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Please join DSG for a no-charge training opportunity to hear from industry experts!

Dakota Supply Group (DSG) and several strategic partners will host an Automation Summit near you to provide a full day of tech training, hands-on lab sessions, and industry talks. Please join us to hear from Industry experts about Industrial Automation products and solutions. There will be representatives available from DSG, Schneider Electric, MTE (Harmonic mitigation), Southwire (VFD-rated cable), and Nelson (Industrial heat tracing).
 
The agenda will enable you to select classes that fit your schedule and interest. Classes range from Smart Motor Control, Variable Frequency Drives, and Migration Services to Programmable Logic Controllers solutions. Check out the Courses Offered and see what each one is about.
 
If you have any questions, please contact your DSG sales representative.

Industries that
should attend:

  • Water/Waterworks
  • Oil & Gas
  • Food & Beverage
  • Mining & Metals
  • OEM Manufacturing 
  • Refining and Power Generation

Use the REGISTER buttons below to reserve your seat and select your sessions.


Tuesday, September 12 - Willston, ND

Grand Williston Hotel & Conference Center | 3601 2nd Ave W


Thursday, September 14 - Grand Forks, ND

Canad Inns Destination Centre | 1000 S 42nd St


Tuesday, September 19 - Aberdeen, SD

Dakota Event Center | 720 Lamont St S


Thursday, September 21 - Sioux Falls, SD

Holiday Inn Convention Center | 100 W 8th St


Summit Agenda

  • 7:30 a.m. - Check In & Welcome
  • 8:00 a.m. - AM Sessions Kick Off
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - PM Sessions Kick Off
  • 5:00-7:00 p.m. - Tradeshow
Breakfast snacks, lunch and a light dinner with beverages will be provided for all attendees.

Tradeshow

Schneider Electric

Southwire

Emerson - Nelson Heat Trace

Atkore - US Tray

SQUARE D

MTE

Appleton

Dakota Supply Group

  • SE EcoStruxureâ„¢ Power
  • Altivar VFD
  • SE Industrial Automation Control
  • SE Digital Power
  • Schneider Electric Services
  • DSG Communications
  • DSG Engineered Solutions

Schneider Electric

Drives 1: Basic Overview of SE VFD Offering

This course provides technical specialists with an introduction to Altivar Drives range of products and applications. Key topics include hardware familiarization, typical process applications, and software tools with hands-on exercises. Upon completion, the participant will be able to configure and demonstrate the product per basic programming requirements. Access to a hardware demo unit will be provided for the Hands-On part of the course. During the session you will discover:
  • Altivar Drives offer range
  • Advantages using a Variable Speed Drive
  • The main components of Variable Speed Drives (VSD)
  • The typical parameters used for configuring variable speed drive
  • The available tools for selection and commissioning

Schneider Electric

Drives 2: Introductions to Harmonics & Midication

This course provides technical specialists with a deeper look into Best Installation Practices and Hands-On Advanced Introduction to Altivar Drives functionality. Access to a hardware demo unit will be provided for the Hands-On part of the course. During the session you will discover:
  • Best Installation Practices
  • Diagnostics and Trouble Shooting
  • Embedded Pump Functions
  • PID configuration and tuning
  • Managing your configured VFD Parameter Set

Schneider Electric

​​Advanced Short Circuit Current Training with Current Limiting Devices​

Elevate your expertise in short circuit current management to the next level with our Advanced Short Circuit Current Training with Current Limiting Devices course. Short circuits pose significant risks to electrical systems, and the effective use of current limiting devices is paramount in reducing these risks.
The Advanced Short Circuit Current Training with Current Limiting Devices course delves into the principles, applications, and practical aspects of utilizing current limiting devices in electrical systems. This course combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on exercises, to empower participants with the skills needed to mitigate short circuit currents effectively.
Course objectives:
  1. Current Limiting Device Types: Explore various current limiting devices, such as current-limiting fuses, reactors, and solid-state devices, and understand their operating principles.
  2. Device Selection and Sizing: Learn how to select and size current limiting devices based on system requirements, fault analysis, and equipment ratings.
  3. Best Practices: Learn some best practices to overcome some common challenges in SCCR design.
Who Should Attend:
  • Experienced electrical engineers and technicians
  • Electrical design and protection specialists
  • Electrical consultants and system integrators
  • Safety and compliance officers responsible for high-energy systems

