Training Process Plant Optimization and Energy Conservation

Course Description

Plant integrity and reliability is the cornerstone of process plant optimization. For optimization benefits to be sustainable, production interruptions must be kept to a minimum which requires effective management of degradation processes that affect equipment and systems and effective inspection and maintenance strategies, plans and methods. Plant optimization can be an effective way to achieve improved profitability without the large investment associated with building a new plant.

Common industrial processes and systems, such as steam, cooling water, process heating, and electric motors consume   most of the energy and offer significant opportunities for savings. Process changes such as advanced controls, new catalysts, and new technologies also present opportunities for plant optimization. This course will provide a comprehensive review of the various aspects of process plant integrity as the essential foundation for sustainable plant profitability and optimization.

Course Objectives

• Assisting participants in recognizing and clearly understanding what plant optimization and energy conservation is all about – the drivers, the potential benefits, and how to realize them
• Applying business focus of participants and equip them to make more contributions to sustainable plant profitability
• Appraising the most attractive opportunities to identify energy savings
• Describing the managerial tools the delegates can utilize to effectively optimize plant operations
• Demonstrating practical and effective methods and tools to provide participants with the skills to perform technical and economic evaluations of the alternatives

Who Should Attend?

• Process Plant, Petroleum Refinery and Gas  Plant Technical Professionals
• Engineers, Operations and Maintenance professionals, as well as for Project and Consulting Engineers
• Engineering and Technical professionals involved in improving process plant profitability and energy efficiency

Course Details/Schedule

• Process Plant Operation, Integrity and Reliability
• Process Plant Optimization and Energy Conservation – Overview
• Asset Integrity Management (AIM)
• Plant Integrity and Reliability
• Risk Based Integrity (RBI) Approach
• Operation and Maintenance Impacts on Plant Integrity and Reliability
• Asset Management and Maintenance Management: Process Improvement
• Process Plant Economics

• Process Plant Optimization
• Process Control Basics
• Elements of Process Plant Optimization
• Components Required to Optimize Industrial Processes
• Process or Mathematical Model of Process and Process Variables
• Application of Simulation Technology to Plant Optimization and Control
• The Basics of Heat Integration
• Pinch Technology

• Implications of Plant Optimization Activities
• Relating Energy Efficiency to Business Outcome
• Impact of Optimization Activities and Technological Modifications to the Plant
• Technology Licenses
• Impact on Human Resource
• Good Safety - Good Business
• Safety Costs: Costs of Injuries
• Lessons from Disasters

• Industrial Energy Management – Energy Efficiency: Good for Business – Good for the Environment
• Energy Use and Optimization in Process Industry
• Industrial Energy Management Techniques: Energy Efficiency
• Industrial Energy Management Techniques
• Energy Management Standard: Details
• Energy Management Standard: Features
• Obstacles for Energy Management Programs

• Energy Conservation Opportunities
• Energy Audit
• Energy Audit Types
• Benchmarking Energy Intensity and Usage
• Technology Options – New Energy Efficient Technologies
• Technical and Economic Evaluation of Potential Opportunities: Renewable Energy

Training Cathodic Protection and Chemical Treatment

Course Description

Maintaining the ageing infrastructure such as underground pipelines is a challenge to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Understanding why and how cathodic protection works or fails can help the operator formulate appropriate strategy in managing the pipeline corrosion problems. This five-day course covers both the fundamentals and practices in designing, operating and maintaining cathodic protection of underground pipelines. An overview of the NACE standard on “Pipeline External Corrosion Direct Assessment Methodology” will also be presented.

Course Objectives

• Drawing a simple model of a Cathodic Protection cell and name the different elements 
• Naming 2 types of Cathodic Protection Systems 
• Explaining the relationship between Coatings and Cathodic protection 
• Naming and describing 2 different testing methods used to test Cathodic Protection 
• Understanding terminology commonly used when discussing Cathodic Protection 

Who Should Attend?

