Print reading skills are essential for anyone directly involved in developing and manufacturing products. Engineers and designers communicate all the technical information required to make a product via prints. Manufacturing personnel must correctly interpret the prints to create the product. Technicians use prints to understand how to repair and troubleshoot machinery. Beginning with the basics, Amatrol’s 96-PR1 Print Reading 1 Learning System leads students to a thorough understanding of print reading techniques and skills.
The 96-PR1 is set up to accommodate either self-directed or traditional classroom formats. This learning system can be used by itself and is also a core system in Amatrol’s project-based learning program. The Print Reading 1 Learning System uses interactive computer- based instruction with both theory and hands-on tutorials consisting of text, digital video, voice, online self-review tests, interactive simulations, color diagrams and color photos. Student curriculum covers industry related skills in print reading, including use of different reference coordinates, creating and editing drawings, using technical drawing views and dimensions, multi-view drawings, and developing schematic diagrams.
Amatrol’s Robotics 1 Learning System (96-ROB1A) teaches articulated arm servo robotics and how it’s applied in industrial tasks like assembly, material handling, and inspection. This introductory robotics training system includes a 5-axis articulated servo robot arm with a 360-degree work envelope, mobile workstation, industrial controller, and state-of-the-art teach pendant. Using these real-world components, learners will be able to practice over 140 executable commands using the powerful MCL II programming language.
The system also includes in-depth multimedia curriculum covering the major topic areas of basic robot operation, programming, interfacing, and material handling. For example, learners will study: homing procedures for a servo robot; commands like grasp, release, and Pmove; and applications of robots in material handling. Amatrol’s combination of theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice allows learners to gain both conceptual and practical knowledge, broadening competency in robotic applications.
Amatrol's Robotics 1 and 2 Simulation Learning Systems (96-RSS1 and 96-RSS2) teaches the programming and operation of the Pegasus articulated servo robot. The Pegasus simulation software includes powerful 3D graphic simulation tool that reproduce the Pegasus and workcells in realistic 3D images with dynamic characteristics similar to actual operation. Learners can see four different views of workspace simultaneously. Solids modeling technology provides a realistic view of program results, including collision detection.
Amatrol’s Structural Engineering 1 Learning System (96-SE1) introduces high school students to the field of civil engineering. Civil engineers are responsible for creating structures such as skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, dams, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, and many more structures that we use every day for living, transportation, and industry. Learners will learn the fundamentals of structural analysis as well as bridge design and construction.
The structural engineering training system includes the T9004 Structural Testing Systems consisting of a workstation, bridge component sets, a test fixture set, indicator package, bridge designer software, supplemental CD, and interactive multimedia student curriculum. These components are used to teach topics such as civil engineering careers, structural stability, force vectors, and bridge design.
Amatrol’s Structural Engineering 2 Learning System (96-SE2) adds to the Structural Engineering 1 Learning System (96-SE1) to teach statics, data acquisition, and bridge design analysis. The data acquisition system uses structural members equipped with stain gauges to measure the forces acting on a structure, constructed by the learners, and the system records these values to provide a clear picture of how the structure is reacting to the applied force. Through calculations and data acquisition analysis, intermediate structural engineering learners will analyze the forces in truss bridge designs.
The intermediate structural engineering training system includes a data acquisition system, bridge components fitted with strain gauges, a test fixture hardware package, and interactive multimedia student curriculum. The learning content covers topics such as bending stress and the moment of inertia, data acquisition, and truss bridge analysis.
Amatrol’s Structural Engineering 3 Learning System (96-SE3) covers a variety of foundational industrial topics including: concrete mixing, placement, and testing; how to control column and beam deflection; preventing columns from buckling; and designing buildings to both support normal loads and to stand up to environmental elements. These skills can be used to move into fields like construction, engineering, and architecture. The 96-SE3 utilizes components from the Structural Engineering 1 Learning System (96-SE1) and builds on knowledge introduced in that system.
The Advanced Structural Engineering training system includes concrete and metal beam component sets and a building component set that allow learners to practice real-world skills while they study the safety steps, advantages of certain materials, and overall theoretical knowledge behind these foundational engineering concepts. Some of the major topic areas covered by the 96-SE3’s curriculum include beam and column design, the fundamentals of concrete, building design, and building construction. This interlacing of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills builds learner competencies and gives them the knowledge to move on to more advanced structural engineering topics.
Because surveying is utilized in so many aspects of industry, the skills taught by the Surveying 1 Learning System (96-SV1) opens the doors to careers in various fields, such as manufacturing, transportation, and construction. Amatrol’s Surveying training system introduces the fundamentals of surveying, which includes focusing on determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them; this signature Amatrol approach to curriculum reinforces both theory and practice, which produces a well-rounded understanding of the topic.
After completing this training system, learners will be able to operate surveying and mapping tools, including global positioning systems (GPS) associated with surveying, but will also understand the relevant key concepts.
Amatrol's Thermal Technology 2 Learning System (96-TT2) teaches three types of thermal systems: air conditioning, refrigeration, and heat pumps. Students will learn industry-relevant skills including how to operate, install, analyze, and adjust these systems.
The Advanced Thermal Technology training is a working system with industrial components that can perform heat pump, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems operation. These components are mounted on a mobile workstation and supported by instrumentation, microprocessor control, student learning materials for both theory and lab, and teacher’s guide.
Amatrol’s Mechanical Drives 2 Learning System (97-ME2) covers the construction, operation, installation, and alignment of heavy-duty V-belt drives, synchronous belt drives, and heavy-duty chain drives. This system also delves into topics associated with the maintenance and proper operation of these drives, such as belt and chain selection, lubrication, couplings, and drive troubleshooting. The drive systems featured in this mechanical drives training system are utilized in countless automotive, agricultural, industrial, and commercial applications, so the advanced manufacturing career fields for learners using these skills are vast. This mechanical drives training expansion system requires the Mechanical Drives 1 Learning System (970-ME1), viscosimeter, and a computer.
The 97-ME2 consists of a coupling/sprocket package, belt drive components package, power transmission belt and chain package, a grease gun, various indicators, and a fastener kit. Learners will use these real-world components to practice hands-on skills, such as installing and aligning a backside V-belt idler, troubleshooting a V-belt drive system, using a grease gun to lubricate a pillow block bearing, and installing and aligning a silent chain drive system. Amatrol uses heavy-duty components that stand up to frequent training use and build the skills and competencies learners need to succeed in the workplace.
Amatrol's Laser Shaft Alignment Learning System (97-ME2A) covers the installation, operation, and applications of laser alignment in a variety of industrial scenarios. Laser shaft alignment is the preferred method of shaft alignment among maintenance and plant engineering personnel due to its superior efficiency and accuracy over older methods like the dial indicator method or the straight edge and feeler gauge method. Laser alignment systems also avoid problems such as sagging indicators, reading resolution error, and reading parallax error. These components add to the Mechanical Drives 2 Learning System (97-ME2) and the Mechanical Drives 1 Learning System (970-ME1).
Amatrol’s 97-ME2A includes a laser alignment system, two measuring units, two shaft v-brackets, two locking chains, and a motor mount horizontal adjustment assembly. Amatrol learning systems are composed of heavy-duty components that provide learners with real-world equipment they’ll recognize on the job and already understand how to use. These components will be used to study topics like rough alignment, laser shaft alignment installation, soft foot correction, and laser shaft alignment operation and analysis.
