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Examine industrial sensor types and applications
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Identify common analog and digital industrial sensor types
Determine proper sensor application
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Explore appropriate interfacing techniques
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Identify interface strategies with proprietary software and hardware equipment
Interface sensors to various PLC/PAC I/O systems
Summarize simple sensor interfacing with relay control
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Integrate temperature, pressure, and light sensors to various control systems
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Identify fundamentals of temperature, pressure and light sensors
Choose practical sensors for measuring temperature, pressure, force and light
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Integrate a vision system into a PLC/PAC application
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Examine modern vision systems
Utilize expansive capabilities of a vision system
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Configure common industrial variable frequency drives
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Examine parameters and parameter groups
Set up drive for common modes and applications
Troubleshoot drive errors
Examine drive wiring and interfacing
Configure drives with proprietary software
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Differentiate various process feedback options (encoders, resolvers, tachometers, etc.)
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
View outputs of various feedback systems
Discuss wiring of common feedback devices
Examine common uses of position, speed, and direction feedback
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Implement motion control strategies (open loop, closed loop, servo)
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Characterize advantages and disadvantages of various motion control strategies
Employ various control methods
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Examine process control methodology
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Describe proportional, integral and derivative contributions, advantages and disadvantages
Tune process loops with proportional only; proportional with integral; and proportional, integral and derivative
Analyze methods to control a process
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Demonstrate various machine safety control strategies
Assessment Strategies
On a written evaluation
In lab performance
Criteria
Examine safety monitoring relays, sensors, light curtains, safety mats and laser area detectors
Wire common safety systems and devices
Program laser area detectors with proprietary software
Configure light curtains
Examine zones safety systems