• Designers and anyone who are interested in cathodic protection technology for corrosion prevent
• Facility owners and users who are concerned with corrosion
• Technicians and maintenance personnel
• Engineers and technologists

Course Details/Schedule

• Primer on Chemistry and Metallurgy
• Fundamentals of corrosion 
• Cathodic Protection 
• Sacrificial Anode Cathodic Protection 
• Impressed Current Cathodic Protection 
• Criteria for Cathodic Protection
• Reference potential devices

• Potential measuring instrument 
• Soil resistivity test instruments 
• Wall thickness and pit gages 
• Current interrupters 
• Test rectifiers 
• Holiday detectors
• Electrical resistivity 

• Resistance of ground connection 
• Non-uniform electrolyte 
• Groundbed Design 
• Long pipelines and pipe insulating joints
• Stray current corrosion and electrolysis 
• Practical stray current problems

• Interference from other CP installations
• Effectiveness of coatings
• Coatings specification 
• Coatings inspection 
• Type of pipeline coatings 
• Coating failures and analysis

• Cathodic Protection and Coatings
• Survey methods for pipeline not under cathodic protection 
• Survey methods for pipeline under cathodic protection 
• Overview of NACE Standard on “Pipeline External Corrosion Direct Assessment Methodology”
• Corrosion Inhibitors
• Scale Inhibitors
• Biocides 

Training Petrochemical Distillation Operation

Course Description

This course is designed to develop and update a deep knowledge of basic petrochemical distillation and how quality controlled according to international and company standard specification methods at the Petrochemical (oil and gas) production (industries) as well as to provide the Technicians and Operators for Petrochemical Company with most of the information that help them achieving a production target with company specifications

Who Should Attend?

• Those who are working in the field of Petrochemical production and quality
• Operators
• Technicians
• Petrochemical Engineers

Course Details/Schedule

• Introduction
• Petroleum feed stocks  
• An overview of the Oil and Gas and Petrochemicals Industry
• Petrochemicals from different hydrocarbons
• Brief Historical Background
• Distillation Measurement at Atmospheric Pressure

• History of Distillation
• Design Guidelines for Extractive Distillation Columns Guidelines for Distillation Reliability
• Go Research Past Experience
• Review Best Practices
• Distillation Measurement at Reduced Pressure
• Products – Classified into various Categories

• Types of Stages
• Alkylation reactions
• Catalytic reforming
• Shape-selectivity
• Isomerization reactions
• Disproportionation
• Selective oxidation reactions
• Green polycarbonate synthesis

• Tray Fundamentals
• Tray Efficiencies and Design Guidelines for Extractive Distillation Columns
• Packing
• Low Pressure < 150 PSIG
• Low Liquid Flows
• Trays
• High Pressure
• High Liquid Flows
• Fouling Service

• Each Distillation Vendor
• The best distillation device
• The preferred distillation device
• Donkey Lessons
• Understand Distillation Fundamentals
• Understand the tradeoff between stage efficiency and fouling
• Understand when you should use a tray, packing or rings.
• Understand the strengths and weakness of each device.

Training Applications of Laser Raman Spectroscopy

Course Description

Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive analytical technique and is used in many different fields where, microscopic, chemical analysis and imaging is needed. Raman analysis can provide both qualitative and/or quantitative information easily and quickly.  It can be used to characterise the chemical composition and structure of the samples regardless of its physical satate, solid, powder, liquid, gas or slurry. Molybdenum and molybdenum-based materials have favorable properties such as good erosion-resistance, excellent thermal and electrical conductivities, high yielding strength and hardness at high temperatures. They are extensively used in various fields including agriculture, energy, military, chemical engineering, bio-medicine and electronics. Due to their unique electronic, optical and mechanical properties, molybdenum-based materials have potential applications in nano devices and functional materials. This course is designed to give information both on various usage of molybdenum and to provide practice and knowledge on Raman spectroscopy and its diverse range of applications. 

The training wil be in Arabic. 

Course Objectives

• Gain theoretical and practical knowledge on Raman spectrometers
• Acquire knowledge for method development and analytical parameters
• Learn how to establish an analytical strategy with an unknown sample
• Obtain theoretical and practical knowledge on Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• Gain knowledge on interpretation of Raman results
• Learn about the use of molibdenum and its related compounds in various applications

Who Should Attend?

