Our 2011 course schedule is still being developed and more classes will be added.
| Class | Location &
Dates | Price
(USD) | Description |
Level 2 Emax or Emax and Tmax Breaker Service Certification
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>> Register now | Florence, SC
February 22-25 | $1,200 -
$1,600 | This three or four day Level 2 training certifies participants to execute onsite commissioning, warranty and after warranty repairs, replace standard spare parts (excluding "Mark A"), and perform ordinary preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on Emax only or Emax and Tmax breakers. |
OVR Recloser & PCD Hands-On Training
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>> Register now | Lake Mary, FL
April 13-14
May 11-12* (Spanish)
September 7-8* (Spanish)
October 12-13 | $750 | This two-day training course is designed for participants to become proficient in application, installation, operation, maintenance, testing and commissioning of PCD Relays and OVR Reclosers. |
Level 2 Emax or Emax and Tmax Breaker Service Certification
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>> Register now | Florence, SC
April 19-22 | $1,200 -
$1,600 | This three or four day Level 2 training certifies participants to execute onsite commissioning, warranty and after warranty repairs, replace standard spare parts (excluding "Mark A"), and perform ordinary preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on Emax only or Emax and Tmax breakers. |
*Entrenamiento del Reconectador OVR y Controlador PCD con instrucción práctica en Español (OVR Recloser & PCD Hands-On Training in Spanish)
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May 11-12*
September 7-8* | $750 | Este entrenamiento de dos dias esta enfocado a participantes que quieren adquirir un grado avanzado de conocimiento en la aplicacion, instalacion, operacion, mantenimiento, y pruebas del rele PCD y reconectadores OVR. Para inscribirse favor contactar a Edwin Parra at edwin.parra@us.abb.com. |
Level 2 Emax or Emax and Tmax Breaker Service Certification
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>> Register now | Florence, SC
June 21-24 | $1,200 -
$1,600 | This three or four day Level 2 training certifies participants to execute onsite commissioning, warranty and after warranty repairs, replace standard spare parts (excluding "Mark A"), and perform ordinary preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on Emax only or Emax and Tmax breakers. |
On site and customized customer training sessions are offered upon request. We will gladly arrange courses at any agreed location.
| Course name | Time & Date (Click on any date to register) | Description |
| Introduction to NERC Security Requirements | - Tue, Jul 19, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Sep 1, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This 1-hour webinar was developed to provide an overview for participants on NERC Cyber Security Requirements. Topics that will be covered are: Overview of NERC CIP, Review of Specific CIPs, meeting these security requirements in a practical way, observations, conclusions, and expectations. Expected participants will acquire a g eneral understanding of NERC CIP: What it is and what it isn’t, an appreciation for cyber security risks, ideas to address NERC CIP requirements. |
| Substation computing |
| Introduction to COM600 | - Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Aug 4, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Oct 4, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Dec 6, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST | This webinar will provide a general overview of the features, benefits, and solutions provided by the COM600. COM600, the station automation device of ABB, is an all-in-one communication gateway, automation platform and user interface solution for utility and industrial distribution substations. The gateway functionality provides connectivity between substation IEDs and network-level control and management systems. The automation platform with its logic processor makes COM600 a flexible implementation platform for substation-level automation tasks. As a user interface solution COM600 accommodates web technology based functionalities providing access to substation devices and processes via a web browser based human machine interface (HMI). |
| Relion™ 615 series |
| Intro to REF615 Feeder protection relay | - Tue, Jun 21, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Aug 23, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Oct 25, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This webinar will provide an introduction to ABB's feeder protection relay for distribution applications. REF615, a member of ABB's Relion® product family, is a dedicated feeder protection relay for the protection, measurement and supervision of utility substations and industrial power systems. REF615 has been designed to unleash the full potential of the IEC 61850 standard for communication and interoperability of substation automation devices.The relay provides main protection for overhead lines, cable feeders and busbar systems of distribution substations. The IEC 61850 implementation in REF615 also includes GOOSE communications, which provides fast horizontal relay-to-relay communication over the station bus. |
| Intro to RET615 Transformer protection relay | - Tue, Jun 7, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Sep 6, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Oct 6, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | The RET615 ANSI product is a dedicated transformer protection and control IED for power transformers, unit and step-up transformers including power generator-transformer blocks in utility and industry power distribution substations. RET615 is a member of ABB’s Relion® product family and a part of its 615 protection and control product series. Flexible order coding allows for choosing current-only or current-and-voltage configurations to best fit your transformer application needs. The IEC 61850 implementation in REF615 also includes GOOSE communications, which provides fast horizontal relay-to-relay communication over the station bus. This session will provide an introduction to this protection relay. |
