DriveAcademy 2012 calendar

SEW-Eurodrive has released an updated 2012 calendar for its DriveAcademy, a nationwide motor and drive technology training program.

The program is based on the technical training syllabus SEW-Eurodrive uses to educate its own engineers and helps end users and system integrators get the most out of motor and drive technologies and applications.

DriveAcademy training courses cover a range of topics including project planning, selection and usage, decentralised systems, maintenance and condition monitoring. Also on offer are product-specific classes that focus on implementing and operating some of SEW-Eurodrive’s technologies, such as the Movidrive B application inverter, MOVI-PLC/motion controller and the Movitrac frequency inverter families. The courses are designed for a variety of end users, including drive engineers, service application engineers, operations managers and maintenance technicians.

Since being launched in 2010, the courses have been popular. “All of the participants have given the courses rave reviews,” said Michael Stranieri, SEW-Eurodrive training manager. “From gearbox maintenance and repair to training on our electronics products, it seems that everyone who had undertaken these courses took away valuable information to use on an ongoing basis in their workplace.”

Conducted at SEW-Eurodrive’s Service Competence Centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, the courses are conducted by site-experienced staff. The 2012 courses will run more frequently than in previous years. The training year commences with a course focusing on the company’s Movitrac B series of frequency inverters in early March, followed by a decentralised course later in the week and more in the following months.

Courses have both theoretical and hands-on elements. “Standard courses are offered in small class sizes to ensure participants receive a high level of personal attention,” Stanieri explains. “Equipping attendees with specific knowledge relating to our motor and drive technologies means they are better able to leverage this functionality in their own workplace.”

For more information, visit the SEW-Eurodrive website.