Industrial Automation

Industrial Automation (256 - 15505)
Bachelor in Industrial Technology Engineering
Semester 2/Spring Semester
2nd Year/Lower Division

Competences and Skills that will be Acquired and Learning Results:

- To know the basic fundaments of the Industrial Systems.
- To know the fundaments of automation and control methods.
- The students acquire and understand the knowledge about the modelling and the automation of industrial
processes by using professional hardware and software tools.
- To get the ability of modelling and simulating discrete events systems using State Diagrams and SFCs.
- To know the usual technology used in the industry for systems automation.
- To get the capacity of designing control and automation systems for discrete events systems.
- To get the ability of solving industrial processes automation problems using specific computational tools:
sensors selection, actuators, modelling, and programming PLCs using professional software.
- To generate professional documentation related to simple projects.

Description of Contents/Course Description:

1. Presentation and Introduction of the subject.
2. Discrete events system modelling.
2.1 State Diagrams
2.2 SFC
3. Introduction to automation technologies.
3.1 Wiring and programmable systems
3.2 PLC hardware.
4. PLCs programming languages
4.1 Ladder (LD)
4.2 Functional diagram (SFC)
5. Actuators
5.1 Electric engines.
5.2 Hydraulic actuators
5.3 Pneumatic (actuators, valves, symbology)
6. Sensors
6.1 Classification
6.2 Features
6.3 Types of sensors
7. Introduction to field buses.

Learning Activities and Methodology:

- Theoretical lessons and doubts solving sessions in aggregated groups, tutorial support sessions and
student personal work; related to the acquisition of theoretical knowledge (3 ECTS).

- Laboratory and problem solving sessions in reduced groups, tutorial support sessions and student personal
work; related to the acquisition of practical abilities (3 ECTS).

Assessment System:

- Continuous assessment consist in two exams:
- Exam 1: state and functional diagrams. PLC programming. Ladder programming.
- Exam2: a practical programming exercise will be done individually in the laboratory.

- The final exam consists in several practical exercises about modelling, programming and theoretical
questions. It is required to obtain a minimum mark of 3 in this final exam in order to pass the subject.

Basic Bibliography:

John, Karl-Heinz. IEC 61131-3, programming industrial automation systems : concepts and programming languages, requirements for programming systems, aids to decision-making tools.. *. 1995
*. International Standard IEC 1131-3. IEC.. *. 1993
Bonfatti, Flavio. IEC 1131-3 programming methodology : [software engineering methods for industrial automated systems]. *. 1997
J. Balcels y J.L. Romeral. Autómatas Programables. Marcombo. 2000
Piedrafita Moreno, Ramón.. Ingeniería de la automatización industrial.. Ra-Ma. 2003
R.W. Lewis. Programming Industrial Control Systems Using IEC 1131-3. IEEE. 2000