Balluff Training Classes
RFID Architecture Training
Objective: By the end of this one day class, you will be able to specify the correct components for a given RFI application.
Content: Fundamentals of RFID, overview of the types of hardware and components. There is a particular focus on selecting Balluff RFID products for a system or application. Hardware setup, configuration, and installation are not covered.
Fundamentals of RFID, Factors that Affect Range, Tag Characteristics, Read/Write Heads, Processors, Selecting Balluff Hardware, System Layouts
Target Group:
Specifiers and Integrators of Industrial RFID
Duration and Time: 1-day training course
Dates & Locations:
March 17, 2015 – Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10034)
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RFID Architecture – BSS EDU-1-260-003
$500 per student
$1350 for RFID Architecture and RFID Implementation
RFID Implementation Training
Objective: By the end of this course you will commission RFID devices, add or replace devices on an RFID system, configure the devices, and access the data from the devices in a controller.
Prerequisite:
RFID Architecture course or pass our on-line quiz
Target Group:
Engineers and Integrators
Duration and Time:
2-day training course
Dates and Locations:
March 18-19, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10035)
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RFID Implementation
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$1000 per student
$1350 for RFID Architecture and RFID Implementation
Content:
Day 1:
– Configure the BIS-V processor
– Use the service port to update module firmware
– Identify installation best practices
– Add and configure an AOI for the processor
– Add the BIS-V processor to the controller’s IO Config
– Add a processor to an IO-Link module
– Configure parameters of the processor in a web browser
– Monitor RFID tag data in a controller
Day 2:
– Configure a BIS-U EIP single channel processor in a web browser
– Use the Dashboard software to set antenna power
– Identify best practices for UHF RFID applications
– Configure a BIS-U TCP/IP 4-Channel processor
– Use UFH Manager Software
– Use a terminal emulator
Industrial Networking and Connectivity Classes
Industrial Networking Training
Objective: By the end of this course participants will be able to identify the benefits and drawbacks of each of the major industrial network options currently available. These include Ethernet/IP, Profinet, CC-Link, EtherCAT, and fieldbuses DeviceNet and Profibus. Participants will configure each network and measure the performance for themselves.
Target Group: Engineers and Integrators
Duration and Time: 3-day training course
Dates and Locations:
May 5 – 7, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10041)
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Industrial Networks
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$1500 per student
Content:
– Configure a DeviceNet fieldbus
– Configure a Profibus fieldbus
– Configure an Ethernet/IP network
– Configure an EtherCAT network
– Configure a Profinet network
– Configure a CC-Link network
– Compare performance characteristics of one fieldbus or network to another
– Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each fieldbus and network
– Select the appropriate network for a given application
IO-Link Training
Objective: This course is designed to introduce participants to the basic functionality, capabilities, operating principles and benefits of IO-Link. Participants will configure IO-Link devices including slave devices and master devices.
Target Group: Engineers and Integrators
Duration and Time:
1-day training course
Dates and Locations:
April 8, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10037)
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IO-Link
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Content:
– Identify the basic functionality of IO-Link
– Identify the components of an IO-Link system
– Identify the distance capability of IO-Link
– Describe the operating principle for IO-Link
– List devices that can go on IO-Link
– Connect an IO-Link master block to a network
– Import an AOI for an IO-Link master block
– Configure the AOI for the IO-Link master block
– Configure the IO-Link master block
– Connect devices to an IO-Link master block
– Connect to an Ethernet/IP IO-Link master block using a web browser
– Write messages to an IO-Link master block
Industrial Ethernet Training
Objective: By the end of this course you will be able to optimize an ethernet network for use in an industrial automation application.
Content:
– OSI Model
– Hardware selection and configuration (QoS, IGMP Snooping, VLAN for switches and routers)
– Troubleshooting techniques (wireshark, command line interface, DOS commands)
– All with hands-on labs
Day 1: Physical Layer (1), Data link Layer (2)
Day 2: Network Layer (3)
Day 3: Brief on Transport(4)/Session(5)/Presentation(6)/Application(7) Layers; Majority on Troubleshooting Ethernet
Target Group:
Controls and Electrical Engineers or Technicians that are required to install, design, commission, troubleshoot or support industrial EtherNet networks.
Duration and Time: 3-day training course
Dates and Locations: May 19 – 21, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10043)
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Industrial Ethernet
BSS EDU-O-250-003
$1500 per student
Bonding and Grounding Training
Objective: This course is designed to prepare someone to implement correct bonding and grounding principles for a given application.
Target Group:
Engineers and Technicians who install, troubleshoot, or maintain industrial automation equipment.
Prerequisite:
Basic understanding of electronic circuits and electronic components.
Duration and Time: 1-day training course
Dates and Locations:
April 9, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10038)
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Bonding and Grounding
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$500 per student
Content:
- Identify standards related to bonding and grounding including ANSI Z49.1, IEC 61918, ANSI/IEEE Standard 142, 2005 NEC Article 100, and NEC Article 250.4
- Define key terms including grounding, earth ground, PE, FG, ground fault, ground-fault current path, GFCI, neutral, common, and bonding
- Identify proper installation guidelines including observed distances, shielding of cables, routing of cables, grounding techniques and bonding techniques
- Implement proper bonding and grounding techniques in a given application
- Troubleshoot an installation by locating and fixing improper bonding and grounding practices
Sensing Technologies Training
Objective: By investing in professional automation training for mechanical design or production engineers and maintenance technicians, you can dramatically shift the status-quo inside the organization. Balluff’s courses focus on what the student should be able to DO at the end of the lesson and we achieve this objective through a “hands-on” approach that leaves students better equipped to do their jobs.
Target Group:
Engineers and Technicians that are required to install, specify, configure, troubleshoot or support sensors.
New employees, who are fresh out of school, that are learning automation for the first time.
Duration and Time:
3-day training course
Dates and Locations:
March 24 – 26, 2015 - Balluff, Florence, KY (ID #10036)
Order Number and Price:
Sensing Technologies
BSS EDU-O-220-001
$1350 per student
Content:
Technologies covered: inductive, capacitive, level, diffuse photoelectric, retro-reflective photoelectric, thru-beam photoelectric, ultrasonic, magnetic encoders and linear transducers, and Smart Level sensors.
Topics Included:
– Selecting between different sensor technologies
– Connecting/wiring/basic logic
– Installing/mounting, configuring and troubleshooting multiple sensor technologies
– Also covered is a brief overview of the benefits of IO-Link to sensors and sensing
Day 1: IO-Link Overview, Sensor Fundamentals
Day 2: Sensor Fundamentals
Day 3: Linear Transducers and Magnetic Encoders, and Smart Light integration
