This course is specifically designed to benefit engineers and technicians involved in the design, commissioning, and maintenance of automation and process control systems utilizing Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Its objective is to equip practicing engineers and technicians with the necessary skills and tools to effectively design, specify, configure, install, and commission a complete PLC system.

Course Objectives:

The issues that will be discussed are:
The basic components of a PLC system.
The fundamental operating principles behind using a PLC.
Good installation practice.
Discussion on programming PLCs.
The PLC as part of a complete Local Area Network
The PLC and the operator interface.
High Security PLC systems.
Guidelines to troubleshooting of PLCs.
PLC project specification

Who Should Attend?

Instrumentation and Control Engineers
Consulting Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Project Engineers
Maintenance Engineers
Power System Protection and Control Engineers
Building Service Designers

Course Outlines:

A brief review of each of the chapters in this course is given below. It should be noted that the contents are broken into four main divisions.

Review of the Programmable Logic Controller

This serves to introduce the PLC and review the fundamentals of PLCs. This comprises:

Introduction

An introduction to the objectives and summary of the contents of the manual and the essentials of a PLC and related systems

Fundamentals of PLC's

The specific details of a typical PLC examined mainly from a hardware point of view.

Programming Technique

The typical software used on a PLC, comparing different Techniques - similarities and differences.

Good Installation Practice

Attention to good installation practice of a PLC system results in an effective system.

System Techniques

The combination of a variety of techniques and modules of hardware and software products or systems

Data Communication

The RS-232/RS-485/Ethemet interfaces and software protocols are considered.

Operator Interfaces

Overall consideration from a design point of view and the interface to the PLC

High Security PLC Systems

PLCs used in an ultra reliable situation Troubleshooting

Problem Isolation, Troubleshooting and Maintenance

An examination of all aspects of identifying and locating problems of a PLC system but from a hardware and software point of viewThe Project

No matter how small or large a PLC system is, there is a methodical way of putting the system together to minimize the overall costs and to achieve an effective control system.

Functional Specification of the System

A detailed description of the hardware and software required for implementing the system

Also, a set of appendices provides the necessary background reference material to the material contained in the main chapters:

APPENDIX "A" Numbers and Data
APPENDIX "B" Ladder diagram instructions
APPENDIX "C" PLC Programming Examples
APPENDIX "D" PLC applications
APPENDIX "E" Combined Glossary of Terms

Filters