Leroy-Somer/Kato Engineering GenSchool 2017 AGENDA

Times may vary slightly

Monday, May 15 Arrive and check in at the Hilton Garden Inn

6:30 pm 9:00 pm Kickoff Social and Dinner at Civic Center Reception Hall to welcome all
students

Tuesday, May 16 First Day of Course

7:00 am 7:30 am Continental breakfast provided in Civic Center Banquet Room
7:30 am 9:10 am Electrical Fundamentals
o Voltage and Current, Conductors vs. Insulators
o AC/DC, Electromagnetic Induction, Power Factor
Generator Basics
o Excitation systems, PMG / AREP, rotor construction
o Diode Rectifiers, coil construction, laminations

9:20 am 10:30 am Mechanical Theory

o Enclosures
o Bearings
o Generator design

10:40 am 11:40 am Controls 101

o Engine/Generator controls
o Generator control systems
o Monitoring, control and protection

11:40 am 12:30 pm Lunch in Reception Hall

12:35 am - 12:45 pm Load bus for the plant tour (bus departs at 12:45 pm)
1:00 pm 5:00 pm Plant tour and demonstrations @ Kato Engineering
5:00 pm Load bus to return to the Civic Center

6:00 pm Load bus to Dinner and Entertainment Event

6:30 pm Dinner and Entertainment at Wow Zone
9:00 pm Bus returns to Hilton
Wednesday, May 17 Second Day of Course
7:00 am - 7:30 am Continental breakfast provided /Q&A from Plant Tour

7:30 am 9:00 am Generator Advanced Concepts

o Winding Pitch, paralleling, circulating currents
o Harmonics, reactances, performance curves

Generator Testing
o Standard vs. special testing, factors driving each
o Voltage transient, overload, reactances, sat curves

9:10 am 9:40 am Generator Sizing

o Temperature rise/High ambient temperature
o Over-sizing

9:40 am 10:30 am Power System Lifecyle and Cost of Ownership Management

o End User Value for Remote Health & Monitoring Systems
o Reman Criteria and Levels

10:40 am 11:40 am Generator Maintenance; Generator Troubleshooting

11:40 am 12:30 pm Lunch served, Diploma Distribution
12:30 pm 12:45 pm Group photo

12:45 pm 2:20 pm Generator Options, Certifications & Applications

o Certifications
o Request-for-quote
o Standard items
o Optional items

2:30 pm - 3:30pm Advanced Electrical: Open Forum

o Advanced Topics of Your Choice: Send suggestions!

3:40 pm 4:40 pm Advanced Controls: Open Forum
o Advanced Topics of Your Choice: Send suggestions!

For registration contact: harold.bartlett@mail.nidec.com or call: 507-382-4473

- You can request one-on-one sessions with Sales & Engineering personnel on Thursday
- Please check our Facebook page or the web for the latest GenSchool information
- Please contact us with special dietary or physical access requirements

Hotel Information:
- Hilton Garden Inn, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 344-1111
o Located next to the Kato GenSchool at the Verizon Wireless Center
o Request Kato GenSchool room block rate of $91/night, Group Code: KGS