on transducers
- Understand and identify different types of actuators
- Perform basic measurement and installation of electrical and pneumatic actuators
- Understand the basics of Induction motor and be able to perform wiring connection for motor starters
- Understand the basics of speed drives and their characteristics
- Perform the wiring connection and configuration of the speed drives for variety applications
- Introduction to instrumentation, sensor, transducers and actuators
- Classification of signals
- In/on training on Discrete sensors
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- Limit switches
- Proximity sensors
- Inductive
- Capacitive
- Hall Effect
- Magnetic reed switch
- Ultrasonic
- Photoelectric
- Though-beam
- Retro-reflective
- Diffuse reflective
- Encoders
- Incremental encoder
- Absolute encoder
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- In/on training on temperature transducers
- Thermocouple
- RDT
- Thermistors
- Position transducers In/on training
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- Potentiometers
- Linear and Rotary Variable Differential Transformers
- Optical Encoders (Auto sol Schneider pg149-151)
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- Fluid Transducers In/on training
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- Pressure Transducers
- Flow Transducers (turbine Flowmeters)
- Level Transducers
- Direct level sensing
- Indirect Level Sensing
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- Discrete Actuators In/on training
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- Pneumatic and Hydraulic actuators
- Discrete valves
- Motors contactors
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- Electric motor in/on training
- Direct on-line starter (D.O.L)
- Forward and reverse direction
- Star/delta starter
- Variable speed drives in/on training
- Installation of the speed drives
- Configuration of the speed drives
TUITION FEES: Tsh800,000/-