Re-training course for Automation

Course title in English

Re-training course for automation

ECTS credits

1.25

Assessment form

Quizzes

Teaching semester

autumn - spring

Course aims

1. To introduce industrial and building automation technologies, automation, devices programming languages and data communication interfaces and protocols.

2. To introduce the development, contemporary problems and motor control principles of today’s industry.

3. To develop necessary analysis abilities to plan industrial automation, as well as development and implementation skills of industrial automation solutions.

4. To introduce ac machine dynamics modelling and vector models and practical realization of vector control application in industry.

Learning outcomes in the course

A student shall acquire:

-  with production technologies and industrial technical systems of different industries, including hardware and software resources of industrial automation (pneumatic systems, drives, controllers, SCADA, servers), industrial data communication and standards;

- with standardized programming languages (IEC 61311-3, IEC 61499, DIN 66312) for industrial controllers and robots;

- with standardized programming languages (IEC 61311-3, IEC 61499, DIN 66312) for industrial controllers and robots;

- with contemporary problems of electrical drives and dynamics of ac electrical drives, principles of vector control and direct torque control;

Brief description of the course

Survey of manufacturing systems. Manufacturing technologies and plant models. Management and control of industrial processes. Improvement of products and their life cycle. Scope of automation. Definition phase, analysis and development. Using Visio tool for diagrams. Modelling and simulation. Simulation tools. Design phase. Project management. Project documentation and specifications. CAD and CAE tools. Implementation phase. SCADA tools and MMI interfaces. Visualization of automated industrial processes. Programming of PLCs. Installation phase. Mechanical tools. Final inspection, testing and documenting of system. Operation of automation system. Data communication in automated processes. ISO-OSI reference model for factory info systems. Local area networks and cabling systems in a factory.

Session-based study workload (in a semester):

32.0

lectures

32.0

practices

0.0

exercises

0.0

Content of lectures

1) Introduction of automation.

2) System description.

3) System model. Modeling of technological systems and modeling tools.

4) Techniques of technological system analysis.

5) Technological system requirements.

6) Automated manufacturing systems, their types, terminology and classification.

7) Design principles. Project types. Design tools (CAD, CAE, etc.).

8) Software design and documentation.

9) Industrial data communication networks.

10) Future trends.