Industrial Automatisms

Code: EME00505L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Electrotechnical Engineering

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

· The student will upgrade his knowledge in industrial automation – cable and programmable technology.

· The student will implement complex automatic systems, using programmable technology - structured language. He will also be able to program Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMI).

· The student will know the fundamentals of network industrial communication (Profibus network and Ethernet network).

1) Introduction to the industrial automatic machines: the control system, the power system, the Human-Machine Interface.

2) Boolean algebra review: Boolean Functions representation (algebraic form, truth tables, Karnaugh diagrams). Simplifying Boolean expressions. Implementation of Boolean expressions using electronic gates.

3) Review of the Design of sequential automatic systems using the GRAFCET methodology.

4) Implementation of automatic systems using sequencial units.

5) Design and implementation of sequential systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Siemens-LOGO: digital I/O and analogue I/O.

6) Design and implementation of sequential systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Siemens-S7-***: digital I/O and analogue I/O. Structured programming (FC, FDB, DB).

7) Programming Human-Machine Interfaces (Siemens HMI).

8) Communication - Human-Machine Interfaces and PLC Siemens S7-***. 9) Local Control and Distributed Control. Communication between distributed systems. Industrial communication networks (Profibus network and Ethernet network).

Teaching Methods

· Lectures

· Laboratory classes

The teaching method is based on theoretical classes and practical classes. An active learning system is focused to stimulate the student to make his own research on the matters presented in the classes. During the classes four experimental works (at least) are given to the student, to work in group, in order to gain experience with industrial technology

Assessment

The grades are within the interval [0,20].The assessment method consists of two components (TP and Ex): · [TP1 + TP2 + TP3 + TP4] Laboratory works to evaluate the capability of the students to implement systems using programmable technology in Industrial Automation (25%)· [Ex] Examination (75%)

[NF] Final Grade: NF = (TP1 + TP2 + TP3 + TP4)×0.25 + Ex ×0.75

If NF> 9.5 ^ TPi> 9.5 ^ Ex> 9.5: Approved