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Production System Automation, 6 ECTS credits.
/Automation av produktionssystem/
For:
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Ii
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MEC
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Prel. scheduled
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Rec. self-study hours: 160
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
The aim of the course is to provide a theoretical and practical overview on computerized manufacturing equipment focusing on system level automation.
After the course the students should be able to:
- Understand the logic based formalism that supports the programming of industrial controllers
- Design programs for industrial controllers that are able to interpret the information collected from a set of sensors and convert that information into the corresponding actuation.
- Design programs that can communicate with other programs and therefore control a complex system.
- Understand the main programming principles for large automated systems.
- Understand the current and emerging automation and system architectures as well as their application context.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Production Engineering. Manufacturing Engineeering.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course will consist of lectures and laboratory exercises. The lectures covering the different topics provide the supporting conceptual background that will be applied in the laboratory exercises. The laboratory exercises consolidate the knowledge acquired on the lectures by providing an â?ohands on" experience whereby the students programs a set of mini-factories.
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Course contents:
The course focuses on the principles, concepts and technologies required/used to automate current manufacturing systems containing different equipment: robots, conveyor belts, automated guided vehicles, etc. The automotive industry is a known example of a sector applying these systems. Good automation practices, allied with the latest technology, are fundamental in improving production efficiency. This is a precondition for sustaining and/or increase industrial production in Sweden.
The initial part of the course covers the basics of programmable logic controllers (PLC) programming and communication, the formal models that support them and how these relate to the most common sensors, actuators and equipment found in large automated manufacturing systems..
In addition the course introduces emerging technologies such as automation based in service oriented architectures and multiagent systems as the new approaches to create highly reconfigurable systems and therefore substantially tackle the mass customization concept.
The following topics are covered:
- Boolean Algebra
- PLC Programming (using the IEC 61131-3)
- iPLC communication
- Sensors & Actuators
- System architectures for automation
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Course literature:
Selected Literature on the different topics provided by the examiner and freely available.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Laboration course
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Mats Björkman
Examiner: Luis Ribeiro
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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