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Training briefs [Electrical Apparatus](Electrical Apparatus Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Motor & generator rewinding What's offered: Three-and-a-half-day seminar on the subject of motor & generator rewinding. Offered by: EPRI, TECO-Westinghouse. Contact Jarsco Engineering, 18901 State St., Corona, Calif. 92881; (951) 735-5239. What's covered: Basic motor theory, rewind specs, insulation systems, coil design, windings, bearings, maintenance, testing, repairs, case studies, quality. Where and when: TECO-Westinghouse facilities, Round Rock, Tex., July 15-18. Switched reluctance machines What's offered: A three-day course titled "Design of Switched Reluctance (SR) Machines and Drive Application" that is intended for motor design engineers, application engineers, suppliers to motor manufacturers, control engineers, drives engineers, engineering managers, and others who design, manufacture, use, or service switched reluctance machines. The primary goal of this course will be to use a foundation of machine and magnetic concepts to learn switched reluctance machine design and performance based on the electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and thermal interactions. Attendees should have some background in machine design, operation, and construction with the equivalent of a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. Understanding of basic magnetic circuits and inverter principles is needed, but advanced motor theory and control techniques are not essential. Offered by: Advanced MotorTech LLC, 4951 71st Ave. North, Pinellas Park, Fla. 33781-4428; (727) 412-8200; www.ad vancedmotortech. com. What's covered: This course will use basic motor principles to increase your understanding of machine design in the context of switched reluctance (SR) machines and the drives they require. Academic theory will be reduced to practical results with examples and calculation "how-to," taking realistic manufacturing constraints and especially magnetic saturation into account. Special emphasis will be on design of application-specific SR motors, and on design features and tools to achieve specifications such as torque, power density, speed, low noise, etc. The similarities and differences of induction machines, BLDC machines, and switched reluctance machines are in almost all topics. The course will also cover SR motor operation, SR motor topologies, the relationship between SR motor performance and commutation, steel saturation and high-speed motor performance, magnetic analysis, thermal and structural analysis, and new trends in SR motors. Where and when: Oct. 8-10, 2014, in Raleigh, N.C. Vibration analysis What's offered: "Vibration Analysis, Entry Level" is a course that is recommended for plant personnel requiring an introduction to vibration analysis techniques and technologies used in a condition predictive maintenance program. Those who may benefit include maintenance supervisors, rotating machinery engineers, predictive maintenance technicians and coordinators, reliability engineers, and multi-skilled mechanics. Prerequisites include basic machine maintenance skills and experience. General computer and calculating skills are helpful. Little or no previous vibrating experience required. Offered by: SKF USA, Inc., 890 Forty Foot Rd., Lansdale, Pa. 19446; (267) 4366000; www.skfusa.com. What's covered: This course will introduce a novice to basic vibration analysis by using a variety of PdM instrumentation and software. It will cover how vibration analysis and related technologies can best be integrated and show how to implement such programs with hands-on demonstrations. The course will also present vibration terminology and measurement conventions needed through seminar text material and by performing "button pushing" demonstrations to maximize the learning experience. Where and when: SKF classroom training courses are offered at the company's offices locally and regionally. Alternatively, a customized program can be arranged at a client's own site. Visit www.skf.com for more information. Balancing operations What's offered: "Balancing Operations Training" is a two-day intensive hands-on training course, devoting only a few hours of classroom time for theory. With the training conducted on the actual machine and instrumentation to be used by the participants in operation, all stages of the process are addressed in detail. Participants are subjected to balancing exercises, using relevant rotor types expected to be balanced by the machine operator. This on-site seminar is designed for newly appointed balancing machine operators with specific rotor types to balance, or for those who need to be more proficient on a new CAB instrumentation package. Offered by: Schenck Corp., 535 Acorn St., Deer Park, N.Y. 11729; (631) 2424010; www.schenck-usa.com. What's covered: To ensure proper training is provided to all participants, hands-on training is limited to a group of four. After a brief overview of basic theory for all participants, each group of four is trained on the machine and instrumentation setup, applicable instrumentation features, correction techniques, and typical errors to avoid in balancing. Other topics of discussion include different types of unbalance (static, dynamic, and couple), balance tolerances and terminology, machine and rotor setup. Where and when: Visit www.schenckusa.com for more details on the company's on-site training services. * Edited by Bill O 'Leary ISA announces training courses for safety symposium The International Society of Automation (ISA), with headquarters in Research Triangle Park, N.C., announced the training courses and preliminary technical program for its 2014 Process Control & Safety Symposium. To be held October 7-9,2014, in Houston, this far-reaching conference and exhibition is designed to help process measurement and control professionals in chemical, petrochemical, and energy processing and other process industry sectors operate more safely and securely. A combination of training, presentations, keynote addresses, paper sessions, tutorials, interactive panel discussions, an expanded vendor exhibit, and social events will be offered at the industry gathering. The conference courses will include: * IC39C-Introduction to the Management of Alarm Systems: Focuses on the key activities of the alarm management lifecycle as outlined in the ANSI/ISA 18.00.02 standard, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries. The activities include the alarm philosophy development, alarm rationalization, basic alarm design, advanced alarm techniques, and Human Machine Interface design. * IC32C-Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA99 (OEC 62443) Standards: Covers the basics of the ISA/IEC 62443 standards and how they can be applied in the typical factory or plant. Essential security terminology, concepts, and models will be explained, and the creation of a cybersecurity management system will be examined, along with its importance and application to industrial automation and control systems. * EC50C-Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems: This popular course answers many common questions relating to the design and selection of a safety instrumented system, including: which technology should be used (electric, electronic, or programmable); what level of redundancy is appropriate (single, dual, or triple); how often should systems be tested (monthly, quarterly, yearly, or once per shutdown); and what about field devices (technology, level of redundancy, and test intervals)? * IC85C-Industrial Wireless Systems: Course covers the most relevant details associated with industrial wireless systems with an emphasis on how the various technological choices coexist, interoperate, and interact with each other. Visit www.isa.org for more information on the 2014 Process Control & Safety Symposium and its training seminars. (c) 2014 Barks Publications |