Yamato offers a variety of training programs for our customers covering basic operation, maintenance and advanced application. Courses are available at the Yamato Technology Center in Mequon, WI and on-site in the customer’s plant. Whether training on-site or at the Yamato Technology Center, training classes are taught based on a set curriculum emphasizing the “basics” plus easy-to-understand practices which will help boost efficiency and production.
On-Site Training at Customer Facility
On-site instruction generally consists of 3-4 hours per day of classroom instruction followed by 3-4 hours of hands-on training. Instruction greater than 8 hours/ day, across several shifts, is available, but not recommended unless more than one instructor is used.
Training at Yamato’s Technology Center (Mequon, WI)
Sample 3-Day Training Program:
Day 1 (Basic Scale Operation):
- Combination theory
- Scale components and function
- Basic operation
- Product distribution
- Product delivery
- Keys to better production
- Speed and Accuracy
- Elements of a basic program
- Adjustments while in production
- Getting the best possible performance with any given product
Day 2 (Basic Maintenance and PM):
- Basic scale construction
- Basic mechanical principles
- Basic electrical principles
- ARCNET and system network
- AICC and AICC-SE controller, the HMI
- Actuator principles
- Troubleshooting
- Test accessories and practices
- Routine and preventive maintenance
Day 3 (Advanced Applications):
- Troubleshooting typical scale problems
- Running product at different speed and weights
- Understanding High speed operation (above 120/min)
- Wrap-up and Q&A