Instrumentation and Control
This 3-day course provides essential skills in designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting industrial instrumentation and control systems. Ideal for engineers, technicians, and plant operators. Learn to work with sensors, transmitters, controllers, control loops, and calibration techniques for reliable process automation and efficiency.
Description
This 3-day course provides comprehensive skills in instrumentation and control systems for process automation. Designed for engineers, technicians, and plant operators, it equips participants with tools to design, maintain, and troubleshoot control systems.
Instrumentation and control systems are critical for monitoring and automating industrial processes in industries like manufacturing, oil and gas, and utilities. Instrumentation and Control is a 3-day course designed to equip professionals with the skills to design, maintain, and troubleshoot these systems. The course covers sensors, transmitters, controllers, control loops, and calibration, tailored to process automation applications.
Participants will learn to select and install appropriate instrumentation, configure control loops, and perform calibration and maintenance. The course addresses challenges like signal interference, calibration drift, and system failures, providing strategies to ensure accurate and reliable process control. It includes an overview of control system architectures, such as DCS and SCADA, and their integration with instrumentation.
The course is ideal for professionals seeking to improve process efficiency, ensure system reliability, and reduce downtime.
By the end, attendees will be equipped to design, maintain, and troubleshoot instrumentation and control systems, enhancing process automation and operational performance.
Course Outline
Day 1: Instrumentation Fundamentals
- Introduction to instrumentation: Sensors, transmitters.
- Control system architectures: DCS, SCADA, PLC.
- Measurement principles: Pressure, flow, temperature.
- Selecting instrumentation for a process.
Day 2: Control Systems and Calibration
- Control loops: PID controllers, tuning methods.
- Calibration techniques for sensors and transmitters.
- Signal transmission: 4-20mA, HART, Fieldbus.
- Configuring a control loop.
Day 3: Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Preventive maintenance for instrumentation.
- Troubleshooting: Signal issues, calibration drift.
- System integration and performance optimization.
- Resolving a control system issue.
Who Should Attend?
- Process engineers and technicians.
- Plant operators in manufacturing or utilities.
- Maintenance professionals working with control systems.
- Individuals seeking instrumentation expertise.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Understand instrumentation and control system components.
- Select and install sensors, transmitters, and controllers.
- Configure and tune control loops for accuracy.
- Perform calibration and maintenance tasks.
- Troubleshoot instrumentation and control issues.
- Enhance process efficiency and system reliability.
Course Format and Duration
Live-Online