Electric Motor Control
Credits: 2
Course Number: 10-413-304
Course Description
10-413-304 ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL ...motor starters, overcurrent protection, overload protection, motor branch circuits, starting methods, troubleshooting motor circuits, and an introduction to PLC's. (Prerequisite: 10-413-303, Industrial Controls)
Course Typically Offered
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What will I learn?
- Describe the operation of an electric motor starter.
- Differentiate between several types of overload relays.
- Design circuits that will reverse the direction of rotation of various kinds of motors.
- Examine the various methods used to start electric motors.
- Incorporate several kinds of load devices into motor control design.
- Troubleshoot motor control circuits.
- Identify the major components used in a programmable logic control system.
- Program basic control circuits into a programmable logic controller.