The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge of industrial automation possibilities, of signal digitalization, about sensors and actuators, knowledge in pneumatics and hydraulics, about numerical control and industrial robots.
The emphasis is onto skills needed for production engineering and product development.
Introduction to machine automation: goals, levels and preconditions. Domains of automatic control. Architectures of control systems. Statics and dynamics of control systems. Basic elements of control systems. Transformations in control systems and their mathematical description. Accuracy and stability of control systems. Logic variables and elements. Storage elements. Numerical systems and their transformations. Signals in control systems and their transmission. A/D and D/A conversions and error control. Controllers, signals entry and retrieval, presentation of the control algorythms. Programmable logic controllers and their programming. Selection of hardware: sensors and servos. Hydraulics and pneumatics, basic elements and their functioning, systems synthesis. Industrial robots construction and sensing. Design of robot systems. CNC machine tools and systems. Automatic interchange of workpieces and instruments. Machining centers. Design of flexible manufacturing systems. Cyber security and ethics. Computer hardware and networks.
- Õpetaja/Teacher: Sirje Roosme
- Õpetaja/Teacher: Martinš Sarkans
- Õpetaja/Teacher: Raivo Sell
- Õpetaja/Teacher: Kaimo Sonk