Full course description
This course delivers content to expand the knowledge and skills of maintenance employees at Gulf Packaging, Inc. The course covers the following topics.
Hydraulic Maintenance
This course will cover major topics like hydraulic filter and fluid maintenance, fittings and seals, hose and clamping devices, and tubing and component installation. Specifically, learners will study objectives such as: how to replace a spin-on filter; how to use a hydraulic filter cart and replace fluids; how to handle and store a straight thread O-ring fitting; how to install a hydraulic hose using brackets and clips; and how to mount and align a hydraulic cylinder.
Intermediate Pneumatics
Intermediate pneumatics builds on the basic pneumatics skills to teach intermediate pneumatic components and system applications. Learners will gain industry-relevant skills related to these new topics including operation, installation, performance analysis, maintenance, and design. These topics include cam-operated valves, cylinder sequencing with cam valves, cylinder deceleration circuits, pilot operated DCVs, shuttle valves, air logic components, air logic design, air filters, filter selection, filter maintenance, water removal techniques, air dryers, after-coolers, water traps, air lubricators, and component maintenance.
Electrical Motor Controls
Electric motor control teaches electric relay control of AC electric motors found in industrial, commercial, and residential applications. Learners gain understanding of the operation, installation, design, and troubleshooting of AC electric motor control circuits for many common applications. Develops skills in interpreting schematics, system design, motor start / stop circuits, motor sequence control, reversing motor control, and motor jogging. Safety is emphasized throughout, highlighting motor safety, lockout/ tagout and safety interlocks.
Air Conditioning/Heat Pump {eBook}
The Air Conditioning / Heat Pump curriculum teaches three types of thermal systems: air conditioning, refrigeration, and heat pumps. Students will learn industry-relevant skills including how to operate, install, analyze, and adjust these systems.
AC Motor Drive
Portable AC Motor Drive teaches variable frequency AC solid-state control of 3-phase electric motors. Learners develop knowledge in the operation, installation, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and design of AC solid state control using 2-wire, 3-wire, manual, and open-loop speed control. Highlights motor jogging and dynamic braking as well as programmable acceleration and deceleration.
Variable Frequency AC Drive
Variable frequency AC drives teaches variable frequency AC solid-state control of 3-phase electric motors. Learners develop knowledge in the operation, installation, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and design of AC solid state control using 2-wire, 3-wire, manual, and open-loop speed control. Highlights motor jogging and dynamic braking as well as programmable acceleration and deceleration.
Electrical Power Distribution
Electrical Power Distribution introduces electrical power concepts as well as covers a broad range of functions and skills used in electrical power distribution. Concepts taught start with the introduction to raceways including conduit basics, EMT conduit cutoff and preparation, conduit bodies and boxes, and conduit fittings. Basic conduit bending includes conduit benders, basic conduit bending, and offset bends. This course leads into more in depth topics such as advanced raceways including IMC conduit and flexible conduit, conductors, disconnects, and over current protection, and conduit sizing and wire pulling techniques.
Welding
Welding plays a critical role throughout our economy. It is central to many industries including manufacturing, construction, and aerospace to name only a few. Welding is a blend of both art and science, joined together to create enduring bonds that allow us to create structures and machines on a scale impossible to achieve without it. This course teaches how to safely create an array of high quality weld types.