Vector University:

Food and Beverage (FB-101)

Purpose

4-day hands-on course where students will be exposed to a variety of instrumentation used in the food and beverage industries.

Course Dates:

JUNE 23-26, 2025
MONDAY-THURSDAY
8:00AM – 5:00PM (CST)

DECEMBER 1-4, 2025
MONDAY-THURSDAY
8:00AM – 5:00PM (CST)

Vector CAG

14517 KIRBY DRIVE
PEARLAND, TX 77047

All courses are taught at the Houston Campus in the brand new, state-of-the-art PTU® (Process Training Unit). Parking is complimentary.

$2,975/Person

All course costs include training materials and meals (breakfast, lunch and snacks) during the training day.

Course Description

This hands-on course on instrumentation will start by providing maintenance and engineering personnel with a basic understanding of wiring, signals, instrumentation technologies, applications, and installations. All the common instruments found in today’s food and beverage industries will be examined from a view applicable to virtually any manufacturer’s equipment operation, installation, start-up, calibration and troubleshooting procedures. All instrumentation technologies will include a theory on the instrument, followed by a lab on that technology. By the time the student completes this course, they will have a very well-rounded understanding of all that is needed to start up and troubleshoot virtually any instrument, which will keep any plant process down time to a minimum. The class will be a combination of classroom and hands-on training on a PTU® (Process Training Unit).

Course Objectives:

  • Process Control Terms and Technologies
  • Common Control Signals
  • Temperature Instruments
  • Pressure Fundamentals
  • Differential Pressure Transmitters (Level)
  • Time of Flight Level Instruments (Radar/Ultrasonic)
  • Tuning Fork Technology
  • Flow Basics
  • Coriolis Flow Meters
  • Coriolis – Mass Zero Point Troubleshooting
  • Entrained Air – Problems and Solutions
  • Electromagnetic Flow Meters
  • Vortex Flow Meters
  • Ultrasonic Flow Meters
  • Analytical pH and Conductivity Measurement
  • Installation, Start-up and Commissioning

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Cancellation Policy:

Training is transferrable. If you are unable to attend a scheduled session after a purchase order has been submitted, you will have the option to reschedule for a future offering of the same course. Alternatively, you may substitute the class for another course of equal value.