IST 270: Instrumentation II & Control Actuators

Credits 5 Lecture Hours 33 Lab Hours 44
Maintenance procedures and troubleshooting techniques for control/measurement loops in the industrial environment along with fundamentals of control valves, actuators, their applications, techniques of safe trouble shooting, testing, repairing, and calibrating final control elements.

Prerequisites

IST 170, 223, or instructor permission.
Course Content Outline
  1. Control systems troubleshooting principles
  2. Electronic control loops
  3. Pneumatic control loops
  4. Testing and maintenance procedures for instrumentation
  5. Isolating problems for electronic / pneumatic control loops
  6. Installation of primary devices and startup of instrument control loops
  7. Digital control system testing
  8. Documentation
  9. Preventive maintenance