Schneider Electric

​​Control Panel SCCR Basics​

Understanding short circuit currents and their implications is paramount to ensuring the safety, reliability, and compliance of electrical systems. Join our Control Panel Short Circuit Current Training course to understand the critical concepts and practical skills needed to effectively design control panels by choosing components to meet desired short circuit currents within control panels.
Course Overview:
The Control Panel Short Circuit Current Training course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of concepts related short circuit currents and their impact on control panel design. This course combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on exercises, and best practices.
Course Objectives:
  1. Fundamental Principles: Gain a solid foundation in the fundamental principles of electrical circuits, including voltage, current, resistance, and power.
  2. Short Circuit Basics: Understand the nature of short circuits, their causes, and potential consequences within control panels.
  3. Protective Devices: Explore the selection and application of protective devices such as fuses, circuit breakers, and relays to mitigate the effects of short circuits.
  4. Control Panel Design: Discover strategies for designing control panels with short circuit protection in mind, ensuring safety and compliance with industry standards.
Who Should Attend:
  • Electrical engineers and technicians
  • Control panel designers and manufacturers
  • Electrical contractors and maintenance personnel
  • Safety and compliance officers
  • Any professional working with electrical control panels

Southwire

VFD Rated Cable for VFD Applications

The course will cover the basic construction of VFD cable, how the optimal built VFD cable mitigates the potential issues due to high frequencies that are attributed when using VFDs. Clarify some existing confusion about VFD cables. The difference between VFD cables and other cables. The importance of the proper termination of VFD cables. The key role that Southwire is playing today in establishing a VFD cable standard in the USA. During the session you will discover:
  • What is a VFD Cable? What is the VFD cable standard in the USA?
  • Optimal VFD Cable construction – Productivity Issues when not using VFD cables
  • How to tell when you need a VFD cable
  • What is the cause of the productivity issues
  • Today’s VFD technology and how this causes
  • High Frequency High Frequency negatives effects on the customer’s electrical grid
  • Basic overview of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) used by the VFDs
  • High Frequency effect on non VFD cables. THHN vs VFD Cable
  • How an optimal constructed VFD cable minimizes the effects of high frequency vs non-VFD cable
  • Mitigating Current Mode Current (CMC) and EMI (Electrical Magnetic Interference
  • Proper Termination of VFD Cable
  • NFPA 79 Compliant VFD Cables

Emerson - Nelson Heat Trace

​​Self-Regulating Cable Installation Practices & Thermal Insulation​

From industrial and hazardous locations to commercial construction, freezing temperatures can create extreme conditions which demand time-tested, proven results for the protection of people and equipment. Nelson Heat Trace products are backed by more than 50 years of experience designed to best meet the needs of each customer and application. Whether your project requires pipe freeze protection or temperature maintenance, Nelson Heat Trace delivers tailored solutions – incorporating traditional heat trace design with new and innovative installation, control, and monitoring technologies. During the session you will discover:
  • Purpose of Heat Trace/Common Applications
  • Types of Heat Trace & Benefits
  • Engineering/Design Optimization/Project Execution
  • Deliverables/Isometric Drawings
  • Installation Methods
  • Megger Testing Schedule
  • Thermal Insulation 101
  • DSG Key Stock Profile

Schneider Electric

​​Process Level PLC & HMI Solutions

This course introduces you to the basics of Schneider Electric PLCs and HMIs. Participants will become conversant in general topics regarding these components and their associated software applications. The instructor will lead students through simple a simple overview of Modicon process level PLCs (M340 and M580), as well as the Harmony HMI portfolio and Operator Terminal Expert, Vijeo Designer, and Machine SCADA Expert reviews. During the session you will discover:
  • The key functions of PLC and HMI products
  • Key components and basic structure of PLC and HMI software packages
  • You will be equipped to understand the basic components of the Modicon M340 and M580 platforms as well as software packages
  • You will be equipped to understand the Harmony HMI hardware and software offerings.

