Technical Training

Grow your team’s expertise in industrial power and control systems

FLANDERS classes and seminars

FLANDERS experts offer high-quality technical classes and hands-on training on industrial power systems and control systems for clients worldwide.
Our courses equip your team with knowledge and skills to improve the reliability and efficiency of your operation. We accomplish this with a blended learning approach that includes a mix of classroom facilitation and hands-on labs.

Your location or ours

We can host classes and hands-on labs at any of our FLANDERS locations, or we can offer them onsite at your operation.

Customized programs

We’re happy to customize a professional development seminar or training program to meet the needs of your operation. Take a look at the course descriptions below, and contact us if you’d like to customize a technical training class for your team.

FLANDERS training classes not only teach you the theory of electric motors and controls, they also provide practical examples—from our many years of experience—of how to apply those key concepts to your own operations.

Course descriptions

Electrical Maintenance & Engineering – Technical Seminar

This full-week seminar covers the fundamentals of electrical maintenance and engineering for industrial applications.

Course topics

  • DC motors – theory, design, operation, and maintenance
  • Synchronous motor control and protection
  • Motor panel discussion with subject matter experts
  • Ward Leonard loop control
  • Babbitt alloys and thrust bearing
  • Motor-generator alignment
  • Vibration analysis
  • Variable frequency drives (VFD)

Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom facilitation, hands-on labs, and panel discussions

AC & DC Motor Fundamentals

This class, taught by FLANDERS experts, will help you improve the reliability of your motors—and therefore the overall stability of your operation—by increasing your employees’ knowledge of motor fundamentals and skill in diagnosing motor problems.

The AC & DC Motor Fundamentals class will equip your people to

  • Explain the main components of a DC motor and how they work
  • Identify how your motors can fail
  • Take the right preventative maintenance actions to increase the performance and reliability of your motors
  • Troubleshoot and resolve potential motor issues

Duration: 1 to 2 days
Format: Classroom facilitation; hands-on skill labs as requested

Schedule technical training for your team

Contact us about individual or group technical training with FLANDERS experts in power systems, control systems, and automation.
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