Upcoming Courses

All courses are held at Crown Training & Development, Merrillville, IN

Oct
12
Mon
Allen-Bradley PowerFlex DC Drive
Oct 12 @ 8:00 am – Oct 15 @ 4:00 pm

This course is for engineering and maintenance personnel responsible for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting drive systems that utilize the PowerFlex DC Drive.

Topics include:  Configuration switches and jumpers within the drive, drive terminal points, critical drive parameters, using the keypad to view and change parameters, reading and interpreting control block diagrams, using the display to aid in troubleshooting.

Labs include: Drive startup, configuring Digital I/O, Speed References, Ramp Rates, Stop Modes, using Drive Software, Troubleshooting, and configuring COMM modules for data transfer.

PREREQUISITES None

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Basic Troubleshooting Skills
Oct 12 @ 8:00 am – Oct 15 @ 4:00 pm

This course is designed to improve your ability to logically troubleshoot electrical issues,  distinguish between electrical/mechanical problems, “divide and conquer” problems, and  increase your troubleshooting efficiency.

Course topics include:  Basics of troubleshooting, basics of electrical troubleshooting, basics of “Controls” troubleshooting, troubleshooting DC Drive issues, troubleshooting DC Motor issues, troubleshooting AC Motor issues, troubleshooting AC Drive issues, the basics of a process/process line, troubleshooting process/process line issues.  These topics are all presented in a way that, a normal electrical maintenance person, will greatly benefit.

PREREQUISITES None

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Introduction to Vibration Measurement and Analysis
Oct 12 @ 8:00 am – Oct 13 @ 4:00 pm

This course provides a basic understanding of vibration theory, measurement fundamentals and monitoring tools, required for vibration measurement, monitoring and analysis of vibration-related industrial system applications.

Topics include: displacement, velocity, acceleration measurements in terms of mass and speed.
Also included: monitoring methods, vibration as a PM tool and equipment maintenance practices.

PREREQUISITES None

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Siemens 6RA80 Drive
Oct 12 @ 8:00 am – Oct 15 @ 4:00 pm

This course is for engineering and maintenance personnel responsible for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting drive systems that utilize the 6RA80 DC Drive.

Topics include: Drive and electrical safety, DC drive basics, drive hardware, drive diagrams, setting-up and commissioning the drive, optimizing and tuning the drive, operating the drive (via CUD, BOP20, AOP30), configuring the drives analog and digital I/O and feedback options, troubleshooting the Drive, use Starter PC software, and PROFIBUS Communications.

Lab exercises include: Power section connections, parameter settings, drive initial setup requirements, self-tuning, analog & binary I/O configuration, troubleshooting, and diagnostic features of the hardware and software.

PREREQUISITES None

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Oct
19
Mon
Basic ControlLogix Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Oct 19 @ 8:00 am – Oct 22 @ 4:00 pm

This course is for those who have little or no working experience with ControlLogix systems and who need to interpret, make changes to, and/or draft Ladder Logic. Participants will identify the hardware associated with a Basic ControlLogix system, create and modify an RSLogix 5000 project, establish communications with a Controller, create and monitor Data Tags, document and search Ladder Logic.

Topics include: Communications, software menus, Digital and Analog I/O Modules, basic instructions, trouble-shooting features.

Labs include: Configuring communications drivers and setting IP addresses, configuring Digital and Analog I/O Modules, modifying and programming instructions (Relays (Bit), Timers and Counters, Program Control, Compare Compute, and Math) and analog scaling.

PREREQUISITES None

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Basic Industrial Electricity
Oct 19 @ 8:00 am – Oct 22 @ 4:00 pm

Course topics include: Basic electrical wiring, electrical safety and theory, Digital multi-meters, lighting circuits, electro-mechanical relays, motor operation, and basic motor control.

PREREQUISITES None

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Mechanical Fasteners
Oct 19 @ 8:00 am – Oct 21 @ 4:00 pm

This course provides the necessary fundamentals and the best practices required to select and apply proper torquing methods for all grades of fasteners and their components such as looking washers and nuts.

Topics include: codes and standards, the purpose of select fasteners, torquing methods and signs of bolt failure.

TOTAL HOURS 24

PREREQUISITES None

LOCATION Crown Training and Development, Merrillville, IN

Oct
26
Mon
Advanced ControlLogix Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Oct 26 @ 8:00 am – Oct 29 @ 4:00 pm

This course is for those who develop, debug, program or maintain ControlLogix Controllers using Ladder Logic, Function Block, and Structured Text programming. Studens will be able to establish communications to a ControlLogix controller, explain the organization of a ControlLogix application, perform routine maintenance (create a new project, configure I/O, download/upload projects, going online, change processor modes, create and monitor tags, and edit the program.

Topics include: Major, Minor and I/O Faults, GSV and SSV instructions, Ethernet communications, ControlNet communications, and ADD-ON instructions, and an introduction to Ladder Diagram programming, Function Block programming, and Structured Test programming.

Labs include: Creating and programming Fault Routines, configuring and scheduling an Ethernet and ControlNet LAN and programing an ADD-ON Instructions.

PREREQUISITES None

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Basic Hydraulics and Pneumatics
Oct 26 @ 8:00 am – Oct 29 @ 4:00 pm

This course is designed for those who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of industrial hydraulic systems. Also, those who simply wish to acquire a basic knowledge of hydraulic systems will benefit from this course.

Basic hydraulic principles and laws will be covered, along with detailed descriptions of the theory and operation of all essential components.

Hands on exercises will be conducted using industrial grade equipment. Various pumps will be discussed including power requirements to drive these pumps.

Detailed maintenance practices directed to promote reliable equipment service is part of the presentation. Troubleshooting and construction of basic systems are incorporated in the lab exercises.

PREREQUISITES None

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Electrical Control Circuits and Troubleshooting
Oct 26 @ 8:00 am – Oct 29 @ 4:00 pm

Course topics include:  Control circuits, troubleshooting, two-wire control with manual selection, overload protection, three-wire control-start/stop/jog/inch circuits, sequence start and stop, automatic sequence starting, reversing circuits, plug and anti-plug circuits, two speed motor control, and reduced voltage starting circuits.

PREREQUISITES None

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