• Ph.D. students 
• Technicians
• Engineers
• Scientists 
• Laboratory managers

Course Details/Schedule

Raman spectroscopy

• Theory of Raman spectroscopy 
• Instrumentation
• Principle and advantages of raman spectroscopy
• Scanning Probe Microscopy and Instrumentation
• The different modes (AFM, STM, Tuning Fork) and signals

Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

• Principle and requirements
• Presentation of the different TERS tips
• Alignment  of excitation laser on the TERS tip (rough and fine alignment)
• Optimization of the TERS parameters (spectra and imaging)

Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Chemical sciences

• Polymers
• Pharmaceuticals
• Chemicals
• Cosmetics

Optimization

Applications of Raman spectroscopy in Materials science

• Carbon
• Nano-materials
• Semiconductors
• Photovoltaics
• Catalysis
• Battery technology
• Applications in Analytical sciences
• Investigations of art and cultural heritages
• Contaminant identification
• Forensics
• Food and Beverage

Applications in Life sciences

• Rapid micro-organism identification
• Cell biology
• Tissue analysis

Applications in Earth sciences

• Geological samples
• Gemstone analysis

• Practical session: selection and optimization of parameters for Raman analysis and to perform data process
• Description of the instrument
• Alignment of the laser, the laser power, the grating, and the confocal hole
• Methods of measurements
• Generating a Raman spectrum
• Generating a Raman image
• Data evaluation

• Molybdenum and related compounds (Mo) – Properties and Applications
• Molybdenum use by material (metal, Stainless steel, Alloy steels, Superalloy steels)
• Molybdenum use by industry sector (Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and others)
• Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles 
• Molybdenum oxide nanowires
• Molybdenum Nanopowder / Nanoparticles

Training Advanced Operation Skills

Course Description

The course covers a wide range of operation excellence to enhance the knowledge and skills of the participants’ in loss prevention control, human performance management, operation integrity management, and rotating and fixed equipment design integrity and maintenance and reliability management. 

Course Objectives

• Enhancing the knowledge and skills in loss prevention control management 
• Understanding Technical & design integrity of fixed and rotating equipment
• Enhancing the knowledge and skills in operation integrity 
• Describing equipment failures and failure prevention & reliability
• Understanding Maintenance management system

Who Should Attend?

• Marketing and sales staff and management who are working in process plants
• Technicians
• Operators 
• Engineers 
• Managers

Course Details/Schedule

• Loss prevention control system management 
• Process safety management 
• Emission control and environmental management 
• Loss of containment & potential accident prevention
• HSE audit a, shift change offer   and remedial action  

• Technical & design integrity 
• Equipment manufacture specification 
• Design codes and standers (rotating equipment, pressure vessels, and heat exchangers) 
• EX- equipment and hazard area classification 
• Relief and depressing systems integrity

• Operation integrity management
• Leader ship and commitment 
• Human performance &competency 
• Product specification monitoring 
• Operation data and SOP management
• Plant Operation Troubleshooting 
• Performance and optimize plant

• Equipment Failures and failure prevention & reliability 
• Failures in Piping and equipment Pressure Vessels, Piping and Boilers
• Failures in Rotating Equipment
• Failure Prevention
• Testing and Monitoring

• Maintenance management system  
• Maintenance polices &objective 
• Maintenance types:
• Reactive (ReM ) maintenance 
• Preventive (PM) maintenance
• Predicative (PdM) maintenance
• Proactive (PaM) maintenance

Training Plant Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance

Course Description

Industrial processes today operate on very large scales with the advent of modern industrial plants.  Such plants sometimes operate hundreds of equipment, not to mention thousands of instruments for the measurement and control of such equipment.  Efficient operation of industrial plants means higher reliability, improved safety, increased revenue, and ultimately, a satisfied consumer-base.  The different plant modes like startup, continuous operation, and shutdown, present different challenges, all of which will be explored. Understandably, with such a high volume of equipment and instruments, failures are inevitable.  Properly troubleshooting individual equipment failures and total plant shutdowns with a correct approach and methodology is critical for improving plant availability and reliability.  A well devised maintenance strategy and periodic turnaround plan are also instrumental to that end.  Furthermore, priority should be given to systematized operations and increased safety through core operations values and safety principles and tools such as SOPs and COPs (critical operating parameters), all of which lead to more successful plants.  

