CERTIFICATE IN CONTROL SYSTEMS/AUTOMATION ENGINEERING (Allen Bradley)

PLC SET-UP, PROGRAMMING AND TROUBLESHOOTING (Subject to modifications to fit Client need)

Software: RS Logix 5000,RS Logix 500, RS Linx

• Introduction to PLCs
• Basics of electricity and magnetism with practical wiring sessions of relays and contactors.
• PLC set-up and wiring( with Control Logix, Compact Logix, Micrologix and SLC 500 PLCs)
• Configuration of PLC IP Address.
• Introduction to ALLen Bradley PLC softwares: RsLinx, RSLogix 500 and RSLogix 5000
• Establishing communication with PLCs using RS Links
• Programming applications and navigation through Allen Bradley RSLogix 500 and 5000 software.
• PLC programming with ladder logic with RS Logix 500 and 5000
• I/O configuration (Hardware configuration)
• Establishing communication between with PLCs using Ethernet IP (basics)
• I/O configuration (Hardware configuration)
• Downloading and uploading to PLCs(Retrieving programs from PLCs)
• Data types and files
• Introduction to IEC 1131 standards
• Electrical continuity versus logical continuity
• Applications of discrete inputs with PLC’s
• PLC timer and counter concepts, programming and applications
• Hands on practical exercises and simulations
• Wiring, set-up, programming and calibration of field devices such as pressure transmitters, level transmitters, temperature transmitters etc
• ALLEN BRADLEY PLC troubleshooting with software.
• Program, troubleshoot and maintain continuous signal field devices such as level meters, VFDs(PowerFlex and others), temperature sensors, pressure sensors, modulating valves etc
• PLC troubleshooting and maintenance
• Set-up, Wiring and Configuration of Variable Frequency Drives.(VFDs)
• Introduction to Process control using PID loop programming(with practical sessions)
• Open and close loop controls
• PID programming
• PID tuning

HMI/SCADA DESIGN

Software:  Advanced, RS View, FactoryTalk Studio, RSLinx,

• Introduction to HMI Systems
• Getting Started on RS View/FactoryTalk Studio
• Security and passwords
• Object properties and animations
• Alarms
• Bars and trends
• Tags e.tc
• Integrating a HMI project into a PLC project
• Defining communication Parameters
• Using the Tool bar
• Object properties(Events, animations etc)
• Creating a Tag Database
• Security and password of screens
• Adding Screens
• Text lists
• Recipes
• Bar graphs and sliders
• Trends
• Alarms
• Faceplates
• Creating automatic data logging files
• Troubleshooting a HMI Terminal and Application

ELECTRO-PNEUMATICS SYSTEMS

• Introduction to Electro-pneumatic systems
• Electro-pneumatic diagram
• Basics of electro-pneumatics
• Electro-pneumatics programing with Add-on instructions in RS Logix 5000 Software
• Basic principles of compressed air supply, production, and distribution
• Structure and function of pneumatic devices
• Basic principles pneumatic valves, cylinders and solenoid coils
• Reading pneumatic diagrams
• Fundamentals of control and modulating