Schneider Electric

​​PME Power Monitoring​

The course offers a comprehensive introduction to the latest PME2023 release, highlighting and providing detailed explanations of its new features. Moreover, participants will have the unique opportunity to actively engage with these features by testing them firsthand within a virtual environment. This hands-on approach ensures a practical learning experience, allowing individuals to gain practical proficiency with the new functionalities of PME2023. During the session you will discover:
  • Graphics Editor and TGML Viewer
  • EWS Client Real Time
  • Dashboards and Reports Custom Days
  • Strong Password Policy
  • Secure Protocols The key functions of PLC and HMI products

Schneider Electric

​​Schneider Electric Services Modernization​

TThe course offers a comprehensive introduction to Schneider Electric’s electrical distribution upgrades and life extensions, highlighting and providing detailed explanations of key decision factors when looking to upgrade equipment, solutions, technology upgrades, and benefits and viability of reconditioning equipment. Participants will also be eligible for one CEU credit by completing a brief test based on the presentation. During the session you will discover:
  • Modernization Drivers
  • Custom switchgear solutions
  • Direct replacement and retro-fill capabilities
  • Thermal monitoring technology
  • Monitoring Asset Management Services

Schneider Electric

​​TeSys Island: Future of Motor Control​

This course provides technical specialists with an introduction to TeSys Island. This new product offering is a Digital multifunctional load management solution designed to switch, protect, and manage motors and other electrical loads up to 40 HP in an electrical control panel.
  • TeSys island is a digital load management solution that makes machines smarter and more reliable. It’s a fully digitized, object-oriented load management system and an Industry 4.0 compliant data provider.
  • TeSys island reduces machines’ time to market enabling OEMs to move forward in their Industry 4.0 journey. It gives users easy & remote access to predictive & preventive application data, leading to early diagnostics & maintenance.
  • Thanks to  TeSys island’s object-oriented approach Application selection and system configuration are simplified Engineering tasks are automated & reduced Machine installation phase is more efficient

Schneider Electric

EcoStruxure Automation Expert – Reimagining Automation​

Software-centric industrial automation system creating step-change improvements throughout your complete operational lifecycle. With EcoStruxure Automation Expert, our next-generation industrial automation system, you can:
  • Improve your entire lifecycle and reimagine automation.
  • Decouple the automation application from the runtime hardware for remarkable agility.
  • Native IT/OT convergence to easily integrate advanced IT applications, tools, and technologies for industrial use.
  • Asset-centric design with ready-to-use asset models to eliminate low value tasks, making it easier to wrap and reuse portable automation objects for maximum engineering efficiency.

Schneider Electric

​​Universal Automation: Bridging PLC Platforms​

A new era of industrial innovation is here. The Industries of the Future are about people creating the products that shape our lives. Think universal automation — the world of plug-and-produce automation software components proven to solve specific challenges — and think about what we can create together. Imagine a world of one software platform that communicates with multiple PLC platforms. One solution bridging various software platforms

MTE

Harmonic Mitigation to IEEE-519

Voltage and current harmonics can be detrimental to the health, reliability, and cost of equipment and systems. Learns the requirements for IEEE-519, how to apply the standard to reduce costs and extend equipment and system life, and the solutions to make it happen. During the session you will discover:
  • What does it mean to be compliant to the IEEE-519 – 2022 standard
  • Common misconceptions when applying the standard to a system
  • Voltage and current distortion limits outlined in the standard
  • MTE solutions for harmonics
  • How a harmonic study can aid in product selection for effective and economical harmonic mitigation to meet the standard

MTE

​​VFDs and Power Quality: Protecting Your Assets​

There is no denying that VFDs are an essential piece of equipment in today’s automation industry. This session will highlight the types of power quality problems associated with VFDs, the impact they have on your plant and equipment, and some simple solutions to remedy power quality issues. During the session you will discover:
  • How VFDs create line side and load side harmonics
  • Problems that are caused harmonics
  • IEEE-519 standard for harmonics control
  • Differential mode and common mode concerns
  • MTE solutions for harmonics
  • MTE solutions for motor protection
  • Resources available for product selection and general product specification