Course Objectives

• Describing in detail how to read P & I diagrams and the wealth of information they contain
• Exploring the main challenges of plant startup, continuous operation & optimization, and shutdown
• Equipping participants with the ability to operate plants efficiently and quantify plant operations through performance indicators and technical calculations
• Developing participants’ capacity for troubleshooting methodologically using available process trends and events recording
• Presenting real case scenarios and examples for materializing the troubleshooting process and focusing on the importance of root causes 
• Investigating plant maintenance strategies and priorities
• Empowering participants to plan turnarounds, execute, and evaluate them.
• Emphasizing the importance and relevance of core operations values and safety principles on operations processes
• Explaining the creation and implementation of SOPs 

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance personnel and technicians
• Fresh technical graduates and engineers
• Plant operators

 

Course Details/Schedule

• Plant equipment and instrumentation
• Block diagrams and process flow diagrams
• P & ID: The plant’s essential guide   
• Plant startup conditions 
• Tuning and optimization methods

• Reliability and availability calculations
• Daily production reporting
• Mass and energy balances
• Discrepancy evaluation and rectification
• Fixed plant modes and combinations

• Troubleshooting sudden, complete plant trips
• Troubleshooting equipment shutdown/failure
• Single and multi-variable problem-solving
• RCFA basics and problem definition issues
• Real case scenarios and examples

• Plant shutdown conditions
• Plant maintenance strategies
• Spare parts management and critical spares
• Turnaround planning and resources
• Turnaround execution and review

• Core operations values 
• Safety operation principles
• Significance of the human factor
• Critical operating parameters (COPs)
• SOPs creation and implementation 

Training Chemical Laboratory Instrumentation with Safety Operation

Course Description

Modern Chemical Laboratory training course will assist in keeping up to date with current laboratory operation principles and international guidelines, while at the same time stressing the importance of and providing valuable advice on the most critical areas of testing laboratories operation. These will include, but not be limited to, the areas of method development and method validation, environmental conditions, equipment maintenance and control, quality assurance of test results, measurement uncertainty and sample traceability, personnel training, internal audits, proactive/preventive actions and root cause analysis.

Course Objectives

• Defining the role and objectives of their laboratory within an organization
• Understanding the importance of quality control
• Developing skills in method development and method validation
• Improving skills in the area of equipment maintenance and operation
• Realizing the need for data control and method documentation
• Understanding the concept of traceability within laboratory activities
• Being able to raise Corrective/Preventive actions and subsequent root cause analysis
• Improving skills in conducting Internal Audits and Management Reviews

Who Should Attend?

• Laboratory managers
• Scientific personnel of laboratories, like chemists, chemical engineers, environmental engineers, process/shift engineers
• Laboratory technicians and newly recruited staff of chemical laboratories
• Instrument operators in chemical laboratories

Course Details/Schedule

• Definition of chemical laboratory
• Chemical laboratories as legal entities under different scenaria
• Inhouse laboratories operating within another organization
• Independent commercial laboratories
• Reference laboratories versus Notified laboratories
• Independence and impartiality of laboratories/legal implications

• Regulatory/legal/environmental requirements relating to laboratory location
• Laboratory layout – specific examples of different types of chemical laboratories
• Basic rules relating to location of analytical instruments
• Health and safety considerations/Emergency response team
• Chemicals handling and storage
• Ventilation and air conditioning requirements

• Defining your needs in analytical equipment
• Selection criteria/Supplier evaluation
• Commissioning of analytical instruments
• Operator training and on-going competence
• Calibration of different types of analytical instruments
• External versus internal calibration/Calibration standards

• In-house developed versus Standard versus Rapid-screening methods
• Analytical method validation and verification
• Method documentation and assuring traceability – control of data
• Method Quality Control (QC) – use of reference materials (CRMs)
• Internal/external QC
• Introduction to Uncertainty of Measurement (UoM)/Legal implications

• Introduction to Laboratory Accreditation
• Management requirements of accreditation bodies
• Internal audits
• Corrective/preventive actions – root cause analysis
• Management reviews
• Technical requirements of accreditation, including sampling activities

Training Non Destructive Testing (NDT) & Evaluation

Course Description

This course designed to provide a basic knowledge of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) & Evaluation (such as ultrasonic testing and radiographic testing) to enable a participant to carryout tests according to an established procedure . The course is especially designed to provide comprehensive understanding knowledge and practical skill for non destructive testing & evaluation.

