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Industrial Automation, 6 ECTS credits.
/Industriell automation/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 44
Rec. self-study hours: 116
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the theoretical and practical aspects of the informatics required to automate industrial systems at system level and at equipment level.
The main part of the course focuses on the usage of industrial programmable logic controllers (PLC) as a tool to automate a wide range of industrial systems and on the programming languages described in the standard IEC 61131-3 as a mechanism to program the system. The course complements the system level programing with the programming at equipment level to provide the students with a broader view on the programming of industrial components at different levels and the connection between them.
After the course the students should be able to:
- Understand the main, functional and structural, characteristics, differences and similarities between a conventional computer and an industrial programmable logic controller.
- Understand the fundamentals of programming in general and the specificities of programming in an industrial context using PLCs according to the IEC 61131-3 standard.
- Understand a programâ?Ts organization for PLCâ?Ts and Robot Controllers and the transformative process that makes that program actuate in a mechatronic system.
- 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 control industrial robots.
- Design programs that can communicate with other programs and therefore control a multi-component complex system.
- Use the CodeSys tool which is one of the most widespread PLC systems worldwide.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge in computer technology and programming, production, manufacturing technology, control theory, material science and human machine interaction.
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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Supplementary courses:
Industrial Automation - project
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Organisation:
The course will consist of 13 lectures and 5 laboratorial 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 a â?ohands on" experience whereby the students program a set of mini factories using commercial off-the-shelf PLCs.
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Course contents:
- Introduction
- Boolean Algebra and Logic Circuits
a.Logic gates: AND, OR, NAND, NOR, NOT, XOR, XNOR.
b.Truth tables
c.Logic functions
d.Boolean Laws
e.Karnaugh maps
f.State Machines
- PLC Programming
a.IEC 61131-3 Programming languages overview
b.Ladder Diagrams
c.Structured Text
d.Communication
- Sensors
a.Important Characteristics
b.Main Industrial Sensors (Overview)
- Actuators
a.Pneumatic
b.Hydraulic
c.Electric
- Human-machine-interaction (Overview)
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Course literature:
John, Karl-Heinz, and Michael Tiegelkamp. IEC 61131-3: programming industrial automation systems: concepts and programming languages, requirements for programming systems, decision-making aids. Springer Science & Business Media, 2010.
Additional selected literature on the different topics provided by the examiner and freely available.
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Examination: |
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A written examination
Compulsory laboratory course
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4 ECTS
2 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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