This course is for maintenance technicians and supervisory personnel responsible for the operation and maintenance of sliding stem or rotary control valves and positioners.

This 3 day course is intended for the maintenance technicians who install, operate and maintain control valves and related valve mounted positioners. This course employs lectures, demonstrations and over 50% of the course content consists of hands-on workshop sessions to explain how valves, actuators and positioners are maintained. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• correctly perform installation procedures
  
• perform basic troubleshooting
  
• charge valve trim, gaskets, and packing
  
• perform valve lapping properly
  
• properly apply & calibrate positioners
  
• understand the operation of valves, actuators, and positioners
  

Prerequisites

Some experience in instrument calibration and in control valve maintenance, installation, and operation would be helpful.

• Control Valve Terminology
  
• Sliding Stem and Rotary Valves
  
• Actuators and Positioners
  
• Flashing. Cavitation. Noise
  
• Valve Characteristics
  
• Fault Finding / Troubleshooting
  
• Routine Maintenance

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