Course Objectives

• Understand the origins of defects.
• Understand the visual measurement and classification.
• Understand the penetrant testing principles and applications.
• Understand the magnetic particle testing principles and applications.
• Understand the basic principles of the radiographic inspection procedure.
• Understand the ultrasonic testing principles and applications.
• Understand the Eddy current testing  and applications.
• Understand the thermal infrared testing principles and applications.
• Understand the acoustic emission testing principles and applications.

Who Should Attend?

• Engineers.
• Inspectors.
• Technicians.
• Anyone who aspiring to acquire the knowledge of non destructive testing (NDT) & evaluation.

Course Details/Schedule

• Introduction to NDT.
• Visual Testing and Calssification 
• Penetrant Testing and Theory and Principles.
• Penetrant Equipment, Materials and Procedures.
• Penetrant Testing Applications and Quality Control.
• Magnetic Particle TestingTheory and Principles.
• Equipment and Accessories and Techniques. 
• Evaluation of Test Results and Reporting.

• Radiographic Testing.
• Theory and Principles.
• Radiographic Equipment and Accessories.
• Techniques, Procedures and Radiographic Evaluation.
• Applications.
• Advantages and Limitations of Radiography. 
• Compendium of Radiographs. 

• Ultrasonic Testing.
• Theory and Principles.
• Equipment for Ultrasonic Applications.
• Techniques and Evaluation of Test Results.
• Applications.
• Advantages and Limitations.

• Eddy Current Testing.
• Theory and Principles.
• Eddy Currents.
• Test Equipment. 
• Eddy Current Applications and Signal Display.
• Other Electromagnetic Test Techniques.

• Thermal Infrared Testing.  
• Theory and Principles. 
• Equipment and Accessories. 
• Techniques.
• Data Storage.
• Applications. 
• Advantages and Limitations.
• Acoustic Emission Testing. 
• Principles of Acoustic Emission Testing. 
• Advantages and Limitations of Acoustic Emission Testing.

Training Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Course Description

 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) involves a number of inspection techniques designed to detect discontinuities or defects in different types of materials. NDT is used in many fields, such as the aircraft industry, pipelines, nuclear reactors, automotive servicing and many others.

This  course covers the fundamental NDT methods currently employed and instills particpants with the ability to assess factors affecting choice of methods to be utilized in relation to materials, defect type, position and other relevant parameters.

Course Objectives

• To understand the scope and applications of NDT
• To familiarize with the available methods
• To explain the basic principles of these methods
• To identify the advantages and disadvantages of different methods, both in application and defect detection capability
• To assess the best method to utilize given the conditions of different circumstances

Who Should Attend?

• Plant Engineers,
• Plant Surveyors & Inspectors
• Materials & corrosion engineers
• Those requiring a general foundation of Non-Destructive Testing and the various methods employed in this area.

Course Details/Schedule

• Introduction to Nondestructive Testing
• Visual and Demential Inspection
• Codes and Standards for Nondestructive Testing

• Radiation Safety 
• NDT Radiographic testing
• Radiation Protection Supervisor 
• Radiographic Interpretation - Principles & Applications
• Radiographic Interpretation - Metal Welds 
• Radiographic Interpretation - Metal Castings 

• Ultrasonic Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring
• Ultrasonic Testing  - Thickness Measurement
• Ultrasonic Testing  - Welds

• CSWIP Visual Inspector (Offshore)
• Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
• Penetrant Testing 
• Thermography
• Time of Flight Diffraction (ToFD)

• Eddy Current Testing
• Advanced NDT Methods
• Vacuum, air & hydraulic leak testing
• Material evaluation, macro, hardness testing
• Choice of method according to materials, defect type and other relevant factors

TRaining Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)

Course Description

In this course participants learn how to use the Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process on mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum. Students also learn the application of Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). Throughout the course safety principles and equipment requirements of GMAW are emphasized.
 

