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Automation Technologies Training
Why?
The engineers and technicians that have grown up with modern automation since the early 1980s are now in their later years and starting to retire. Unfortunately there are more engineers and technicians retiring than there are knowledgeable ones to replace them. This creates a set of major problems:- Who understands the equipment they have been working on that is also aging?
- Who has the knowledge to implement the technologies they have spent 20+ years in learning?
- Modern technologies are great, but without a foundation from which to understand them, they can be difficult to understand.
Curriculum
- Level 1: Basics - Introduction to Automation
- Overview and conceptual understanding
- Foundation for Level 2
- Target audience:
- Non-technical personnel seeking some frame of reference
- Recent college graduates entering the workplace
- Level 2: Architectures - Intermediate Automation
- Architectures
- Sizing factors & concepts
- Software, electrical & mechanical concepts
- Target audience: technical personnel seeking to better understand general automation technologies
- Level 3: Selection - Advanced Automation
- Sizing & selection
- Target audience: experienced technical personnel seeking to design systems and do their own sizing and selecting of products
COURSE | LEVEL | LENGTH | OBJECTIVES & TOPICS |
Advanced Automation | 1 | 30 min | What is “automation”? Why does one “automate”? |
Automation Solutions Overview | 1 | 15 min | What are the areas we cover in Valin’s Automation Group? |
Motion Control Building Blocks | 1 | 30 min | What is required for electromechanical motion? What other types of motion are there? |
Motion Control Basics | 2 | 90 min |
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Electrical Concepts | 2 | 60 min | Basic electrical definitions and concepts.
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Sensors | 1 | 60 min |
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Sensors | 2 | 60 min |
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Mechanical Basics | 1 | 60-90 min |
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Mechanical Concepts | 2 | 2 hours |
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Automation in Process | 1 | 30-60 min |
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Controls Architectures | 2 | 1 - 2 hours |
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Drives, Motors & Feedback Overview | 1 | 1 hours |
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Drives, Motors & Feedback In-depth | 2 | 1.5 - 2 hours |
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EMC Installation | 3 | 1 hours |
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Safety Overview | 1 | 4 hours |
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Safety: Risk Assessments | 2 | 4 hours |
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Safety: Machine Guarding Overview | 2 | 1 day |
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Safety: OSHA Machine Guarding | 3 | 1 day |
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Pricing
- $750 per person per day with a minimum of 4 people in the class.
- $3000 per day for one company onsite plus travel expenses if outside of California.
For more information please email: valinuniversityinquiries@valin.com
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