EIMT 151: Industrial Motor Controls

Credits 3 Class Hours2 lecture and 2 lecture/lab
Description

This is an introduction to motor controls and the logic sequence that they implement. The course covers how to read a ladder diagram, including component recognition, use, and application. Students will develop skills to create a computer generated control diagram from a sequence of operations and learn troubleshooting skills to diagnose basic control functions.

Prerequisites

"C" or higher in EIMT 123.

Semester Offered Spring
Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs)
  1. Interpret the proper use of the symbols used to express electrical control devices.
  2. Demonstrate the wiring a motor starter with standard industry three- wire controls while following a line diagram.
  3. Preform a wiring diagram to form a sequence of operation statement.
  4. Demonstrate the wiring of a start-stop-jog control scheme.
  5. Construct a program with a programmable logic controller to create a given automated circuit.
  6. Simulate a troubleshoot procedure to a basic control circuit under various fault conditions.
  7. Design a ladder diagram with the use of control devices, signals, decisions, and actions.
  8. Explain the difference between a wiring diagram and a ladder diagram.
  9. Demonstrate the wiring of a reversing motor circuit with interlock.
  10. Develop an understanding of manual, mechanical, and automatic control devices.
  11. Demonstrate the use of wiring logic functions in a control sequence.
  12. Perform the wiring of a set of controls by reading a ladder diagram.