ADVM B7036 - Motor Controls
Course Description
The Motors & Motor Controls class specializes in high-demand career areas expecting a critical shortage of qualified workers. This course covers the principles and application of industrial sequential control and electrical controls construction as found in a typical manufacturing environment. Topics include AC fixed speed motor control; control transformers, relays, timers, and counters; mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic input and output devices; sequencing and logic functions; introduction to component and systems troubleshooting.
Notice: Per City guidelines, masking will be strongly recommended but not mandatory. Wearing a high-quality mask such as KN95 or N95 mask, or double masking, is strongly encouraged. It is important to wear a mask that is well-fitted. For information on proper masking, including how to double mask, please read this guidance from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html.
Course Outline
- Basic safety rules
- Schematic symbols for 3 phase motors; manual, magnetic and reversing motor starters; overloads; fuses; and basic Hand-Off-Auto and Forward-Reverse-Jog motor control circuits
- Operation and function for 3 phase motors; manual, magnetic and reversing motor starters; overloads; fuses
- AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND logic and memory
- Transformer, switches, indicators and relays
- Input and output devices
- Electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic, control operations and components
- Troubleshooting and testing
Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this class, students should be able to :- Describe basic safety rules for working with electrical equipment under 600 volts (includes lock out – tag out)
- Apply basic safety rules for working with electrical equipment under 600 volts (includes lock out – tag out)
- Identify schematic symbols for 3 phase motors; manual, magnetic and reversing motor starters; overloads; fuses; and basic Hand-Off-Auto and Forward-Reverse-Jog motor control circuits
- Describe the operation and function for 3 phase motors; manual, magnetic and reversing motor starters; overloads; fuses; and basic Hand-Off-Auto and Forward-Reverse-Jog motor control circuits
- Identify schematic symbols for AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND logic and memory
- Describe the operation and function for AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND logic and memory
- Interpret elementary ladder diagrams for AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND logic and memory
- Using a transformer, switches, indicators and relays demonstrate AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND logic and memory
- Interpret schematic symbols for typical input and output devices that would be used for motor, electro-pneumatic, and electro-hydraulic control operations
- Describe the operation and function for typical input and output devices that would be used for motor, electro-pneumatic, and electro-hydraulic control operations
- Combine motor, electro-pneumatic, and electro-hydraulic control components with relays, timers and counters to create logic and sequential control circuits and develop the elementary ladder diagram
- Describe methods of troubleshooting and testing electrical components and systems
- Demonstrate methods of troubleshooting and testing electrical components and systems