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Industry 4.0 - Advanced Manufacturing Industry Training

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Free Training!

  • FANUC Robotics 
  • Mechatronics
  • Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA)

 

Access to state-of-the-art equipment and hands-on training will enable you to gain valuable troubleshooting skills in theory, logic, and process. This experience will make you highly competitive in the job market upon completion. 

Offered in multiple locations, view all our options below 

To learn more and schedule training, email CustomizedTraining@NorthwoodTech.edu

Northwood Tech Advanced Manufacturing Flex Lab

Location: Rice Lake Campus

St. Croix Manufacturing Skills Center

Location: Hammond, Wi

Courses Offered:

  • Basic Pneumatics 1
  • Introduction to AC/DC
  • AC Drives
  • Automation 1 - Control Logic
  • Automation 2 - Motor Control
  • Maintenance PLC
  • Intermediate PLC
  • Advanced PLC
  • FANUC Course Information and Registration

    • Please note that while there are multiple session dates available, the content of the class remains the same for each session.

      HandlingTool Operation and Programming

      Learn tasks that an operator, technician, engineer or programmer needs to setup, record and/or troubleshoot programs on a FANUC Robot using HandlingTool Software.

      1. Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
      2. Power up and jog the robot
      3. Teach Frames
      4. Recover from common program and robot faults
      5. Execute production operations
      6. Create, modify and execute a material handling program
      7. Create and execute MACROs
      8. Monitor, force and simulate input and output signals
      9. Backup and restore individual programs and files

      Start Date: October 31, 2024

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total 

      		Register

      Start Date: January 7, 2025

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total

      		Register

      Start Date: February 4, 2025

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total

      		Register

      Start Date: April 1, 2025

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total

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      iRVision Operation and Programming - 2D

      Learn the basic tasks and procedures required for an operator, technician, engineer or programmer to set up, teach, test and modify iRVision applications.

      1. View and/or change robot and computer parameters to facilitate access to the robot’s web page
      2. Setup a camera
        1. Perform an inspection vision process
      3. Understand basic vision concepts and lighting
      4. Master a robot using vision mastering
      5. Create tool frame for the robot applicator
      6. Create user frames necessary for use with the vision system
      7. Calibrate a camera
      8. Setup a 2D single-view vision process
      9. Program the robot to respond to vision results

      Start Date: December 3, 2024

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total

      Register

      Start Date: March 18, 2024

      Days & Times: 1:00—4:00 P.M. | Days vary | 24 Hours Total

      Register

  • Mechatronics Course Information and Registration

    • Course and Description

      Times and Competencies

      Hours

      Introduction to AC/DC

      Sep17-Oct 9, 2024

      Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

      24

      Introduction to AC/DC - Introduces the concepts of AC and DC power and basic circuits. Using a multimeter, students learn about voltage, current, and resistance in both AC and DC circuits.

      1. Investigate electrical properties
      2. Demonstrate use of digital multimeter and oscilloscope
      3. Construct electrical circuits using schematic drawings
      4. Identify electrical and physical characteristics of transformers
      5. Analyze electrical properties of transducers
      6. Analyze electrical properties of parallel and series circuits
      7. Analyze electrical properties of reactance

       

      Register for Introduction to AC/DC

      Automation 1 - Control Logic

      Nov 5-13 & 
      Dec 3-11, 2024

      Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

      24

      Learn about electric motor control components such as switches, relays, starters, transformers; and safely mount and install motor and motor control components and perform related wiring and troubleshooting of motor control circuits.

      1. Apply basic manual motor control principles
      2. Apply manual motor control principles with overload protection
      3. Apply control transformers to circuits
      4. Apply basic control logic to circuits
      5. Apply control relays and motor starters to circuits
      6. Troubleshoot basic motor control circuits

       

      Register for Automation 1 - Control Logic

      Basic Pneumatics 1

      Oct 15-30,2024

      Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

      18

      Learn what fluid power is, differentiate between hydraulics and pneumatics, implement basic pneumatic circuits, utilize schematics, apply Pascal’s Law, define properties of fluids, implement airflow control and hydraulics cylinder circuits.

      1. Implement basic pneumatic cylinder circuits and connections
      2. Implement basic pneumatic actuator circuits
      3. Apply Pascal’s Law and Boyles Law to pneumatic systems
      4. Implement air flow control and measurement to control speed

       

      Register for Basic Pneumatics 1

      Automation 2 - Motor Control

      Jan 7-Feb5, 2025

      Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

      24

      Learn more about electric motor control components such as sensors, timers and counters.

      Pre-requisite: Automation 1

      1. Troubleshoot industrial control system circuits
      2. Apply reversing motor control
      3. Apply automatic input devices
      4. Apply basic timer control
      5. Apply electrical sensors

       

      Register for Automation 2 - Motor Control

      AC Drives

      Feb 11-March 5, 2025

      Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

      24

      This course provides the opportunity for the student to develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of the power and control circuitry of AC drives and application and troubleshooting of these industrial AC drives (VFDs) to AC induction motors. This course concentrates on the AB PowerFlex 525 Variable Speed Drive.

      Pre-requisite: Automation 2

      1. Demonstrate the application of timing circuits
      2. Examine device characteristics of Power Transistors
      3. Examine device characteristics of Thyristors
      4. Investigate device characteristic of triggering devices
      5. Demonstrate triggering circuits for power control circuitry

       

      Register for AC Drives

      Intermediate PLC

      Jan 24-Feb 28, 2025

      Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

      24

      Continuing the discovery of industrial control, this course will look a little deeper into the organization and code building related to a process. Building on concepts from the Maintenance PLC introductory course, this course will examine additional PLC instructions in ladder logic as well as an introduction to other forms of coding with the Studio 5000 environment.

      1. Examine structures and where they are used
      2. Examine database structures (array addressing)
      3. Program basic instructions in ladder logic(digital vs. analog, logical comparison, arithmetic)
      4. Program advanced functions in ladder logic (timers, counters, compute)
      5. Program using function block diagram
      6. Program using structured-text
      7. Configure communications with a human machine interface (HMI)
      8. Build a database and display for a human machine interface (machine edition and site edition)

       

      Register for Intermediate PLC

      Advanced PLC

      April 4-May 16, 2025

      Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

      24

      This course develops the skills required for the implementation of vacuum and air used to transmit force for performing useful functions on machines. Students will apply symbols to components and connect components to understand the assembly, operation, and maintenance of pneumatic systems.

      1. Examine the user-defined structure
      2. Examine the Add-on Instruction
      3. Examine the Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
      4. Configure a Powerflex 525 VFD using Connected Components Workbench
      5. Program control of the VFD in the PLC
      6. Examine Studio 5000 motion programming
      7. Program motion group and axis using a Kinetix drive

       

      Register for Advanced PLC

  • SACA Information and Registration

 

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