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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EST 133 - Introduction to Controls Credits: 5 LEC hours per week: 3 LAB hours per week: 4 Electrical safety and introduces control principles, operation, symbols & electrical diagrams, wiring, adjustment, and testing procedures for pressure, temperature, level and flow controls used in application of operational and safety controls of all industries. Manual, electric-mechanical, mechanical-electric and electronic controls will be covered. Prerequisite(s): EST 131 , or grade of C or higher in EST 132 , or instructor permission. Course Outcomes:
- Apply electrical safety procedures.
- Analyze line, schematic, pictorial drawings.
- Summarize control components definition and use.
- Connect and test basic control scenarios.
- Troubleshoot control circuits.
Course Topics:
- Instruments and Electrical Safety
- Electrical Symbols, Diagrams and Logic Applied to Line Diagrams, and Solenoids DC Generators, DC Motors, and AC Generators
- AC Motors and Transformers
- Contactors and Motor Starters
- Control Devices (i.e. Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow)
- Reversing Motor Circuits and Power Distribution Systems
- Solid-State Devices and System Integration
- Timers and Counters and Relays and Solid-State Starters
- Sensing Devices and Controls
- Reduced-Voltage Starting and Accelerating and Decelerating Methods
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