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• Real engineering jobs in your browser

  Real jobs in your browser

• How a lab works: read the brief

  Read the brief

• How a lab works: do the job

  Do the job

• How a lab works: pass the test

  Pass the test

PLC lab

About the PLC lab

• Program a PLC and see it run

  Program a PLC, see it run

• Build a ladder rung in the PLC lab

  Build a ladder rung

• Go online and watch power flow

  Go online, watch power flow

• Force an input and watch the machine

  Force an input

• • 0:00 The machine
  • 0:14 Write the logic
  • 0:20 Run it
  • 0:37 The test

  PLC Lab walkthrough: program a machine and test it

  Program, simulate, test

Panel Lab

About the Panel Lab

• Wire a real control panel in 3D

  Wire a real control panel

• Isolate, lock and tag a panel

  Isolate, lock and tag

• Prove dead: live, dead, live

  Prove dead: live, dead, live

• Wire a terminal to the schedule

  Wire to the schedule

• Press START and the motor runs

  Press START, motor runs

• The factory acceptance test in the Panel Lab

  The FAT proves it

• • 0:00 The panel
  • 0:14 Isolate safely
  • 0:26 Test and run
  • 0:39 Ten levels

  Panel Lab walkthrough: wire, isolate and test

  Wire, isolate, test

Robotics lab

About the Robotics lab

• Teach a robot arm to pick and place

  Teach a robot arm

• Jog a robot arm with the pendant

  Jog with the pendant

• Teach a point on a robot arm

  Teach a point

• The safety gate stops the robot arm

  Safety gate stops the arm

• • 0:00 The cell
  • 0:07 Jog and teach
  • 0:24 Run it
  • 0:36 Eight levels

  Robotics Lab walkthrough: jog, teach and run a cell

  Jog, teach, run

Process lab

About the Process lab

• Tune a real process loop

  Tune a real process loop

• Calibrate a 4 to 20 mA transmitter

  Calibrate 4 to 20 mA

• • 0:00 The skid
  • 0:10 The loop
  • 0:17 Calibrate
  • 0:23 Tune the loop

  Process Lab walkthrough: loops, calibration, tuning

  Loops, calibration, tuning

AI Workbench

About the AI Workbench

• Build and check AI models

  Build AI models

• Train a model and test it

  Train and test

• Tune the threshold of a model

  Tune the threshold

• • 0:00 The workbench
  • 0:06 Clean the data
  • 0:17 Train and test
  • 0:35 Check the AI

  AI Workbench walkthrough: train and check a model

  Train and check a model

AI Data Centre

About the AI Data Centre

• Run an AI data hall

  Run an AI data hall

• Find the hot spot with a thermal camera

  Find the hot spot

• Lose a power feed: does the hall stay up?

  Lose a feed, stay up

• • 0:00 The hall
  • 0:13 Rack and cable
  • 0:31 Cooling and power
  • 0:37 Eight levels

  AI Data Centre walkthrough: rack, power, cooling

  Rack, power, cooling

Substation and MCC lab

About the Substation and MCC lab

• Work a real substation and MCC switchroom

  Work a real switchroom

• Isolate, lock and tag a motor bucket

  Isolate, lock, tag

• Prove dead the safe way with a voltage tester

  Prove dead the safe way

• Check the transformer in the switchroom

  Check the transformer

• • 0:00 The switchroom
  • 0:12 Isolate safely
  • 0:28 Size and protect
  • 0:35 Eight levels

  Substation and MCC walkthrough: isolate and protect

  Isolate and protect

Solar and EV lab

About the Solar and EV lab

• Commission a solar and EV charging site

  Commission solar and EV

• Test a solar string with a PV tester

  Test a solar string

• Charge an EV safely

  Charge an EV safely

• Isolate the DC side of a solar array

  Isolate the DC side

• • 0:00 The site
  • 0:12 Size the array
  • 0:25 Commission safely
  • 0:38 Eight levels

  Solar and EV Lab walkthrough: size and commission

  Size and commission

OT security lab

About the OT security lab

• Defend a plant network

  Defend a plant network

• Find the odd device on the plant network

  Find the stranger

• Delete the broad rules and deny by default

  Control what passes

• • 0:00 The plant network
  • 0:11 Zones and rules
  • 0:34 Detect and respond

  OT Security Lab walkthrough: defend a plant network

  Defend a plant network