Course Objectives

• Describe GMAW safe operation.
• Describe GMAW defects.
• Describe and demonstrate proper use and care of equipment.
• Prepare materials and fit together properly prepared weld joints.
• Perform FCAW.
• Make welds with the various modes of metal transfer with both solid and cored electrodes.

Who Should Attend?

• Technical managers
• Welding inspectors
• Engineering designers
• Practicing engineers who involve in the management and planning of welding fabrication works and inspection related activities

• Safe practices
• Care and use of equipment
• Operating variables that affect weld formation
• Weld defects
• Troubleshooting

Training Pipeline Inspection and Testing

Course Description

The objective of this course is to introduce the participants the basic concepts and principles involved with design, inspection and testing of pipeline, Guidelines and notes, piping arrangement, stress on piping, valves in piping design, make maintenance simple, P & ID, design points, graphic method for finding loads on support, pumps, compressors, fundamentals of fluid flow, computer applications, piping inspection code, inspection of buried piping and risk based inspection.

Course Objectives

•  Knowing about design concepts of pipeline
•  Preparing for inspection and testing procedures
•  Preparing for pressure and flow rate balancing procedures
•  Making a maintenance plan for pipeline
•  Evaluating the equipment life

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance Technicians
• Mechanics 
• Machine Operators
• Any Person involved in Cross-training, or Multi-craft Skills programs
• Facility Managers
• Plant Engineers
• Building Owners

Course Details/Schedule

•  Guidelines and notes 
•  Arranging piping 
•  Piping arrangement 
•  Removing equipment and cleaning lines 
•  Stress on piping 
•  Resistance of piping to flow 
•  Valves in piping design

•  Make maintenance simple 
•  P & ID 
•  Piping safety and relief valves 
•  Control stations 
•  Design points 
•  Arranging supports for piping 
•  Graphic method for finding loads on supports

• Thermal movements 
•  Welding pipe support and platform brackets to vessels 
•  Pumps 
•  Suction and Discharge line 
•  Cavitations problem 
•  Water hammer 
•  Compressors 
•  Suction piping for air compressors

• Fundamentals of fluid flow 
•  Fluid flow in pipes 
•  Head loss in pipeline 
•  Computer applications 
•  Piping inspection code

• Inspection and testing practices 
•  Frequency and extent of inspection 
•  Inspection data evaluation, analysis, and recording 
•  Repairs, alterations, and relating of piping systems 
•  Inspection of buried piping 
•  Risk based inspection

Training Welding Techniques and Technologies

Course Description

The demand for skilled welders is growing in world, and this Welding Techniques and Technologies Program offers superior training and a pathway into the trade. Our welding program stands out for its excellent instructors, superior facilities and strong reputation among employers. You'll get a thorough, practical education in the most current welding techniques and theories, preparing you for a welding career with good pay, benefits and career prospects.

Please note that this course is basic course in this category and conducted theoretically. If you want a theory mixed with theory and practice, we need to conduct through our solution partner when we have minimum 4 participants.

Course Objectives

• Understanding the welding principles and metallic materials welding abilities
• Understanding the physical and chemical concepts on weld-base metal interactions
• Understanding the Formation and difficulties of partially melted zone(PMZ) and heat affected zone 
• Understanding the welding behaviour for ferrous and non ferrous metals

Who Should Attend?

