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Instrumentation & Calibration Training Course (2-days) Course Information:
Course Description: This training course familiarizes students with common industrial instrumentation systems and teaches them to setup, calibrate, and troubleshoot common sensors, transducers, and instrumentation systems. This training course uses a variety of sensors and transmitters and calibration equipment to explain and demonstrate key concepts.
Length: 2 days (1 to 3 days for custom onsite training) Percent Hands-on: 25-75% Training Equipment: Miscellaneous temperature, pressure, level, sensors and calibration equipment; Fluke meters Pre-requisites: None Target Audience: Operators, Electricians, Technicians, Engineers, and Managers Maximum Class Size: 10 students Public Course Cost: $795 (per student) Onsite Course Cost* $2500/day plus T/L (Contact us for a detailed quote)
*Costs stated are maximum values, but may be reduced based on course timing, location, early scheduling, advanced payment, and total volume of training.
Typical Course Topics (partial listing of topic areas, not in sequence):
Parts of the typical control loop Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID's) Commonly used process control signals Signal quality terminology (accuracy, linearity, span, etc.) Understanding purpose of standards (NIST, etc.) Understanding the 4-20 milliamp current loop Signal conversions Calibration basics Position and speed sensors Temperature sensors (Thermocouples, RTD's, Thermistors, etc.) Pneumatic and hydraulic pressure concepts Pressure, force, and strain sensors Level detectors Fluid and gas flow concepts Flow sensors Typical problems in instrumentation systems Smart instruments Common Instrumentation networks Troubleshooting instrumentation systems
Primary Skills Learned:
Troubleshoot and solve problems in Instrumentation systems Improve instrumentation performance (accuracy, consistency, productivity, etc.) Understand physical concepts related to instrumentation systems
Typical Lab Exercises (partial listing, not in sequence):
Thermocouple labs RTD labs Thermistor lab Calibrate temperature transmitter labs Water level / DP concepts labs Calibrate level / DP transmitter Calibrate pressure transmitter Understanding zero and span (Calibration issues labs)
This course is also available as onsite training at your location, to suit your organizational needs. Contact us or complete an onsite training cost worksheet for a quick, no obligation quote. If you have additional questions about our training, or would like more detailed information, please call us and we will be glad to answer your questions and help in any way that we can. If you do not see the course you are interested in on the course schedule, please contact us and let us know which courses you are interested in and we will try to put together a course to suit your needs as soon as possible, or complete a course interest form to be automatically informed of courses meeting your specific criteria. We offer a money-back satisfaction guarantee on all of our training services.
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