Digital Sensors
Issued by
AMTCE
This individual has successfully completed the Digital Sensors course delivered by the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE). This program is run in partnership with TECHNOTRAINING, a leading provider of training for engineers, technicians, and contractors who want to develop their technical skills and qualifications. The course enables learners to install, set up and fault find a comprehensive range of digital sensors wired to a PLC through digital input interfaces.
- Type Certification
Skills
Earning Criteria
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The individual will be capable of wiring NPN, PNP and 2 wire-sensors to PLC input cards.
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The individual can understand sensing principles including, inductive, capacitive, thru beam, fibre optic, diffuse, retro reflective sensors.
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The individual can follow a logical procedure for adjusting the sensitively for robust stable sensing for the listed sensors.
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The individual will be capable of interpreting the meaning of the two indicating LED’s when fault finding.
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The individual can understand how to setup optical sensors for LO or DO operation.
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The individual will appreciate the setup required for digital pressure/vacuum switches for window and switching.