Industrial Wiring

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Additionallyfamiliarity with UL standards will ensure product safety. These include standards such as the ground wire always being green, AC hot/live wire always being black, and AC neutral always being white.

The key difference between industrial or commercial wiring and residential wiring is contingent upon single phase vs. three phase electrical wiring. Each of these wire types receives a unique voltage, and power is supplied by a different wire setup in each. Single phase wiring consists of two hot wires, a neutral wire, and a ground wire while three phase wiring generally uses three hot wires, a neutral wire, and a ground wire.

Upon completion of this program you will possess the skills, knowledge and basic tools necessary to enter the electrical trade. NCC graduates have enjoyed numerous job opportunities in the areas of residential wiring, industrial and commercial construction wiring, electrical sales, and self-employment.

This program prepares you to work in residential, commercial, or industrial wiring. Our graduates have numerous job opportunities, including residential wiring, industrial and commercial construction wiring, and self-employment. NCC placement rates are 80% BEFORE graduation, 100% after. Five to ten companies come to NCC each year solely to recruit students from this program.

50% of time will be spent on hands-on projects in the lab; 50% lecture. As a student, you will spend the summer doing hands-on work at a co-op. This is a paid position, that also gives you class credit.

The IW-201 Industrial Wiring Training System is a complete hands-on training solution for teaching the concepts of residential, commercial and industrial wiring in a compact and mobile classroom setting.

The Innotek Industrial Wiring Training System IW-201 allows students to study and practice electrical wiring skills like conduit bending, installing and wiring motor controls in a NEMA Electrical panel, terminating wires and choosing correct wire size, installing wiring into devices, and more!

The skills-based approach of the IW-200 is an invaluable tool for students studying/training to be electricians, industrial maintenance technicians, and/or advanced manufacturing operators, as it builds confidence through hands-on activities and competency-based exercises.

Schools love versatility and real world training applications of our Industrial Wiring Training System. The industrial wiring trainer includes all real-world components such as 3-phase motor, pushbuttons, switches, valves, transformer, and a 24VDC power supply.

Because every type of machine has unique requirements for wiring methods, operator safety depends on your understanding the differences between rules in the NEC and methods outlined in NFPA 79.

Every type of machine has unique requirements when it comes to operator safety. From an electrical standpoint, industrial machine equipment and tools - from drill presses to multi-motored automatic machines - can present special fire and shock hazards. NFPA 79:

Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery, helps you ensure fire safety by addressing the electrical considerations specific to equipment, apparatus, and systems used in industrial manufacturing processes.

If you're working in an industrial setting, it's important for you to understand that wiring methods and practices outlined in NFPA 79 vary from the rules in the NEC. What are the differences between the two? Let's take a closer look at some specific requirements of NFPA 79 to find out.

Equipment-grounding conductors (NFPA 79, Sec. 16.1.2 and 16.1.3). You must use the color green, with or without one or more yellow stripes, to identify the equipment-grounding conductor (where insulated or covered). International and European standards require the use of a bicolor green-and-yellow for this purpose (see IEC 204-1 for specific requirements). You can use conductors of other colors, provided the insulation or cover is appropriately identified at all access points.

Exceptions to Sec. 16.1.3 allow internal wiring on purchased wiring devices (or where multiconductor cable is used) to deviate from this color scheme. Where the insulation used is not available in the colors required (such as high temperature insulation, or chemically resistant insulation) the identification of conductors is not required.

Splices (NFPA 79, Sec. 16.1.4). You are required to run conductors and cables from terminal to terminal without splices. However, an exception allows you to install a splice in leads attached to electrical equipment, such as motors and solenoids.

Panel wiring (NFPA 79, Sec. 16.2). This section requires you to support conductors in panels to keep them in place. You're permitted to use wiring channels if they're made of a flame-retardant insulating material. If you're working with back-connected control panels, you must provide access doors or swing out panels that swing about a vertical axis. Multiple-device control panels must have terminal blocks or attachment plugs and receptacles to terminate and connect all outgoing control conductors.

