- Modules 1 - 3 on Plant Engineering
- 6 Supplementary Booklets
- 2 years Correspondence Support
FACTORIES: Plant Engineering Only
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The FACTORIES package is made up of the following topics:
Topic Module / Paper Topic Module / Paper Aerial ropeways 1-4 Metal machining 1-6 Air conditioning 2-8 Moment of a force 1-1 Angular momentum 1-2 Motion of vehicles around curves 1-2 Band brakes 1-2 Motion, rectilinear 1-1 Bearing spacing 1-3 Motion, circular 1-2 Bearings, ball and roller 1-3 Paint manufacture 1-6 Belt drives 1-2 Pumps, centrifugal 1-7 Belt drives 1-3 Pumps, operation of centrifugal and reciprocating 1-7 Bucket elevators 1-4 Pumps, reciprocating and rotary 1-6 Capstans 1-2 Rectifiers, inverters, diodes 3-80 Cast irons 1-5 Refrigeration 2-5 Centrifugal force 1-2 Ropes drives 1-2 Chain drives 1-3 Risk Management 2-15 Coefficient of friction 1-1 Shafting, power transmission by 1-3 Compressors, reciprocating and turbo 2-15 Steam - Carnot and Rankine cycles 2-13 Conservation of energy 1-1 Steam - boiler defects 2-13 Conveyors, belt, oscillating and apron 1-4 Steam - boiler feed water 2-13 Couple 1-1 Steam - boiler operation 2-12 Cranes 1-4 Steam - boiler ratings 2-12 Crushing, sorting and classifying 3-22 Steam - boiler safety devices 2-13 Effluent and sewage treatment 3-22 Steam - boiler types 2-12 Electrical energy tariffs and economics 3-21 Steam - condensers 2-14 Electrical - A.C circuits 3-16 Steam - flow 2-10 Electrical - alternators 3-18 Steam - generation at constant pressure 2- 9 Electrical - D.C. circuits and motors 3-16 Steam - generation economisers 2-12 Electrical - motors 3-18 Steam - pipe systems 2-11 Electrical - non-sinusoidal waveforms 3-16 Steam - pressure gauges 2-11 Electrical -power factor improvement 3-19 Steam - safety valves 2-11 Electrical - rectification inverters, diodes, thrystors 3-20 Steam - separators and traps 2-10 Electrical - symbolic notation 3-16 Steam - entropy of water 2-11 Electrical - synchronous motors 3-19 Steam - equivalent evaporation of boilers 2-10 Electrical - transformers 3-17 Steam, properties of 2-10 Electrical - transmission of power 3-19 Steam, work done by expansion 2-11 Elevators and escalators 3-22 Steel alloys 1-5 Fluid (hydrodynamic) couplings 1-3 Thermodynamics 2-9 Force, mass and acceleration 1-1 Torque 1-1 Gas laws 2-9 Traction 1-1 Gears 1-3 Units and definitions 1-1 Haulages 1-4 V-belt drives 1-3 Hydraulic flow and flow measurement 1-5 V-belt drives 1-2 Hydraulic machinery 1-6 Ventilation 2-8 Illumination 3-21 Water purification 3-22 Inclined plane 1-1 Welding 1-6 Kinetic energy 1-2