• Practicing engineers who involve in the management and planning of welding fabrication works and inspection related activities
• Technical managers
• Welding inspectors
• Engineers

Course Details/Schedule

• Introduction to welding techniques and technologies
• Welding principles
• Heat flow in welding
• Chemical reaction in welding
• Fluid flow and metal evaporation in welding
• Welding problems: residual stresses distortion and fatigue
• Case study

• Welding Techniques
• Oxyacetylene Welding
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding
• Gas–Tungsten Arc Welding
• Plasma Arc Welding
• Gas–Metal Arc Welding
• Flux-Core Arc Welding
• Submerged Arc Welding
• Electroslag Welding
• Electron Beam Welding
• Laser Beam Welding

• The partially melted zone 
• Liquation mechanisms
• Grain boundary segregation
• Partially melted zone in cast irons
• Liquation cracking
• Loss of strength and ductility
• Hydrogen cracking
• Remedies
• The heat-affected zone 
• Work-hardened materials
• Recrystallization and grain growth in welding
• Effect of welding parameters and process

• Welding techniques for ferrous based metals
• Carbon steels (low, medium and high carbon steels
• The using of phase diagram and CCT diagrams in carbon steels welding
• Low-Alloy steels welding techniques
• Tool steel welding techniques
• Welding techniques for stainless steels
• Classification of stainless steels.
• Welding techniques for austenitic stainless steels
• Welding techniques for Ferritic stainless steels
• Welding techniques for martensitic stainless steels
• Case study

• Welding techniques for aluminum alloys
• Welding for AlCuMg, AlMgSi and AlZnMg alloys
• Friction Stir welding of aluminum alloys
• Welding techniquesNickel-Base alloys
• Postweld heat treatment cracking
• Fundamentals of brazing and soldering
• Case study

Training Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

Course Description

This course covers theory, fundamentals and application of hydraulic and pneumatic systems.  Emphasis is placed on practical application of fundamental fluid power principles.  Students will learn  fluid power circuits, terminology, symbols and calculations for force, velocity, and horsepower.  In addition students will apply circuit fundamentals in the design of manufacturing, construction or transportation models.

Course Objectives

• Describing and explaining ten practical examples of fluid power
• Describing ten occupations related to fluid power
• Assembling a fluid power circuit using at least ten components
• Understanding the main components of the hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Designing hydraulic and pneumatic circuits
• Designing and understanding the electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic circuits

Who Should Attend?

• All those who plan to make a career in hydraulics and pneumatics
• Mechanical engineers and technicians
• Design engineers
• Consulting engineers

Course Details/Schedule

• Introduction of fluid power
• Pneumatic characteristics
• The applications of Pneumatic characteristics

• Air generation treatments 
• Air generation distribution
• Pneumatic actuators

• Input, control, and processing elements
• Pneumatic system design and development
• Hydraulic characteristics 

• The applications of Hydraulic characteristics 
• Hydraulic generation treatments
• Hydraulic generation distribution

• Hydraulic actuators
• Input, control, and processing elements
• Hydraulic system design and development

Training Hydraulic Pumps and Valves

Course Description

This course surveys the most common types of hydraulic control valves and pumps and explains how each type functions within a hydraulic system.  The course starts by providing general information about Hydraulic valves and explores the methods of checking them.  After that, it discusses more specific issues such as pump design and displacement. The course is a good choice for any one seeking knowldege in hydraulic systems. 

Course Objectives

• Describing hydraulic valves
• Identifying the types of hydraulic valves and pumps
• Describing directional control valves and pumps
• Describing checkvalves and pumps
• Distinguishing between methods of directional valve actuation
• Distinguishing between types of relief valves
• Distinguishing between types of relief pumps
• Describing the different flow control configurations

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone who need to enhance his knowledge in the field of  hydraulic systems
• Technicians
• Operation and maintenance staff of hydraulic systems
• Mechanical Engineers

Course Details/Schedule

• Hydraulic Control
• Types of Hydraulic Valves
• Directional Control Valves
• Check Valves
• Pilot-Operated Check Valves

• Two-, Three-, and Four-Way Valves
• Directional Control Valve Actuation
• Relief Valves
• Balanced Piston Relief Valve
• Sequence Valve

• Pressure Reducing Valves
• Flow Control Valves
• Pump Classifications
• Types of Hydraulic Pump
• Pump Performance

• Pump Displacement
• Slippage
• Pump Designs
• Gear Pumps
• Vane Pumps

• Piston Pumps
• Pump Operation
• Nonpressure-Compensated Flow Control
• Pressure-Compensated Flow Control
• Temperature-Compensated Flow Control