Powertrain Controls (PTC)

The Ford Powertrain Controls (PTC) online course introduces the critical role the powertrain controls system plays in providing excellent vehicle performance, fuel economy, driveability, and emissions. The course describes the powertrain controls system components, including sensors and actuators. The information is presented from a functional, interface diagram, and p-diagram perspective, to enable reliable and robust powertrain operation. In addition, the course emphasizes powertrain controls interactions with internal and external interfaces.

This 6-hour online course is intended to stimulate systems interaction thinking by emphasizing powertrain controls interactions with internal and external interfaces and to help you understand powertrain control systems, prevent late design changes, reduce warranty costs, and improve customer satisfaction. While certain Ford proprietary information has been removed from the course, it contains essentially the same content that engineers from Ford and select suppliers have benefitted from taking.

By participating in this online course, you will be able to:

• Identify the powertrain controls system and its components
• Describe powertrain controls hardware and software
• Explain powertrain controls system fundamentals, functions, and interactions
• Describe interfacing activities with other organizations
• Explain the impact of powertrain controls changes to interfacing activities
• Describe powertrain controls system modes of operation
• Identify customer and government attributes affected by powertrain controls system performance
• Identify requirements and metrics for powertrain controls systems
• Optimize driveability, performance, fuel economy, emissions, and diagnostics
• Evaluate p-diagrams and boundary diagrams to identify potential adverse powertrain controls system interactions with surrounding systems
• Describe and access powertrain controls documentation and lessons learned

Major topics include:

• Powertrain Controls Overview
• Powertrain Controls Hardware
• Powertrain Controls Software/Calibration and Diagnostics
• Powertrain Controls Reliability and Robustness
• Powertrain Controls Interfaces
• Sensors and Actuators
• Powertrain Controls Modes of Operation

Authors: Ford Powertrain Engineering, Ford Learning & Development

Is this SAE/Ford online course for you?
This course is geared toward powertrain, product development, quality, and manufacturing engineers. It is recommended that you have an engineering degree and experience in the automotive engineering field.

This is an internet-delivered short course featuring graphical presentation screens with text-based instruction, a glossary, and references. Case studies, summaries, and checks for knowledge are incorporated throughout the course to reinforce learning and retention and gauge your understanding of a topic before you move forward.

With your registration, you will receive three months of online access to the 6-hour presentation.

Equipment Requirements

• Pentium PC 300 MHZ
• Minimum 128 MB RAM
• Internet Explorer 6.0 & above browser recommended
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or above required
• Broadband-128Kbps and above (Minimum: Cable or DSL connection)
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista
• 1024 X 768 screen resolution

Quantity discounts for six or more students and Site License options also are available - complete a Corporate Learning Solutions Request Form for a quote.

For more detail, email CustomerService@sae.org; or call
1-877-606-7323 (U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970 (outside US and Canada).