Project Management Institute eLearning Course (Free)

Hi,

Setelah saya publish mengenai 2 training yang mengasah dan menambah wawasan kita terkait Sistem Kontrol dari Siemens dan Rockwell Automation. Kali ini saya merekomendasikan untuk mengambil training dari Project Management Institute (PMI) yang menambah wawasan kita dalam me-manage sebuah proyek. Dan yang paling penting kita tidak perlu membayar untuk mengambil training tersebut. Ada 3 subjek yang di-gratis-kan oleh PMI ketika saya menulis blog ini yakni:

1. Project Management for Beginners (Foundational Level).
2. Agile in the Project Management Office (Intermediate Level).
3. Business Continuity (Foundational Level).

Dalam blog ini saya akan membahas langkah-langkah untuk mendaftarkan training point ke-1 yakni Project Management for Beginners:

1. Klik link berikut (https://www.pmi.org/shop/p-/elearning/project-management-for-beginners/16183).
2. Klik "Add to Cart".
3. Isi username dan password jika sudah terdaftar. Jika belum, klik "Register now".
4. Isi seluruh data yang diminta. Jika sudah selesai, klik "Create Account".
5. Cek inbox email. Anda akan dikirimkan konfirmasi pesanan training dan diberikan link untuk mengakses ke training yang anda ambil.
6. Selamat belajar!

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Rockwell Automation eLearning Course (Free)

Hi,

Sebelumnya saya sempat publish mengenai Siemens Web Based Training yang bisa diakses secara gratis. Kali ini giliran Rockwell Automation yang memberikan training gratis secara online yang dikenal dengan Rockwell Automation eLearning Course. Berbeda dengan Siemens, Rockwell Automation memberikan free access untuk semua materi yang ada (dari level basic hingga advance) dengan catatan hanya bisa memilih satu subjek saja yang akan aktif selama 90 hari. Tertarik?

Untuk mengakses training ini dengan cara sebagai berikut:

1. Klik link berikut (https://rockwellautomationfastpass.training.com/).
2. Pilih "Enroll". Isi data yang diminta lalu klik "Submit".
3. Cek inbox email untuk verifikasi akun dan untuk membuat password yang digunakan untuk akses ke website tersebut.
4. Secara terpisah, Rockwell akan mengirimkan access key untuk memberikan akses ke semua training yang ada (pilih salah satu saja).
5. Maksuk ke website dan pilih training yang ingin diambil lalu masukkan access key yang diberikan.
6. Selamat belajar!

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Siemens Web Based Training (Free)

Hi,

Ditengah pandemi COVID-19 yang menimpa beberapa negara didunia termasuk Indonesia membuat hal-hal yang tidak pernah terjadi sebelumnya. Salah satunya adalah bekerja dari rumah atau biasa dikenal WFH. Sejak saya bekerja di Tembagapura, Papua tahun 2018. Tidak semua pekerjaan saya, bisa saya lakukan dari rumah, oleh karena itu, disela-sela saya bekerja saya sempatkan untuk mencari training yang ada kaitannya dengan pekerjaan baik itu soft skill maupun hard skill. Alhasil saya pun menemukan 2 training gratis salah satunya dari Siemens yang disebut SITRAIN Siemens Web Based Training (WBT). Perlu diingat bahwa training ini hanya untuk level basic.

Untuk mengakses training ini dengan cara sebagai berikut:

1. Daftar dan verifikasi akun di https://www.sitrain-learning.siemens.com/ELEARNING/en/index.do?GALogout.
2. Pilih topik tersedia. Sebagai contoh saya pilih Process Control Systems.
3. Kemudian pilih sub topik yang tersedia. Sebagai contoh saya pilih Data Communication with Industrial Ethernet berbahasa Inggris (karena saya tidak paham bahasa Jerman).
4. Pilih tab "Dates and Registration". Lalu tekan logo kereta belanja.
5. Ikutin tahapan yang diminta seperti data diri dan yang lainnya hingga proses registrasi selesai.
6. Tampilan konfirmasi training kira-kira sebagai berikut: 
   
7. Kemudian pilih menu "MyTraining" -- "My Learning".
8. Pilih menu "Open E-Learning".
9. Selamat belajar!

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How Does Gas Chromatography Work?

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This article was cited from http://www.explainthatstuff.com/chromatography.html at 30 Dec 2016. As long as surfed on the Internet, this link was very simple to describe about how gas chromatography work. 

Here's a very simplified overview of what happens in the gas chromatography process:

1. The eluant (carrier gas) is introduced from a gas cylinder outside the machine. It's called the carrier because that's exactly what it does—carry the sample we're studying through the machine. In gas chromatography, the carrier gas is the mobile phase.
2. The rate of flow of the carrier is carefully controlled to give the clearest separation of the components in the sample.
3. The carrier enters the machine through an inlet port/splitter.
4. The sample being measured is injected into the carrier gas using a syringe and instantly vaporizes (turns into gas form).
5. The gases that make up the sample separate out as they move along the column (orange), which is the stationary phase. The column is a very thin (capillary) tube, sometimes as much as 30–60m (100-200ft) long, coiled and entirely contained inside an oven (blue) that keeps it at a high enough temperature to ensure that the sample remains in gas form. The temperature of the oven can be carefully controlled.
6. As the sample separates out and its constituent gases travel along the column at different speeds, a detector senses and records them. Various different detectors can be used, including flame ionization detectors, thermal conductivity detectors, and mass spectrometers (usually separate machines).
7. The data analyzer/recorder attached to the machine draws a chromatogram (chart) with peaks corresponding to the relative amounts of the different chemicals in the sample.

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List of Standards and Codes Related to Grounding

Hi,

Here are list of standards and codes related to grounding, I made it as to remind:

API RP 540 page 36 to 38:
System grounding
"The following grounding practice is recommended:

1. System rated at less than or equal to 480 V that supply phase-to-neutral loads must be solidly grounded. These include 120/240-V, single-phase, three-wire systems; 208Y/120-V, three-phase, four-wire systems; and 480Y/277-V, three-phase, four-wire systems.
2. Low voltage (480-V and 600-V), three-wire systems should be either high-resistance grounded or solidly grounded.
3. All other plant distribution systems may be resistance grounded. These include 2,400 B through 34,500-V, three-phase, three-wire systems. (Open wire distribution may require solid grounding.)."

Equipment grounding
Structure and Process Equipment
"Steel building frameworks, switchgear structures, and similar installation should be grounded at several points (at least two point per structure) with substantial connection to the grounding system grid. Tanks, vessels, stacks, exchangers, and similar equipment not directly supported by or bolted to a grounded supporting structure should be grounded using a minimum of two connections to the grounding system grid...."

Motors and Generators
"Motor and generator enclosures should be connected to the overall plant grounding system..."

GPSA Engineering Data Book page 18-33:

"...Equipment grounding is separate from system grounding. Both are required to provide adequate protection."

If you know another which do not listed here. Do not hesitate to inform me.

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