Machine wiring (NFPA 79, Secs. 16 and 17). You must totally enclose conductors and their connection external to the control panel enclosure in suitable raceways or enclosures. Unless used for flexible connections involving small or infrequent movements, or connections to normally stationary motors, limit switches and other externally mounted devices, fittings used with raceways or multiconductor cables must be liquidtight.

Wire connectors and connections (NFPA 79, Sec. 16.4.1). You are required to use pressure connectors to connect conductors to devices with lug-type terminals that are not equipped with saddle straps or equivalent means of retaining conductor strands. Under certain conditions of use, the standard allows you to use solder connections and wire-wrapped connections, per Exceptions No. 1 and 2, Sec. 16.4.1.

Raceway fill (NFPA 79, Sec. 17.2). The combined cross-sectional area of all conductors and cables is not permitted to exceed 50% of the interior cross-sectional area of the raceway. The fill provisions are based on the actual dimensions of the conductors or cables used.

Junction and pull boxes (NFPA 79, Sec. 17.12). When constructing junction boxes and pull boxes, you must be careful to exclude materials such as dust, flyings, oil and coolant. After you complete all wiring operations, you must seal all unused knockouts or openings.

Conclusion. Modern electrical machine tool equipment may vary from that of a single-motor machine (such as a drill press that performs simple, repetitive operations) to very large, multimotored automatic machines, which contain highly complex electrical control systems. Typically, these machines are especially designed, factory-wired, tested by the builder and then erected in the plant.

Graduates of the Industrial Electricity program are qualified, through on-the-job and classroom training, to enter the work force as qualified electricians. They will be able to plan, install, troubleshoot and repair commercial and residential electrical systems. Both full-time day and evening classes are offered on main campus.

Industrial electricity is a broad field of employment. Industrial electricity technicians install, maintain and repair electrical systems and equipment, including those in motors, transformers, wiring, switches, alarms and programmable logic control systems. Tools used to accomplish this work include voltmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, and other technical test equipment. The program is accredited by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).

Electricians install and maintain all of the electrical and power systems for our homes, businesses, and factories. They install and maintain the wiring and control equipment through which electricity flows. They also install and maintain electrical equipment and machines in factories and a wide range of other businesses.

Electricians generally focus on either construction or maintenance, although many do both. Electricians specializing in construction primarily install wiring systems into factories, businesses, and new homes. Electricians specializing in maintenance fix and upgrade existing electrical systems and repair electrical equipment.

In addition to jobs created by the increased demand for electrical work, openings are expected over the next decade as electricians retire. This will create good job opportunities, especially for those with the widest range of skills, including voice, data, and video wiring. Job openings for electricians will vary by location and specialty, however, and will be best in the fastest growing regions of the country.

Electricians work indoors and out, at construction sites, in homes, and in businesses or factories. The work may be strenuous at times and may include bending conduit, lifting heavy objects, and standing, stooping, and kneeling for long periods. Electricians cannot be colored blind because of the different colored wires they must install.

Students may enroll during the fall, spring or summer term provided space is available. Students who are eligible to enroll will be given an opportunity to register for one of the open seats during the enrollment period for each term.

Current trends suggest electrician jobs will grow 7% by 2031. Much of this is due to the ongoing growth of the power generation field. We need industrial electricians to upgrade electrical systems to solar and wind-powered systems.

Industrial electricians install new electrical systems to replace aging infrastructure or damaged components. This includes running conduit, pulling wire, and making connections. They use many of the same electrician tools as residential and commercial electricians do.

What makes these systems different? The power behind them. Industrial settings use three-phase power. Homes typically use a single-phase power supply. Three-phase power supplies operate at a higher voltage.

For example, industrial electricians working in computer and electronics manufacturing make the most. Their annual pay comes in just shy of $100,000 per year. Those who focus on machinery manufacturing make about $20,000 less per year.

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