| Intro to REM615 Motor protection relay | - Tue, Jul 12, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Sep 8, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
| The REM615 ANSI product is a dedicated motor protection and control IED perfectly aligned for the protection, control, measurement and supervision of asynchronous motors in generation plants and manufacturing and process industries. REM615 is a member of ABB’s Relion® product family and a part of its 615 protection and control product series. The 615 series IEDs are characterized by their compactness and withdrawable design. This webinar will provide an overview of the benefits, features, and value achieved when using the REM615 motor protection relay. |
| Intro to RER620 recloser control unit. | - Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Sep 20, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This session will provide a general overview of the RER 620. The RER620 is a dedicated recloser IED (intelligent electronic device) perfectly aligned for the protection, control, measurement and supervision of utility distribution feeders and industrial power systems including radial, looped and meshed distribution networks. The RER620 is the most powerful, advanced recloser protection and control relay in its class, offering a wide range of protection functions, including high impedance fault (HIZ), sensitive earth fault (SEF) protection, loop control performing automatic restoration functions - commonly accepted as a means to significantly improve circuit reliability and to provide more effective system operation. Also, the relay incorporates a flexible three and single-phase multi-shot auto-reclose function for automatic feeder restoration in temporary faults on overhead lines. |
| REF615 Feeder protection relay (applications) | - Thu, Jun 23, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Aug 25, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Oct 27, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This 1-hour webinar was developed to provide participants a more detailed understanding in applying ABB’s REF615 Feeder Protection Relay. Previous participation in an introductory webinar on the relay is required. Topics that will be covered are: Overcurrent application, Arc Flash, HIZ, and CFD applications, IEC 61850-based scheme applications. Participants will learn to: Understand where and how the REF615 can be applied, understand the advantages the REF615 might provide compared to other relays in class. |
| RET615 Transformer protection relay (applications) | - Thu, Jun 9, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Wed, Sep 14, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Oct 11, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This webinar will study some of the most important solutions the RET615 transformer protection relay is capable to provide. This session will take a more in-depth approach on how the RET615 protection relay can be applied to maximize its benefits and value to the user. |
| REM615 Motor protection relay (applications) | - Thu, Jul 14, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Sep 13, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This webinar will study some of the most important solutions the REM615 motor protection relay is capable to provide. This session will take a more in-depth approach on how the REM615 protection relay can be applied to maximize its benefits and value to the user. |
| RER620 recloser control unit (applications) | - Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Sep 22, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This webinar will study some of the most important solutions the RER620 recloser control unit is capable to provide. This session will take a more in-depth approach on how the RER620 can be applied to maximize its benefits and value to the user. |
| How to detect downed conductors with the REF615 | - Tue, Jul 26, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Sep 27, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This webinar will study the REF615 relay's capability to detect downed conductors of distrubtion circuits. The webinar will discuss two aspects of downed conductors, phase discontinuity and high impedance fault. The webinar will demonstrate the methodologies of Phase Discontinuity Protection (46PD) and High Impedance Fault Detector (HIZ) functions in REF615 relay and provide their setting examples. |
| How to detect underground cable faults with the REF615 | - Thu, Jul 28, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Sep 29, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Nov 22, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST | This webinar will study one of the useful features in the REF615 relay, the Cable Fault Detection (CFD) that can be applied to protect underground cables. The webinar will demonstrate the methodology of the CFD function in the REF615 relay and provide an example to configure CFD function setting. |
| REA |
| Reducing PPE and enhancing safety in new and existing installations using the REA arc-detection device | - Thu, Jun 30, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Tue, Aug 30, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- Thu, Oct 20, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | This 1-hour webinar was developed to provide an overview for participants on arc flash hazard mitigation using ABB’s REA Arc Protection System.Topics that will be covered are: Overview of Arc Flash Hazards, History of Arc Flash Concerns, Mitigation Options, Introduction, Application Examples, Installation and Testing. Expected participant learn why we should be concerned about Arc Flash Hazards, how our awareness has changed about arc flash concerns, and the standards and regulations that have resulted, the different mitigation options available, how the REA system can reduce PPE and Enhance Safety, and why it might be preferable to other mitigation options. |