Automation and Process Control

Author

Thomas M. Rudolf

Introduction

  • Definition of Automation

  • Process Control

  • Types of different Industrial Processes

Pneumatic and Electro-pneumatic Automatization

  • Elements of a neumatic circuit

  • Elements of a electic circuit, electrical acutators and control elements

  • Automatization of neumatic and electroneumatic sequences

Programable Logical Control (PLC)

  • Logical Operations with ladder diagram

  • Input and output variables, internal registers of PLC

  • Different componentens and instructions of PLC programation

GRAFCET - Funcional Graph of Stage-Transition Control

  • Stages and transition conditions

  • Rules to develope a GRAFCET

  • Transformation of a GRAFCET into a ladder diagram lenguaje Ladder

State flow

  • Introduction to state flow in Matlab

  • States and transitions

  • Control a simulation enviroment with state flow

  • Control a plant with state flow

Industrial Robots (optional)

  • Introductions to industrial robots

  • Security topics for usage of industrial robots