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• PTEC 260: Instrumentation II Signals

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to switches, relays, annunciator systems, elements of signal transmission and conversion, and controllers. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Prerequisite: PTEC 106 or PTEC 183
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• PTEC 261: Instrumentation II Control

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This second of four courses, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to control schemes, andvanced control schemes, and digital control. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 106 or PTEC 260
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• PTEC 262: Inst II PLC DCS Power

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This third of four courses, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to Programmable Logic Controls (PLC), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Instrumentaion Power Supply. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 106 or PTEC 261
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• PTEC 263: Instr II Emerg Interlocks

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This fourth and final course, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Interlocks, and Protective Devices and to Instrumentation Malfunctions. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentation used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 106 or PTEC 262
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• PTEC 270: Principles of Quality I

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course introduces the student to the typical concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and the history of the quality movement in the United States. Topics include an introduction to process quality, variability concepts, process capabiity, variables control charts, attributes control charts, and customer expectations. The course will also demonstrate the use of statistics in quality 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 100 or PTEC 152
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• PTEC 271: Principles of Quality II

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course provides a selection of additional introductory/key concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and introduces the student to the most common/basic quality improvement tools, explains how designed experiments are used for collecting data, highlights the purpose of a root cause analysis and function of root cause analysis tools, and describes Six Sigma project stages and their key improvements. The course also highlights the importance of teams in the process industries and how teams affect quality. 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 270
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• PTEC 272: Principles of Quality III

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This third and final course in the Principles of Quality series provides more introductory/key concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and introduces the student to management systems and continuous process improvement, quality reliability planning, lean manufacturing and lean tools used to eliminate waste, and quality costs. This course gathers all of the concepts and tools highlighted in PTEC 170, PTEC 171, and PTEC 172 and explains how these concepts and tools work together to improve quality 1-1-1
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• PTEC 280: Troubleshooting I

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is the first in a four part series and introduces students to the concepts of identifying and finding solutions for process operating problems. Topics include process instrumentation and troubleshooting, process symbols and diagrams, process equipment, control loops, statistics, quality tools, and troubleshooting techniques. The course also introduces students to the process technician's role in data collection and analysis, cause-effect relationships, and reasoning. 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 200 or PTEC 253
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• PTEC 281: Troubleshooting II

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is the second in a four part series and introduces students to the concepts of identifying and finding solutions for process operating problems. Topics include control charts, process troubleshooting, pump model, and compressor model. The course also introduces students to the process technician's role in data collection and analysis, cause-effect relationshiops, and reasoning. 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 200 or PTEC 280
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• PTEC 282: Troubleshooting III

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is the third in a four part series and introduces students to the concepts of identifying and finding solutions for process operating problems. Topics include the review of heat exchanger, cooling tower, boiler, and furnace models. The course also introduces students to the process technician's role in data collection and analysis, cause-effect relationships, and reasoning. 1-1-1 Pre-requisite: PTEC 200 or PTEC 281
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