The Four State Automation Academy is an immersive learning experience. 100% hands-on learning. Lectures are concise and the labs are engaging and directly applicable. There is a course for every level of automation professional. Start a new career in automation, enhance your skills, keep up on your professional development, all while receiving new credentials.
Employers: The Automation Academy is unlike other 'training'. Your employees will not only learn where the buttons are, they will learn how to solve problems with ladder logic, they will implement solutions to common automation problems and they will learn good programming etiquette. PLC courses are taught with Rockwell ladder logic, HMI Studio View, and Inductive Automation's Ignition SCADA software.
The Four State Automation Academy is presented by Four State Engineering and is hosted in conjunction with Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg Kansas at the Kansas Technology Center.
Control Wiring & Troubleshooting
- COURSE CLOSED / NO SEATS AVAILABLE
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? Technicians with no electrical training, Electricians with little controls experience, Engineers who have little factory experience
Prerequisites: NONE
Through hands-on experience students will:
Learn: Electricity fundamentals
Wire: Industrial circuits
Wire: Electro-mechanical Relay circuits
Wire: Latching circuits
Wire: Interlock and fail-safe circuits
Learn: Three phase power theory
Wire: 9-wire, 3-phase motor via a 3-wire motor control station.
Learn: VFD basics
Wire: 3-phase VFD controller.
Learn: Methods of circuit protection
Learn: Power quality concepts for industrial settings
Automation Primer
WHO SHOUD TAKE THIS COURSE? Technicians, Engineers, Electricians with little or no PLC experience.
Prerequisites: NONE
Hands-on programming course that gives students real world experience with Allen Bradley PLCs and Rockwell programming languages. The course will cover the following topics:
Electromechanical Relays
PLC Hardware
I/O interfacing
Ladder Logic in a Rockwell IDE
Latching circuits
Timers & Counters
Compare Functions
Jog, Interlocks, Safeties
Troubleshooting PLCs
Intermediate PLCs and System Integration
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? Technicians, Engineers and Electricians with basic Allen-Bradley PLC experience
Prerequisites: Knowledge of PLC programming, latching, timers, and counters in the Rockwell environment
Hands-on programming course to enhance the professional's skills and knowledge of PLC functions. Attendees will:
Set up: Ethernet LAN with industrial equipment
Interface: Analog inputs into PLC
Use: Math functions in a PLC program
Apply: Subroutines to PLC program
Transfer: Data from PLC to MSExcel
Program: AB HMI buttons, scaled readouts, indicators, data inputs, etc.
Program: VFD control via PLC
Learn: Troubleshooting Techniques
AUTOMATION: Advanced Topics - Coming 2025!
ADVANCED TOPICS COMING SUMMER 2024!
Coming 2025!
Professor Shaver at work
Why the Automation Academy? (1) Experience. Professor Shaver began his career with PLCs and automation in high school. He has worked as an electrician, technician, engineer, business owner, and professor. Collectively, he has over 25 years experience in the field of automation. (2) High caliber teaching. Professor Shaver believes in hands-on, discovery learning. He knows how to engage students with real-world applications. Professor Shaver won the Outstanding Faculty award at Pittsburg State University in 2016, and the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021. He has been teaching automation for more than 14 years.
