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News Release from: The Fieldbus Center
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2007
Foundation fieldbus training course
The Fieldbus Center at Lee College is offering a Foundation fieldbus training course for power and wire installers.
The Fieldbus Center at Lee College is offering a Foundation fieldbus training course for power and wire installers The two-day course covers installation and testing of fieldbus physical layer components
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Fieldbus for Power and Wire Installers" was developed to meet process industry requirements for instrumentation personnel trained in Foundation fieldbus installation techniques.
From commissioning to startup, it provides a vendor-neutral perspective on the wiring, isolation, shielding and grounding of fieldbus device segments.
According to Fieldbus centre Director Chuck Carter, the course was developed with the help of leading fieldbus equipment suppliers, engineering firms, and end users.
"Thanks to the support of the automation community, the Fieldbus Center now offers a training solution that makes the installer a key player in ensuring segment wiring and power requirements are fully understood, and met, prior to the final installation of field devices and host interfaces", Carter said.
"This course works to reduce the time lost in tracking down problems that can arise any time a communication signal is put on a set of wires with improper terminations, incorrect grounding, or poor shielding".
The new training course allows up to 12 students at a time to receive instruction in laying out, securing, terminating and testing wiring used for Foundation device networks.
Students also learn about the construction and testing practices needed to verify that installed fieldbus segments support system quality.
Specific course topics include: wire characteristics, polarities, shielding topologies, grounding topologies, power supplies, conditioners, terminators, termination techniques, surge protection, safety barriers and repeaters.
During the first day of training, hands-on exercises involve testing un-powered and powered fieldbus segments with a variety of traditional and specialised test equipment.
In addition, students study a variety of segment documentation techniques.
The second, optional day of instruction goes in-depth into intrinsic safety (IS) barriers, Fieldbus intrinsically safe concept (FISCO), Fieldbus non-incendive Concept (FNICO), repeaters and specialised diagnostics.
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