Machine Automation Course (DL SMART-MA)
PL-943001
The DL SMART–MA is a software that has been developed to teach industrial automation and PLC programming in a unique and effective way. With this software, students can improve their individual experience on studying industrial automation in practice.
Students will be able to carry out several experiments dealing with the following topics:
- Main concepts related to logic control;
- State machine (SFC) approach;
- Electric diagram interpretation;
- Electric commands for motor engines and pneumatic systems and their interfaces to PLCs;
- Programmable logic controllers: hardware and software structure, technical characteristics and specifications, programming languages, main ladder instructions, data handling, maths, numeric formats, comparisons, timers and analog interfaces.
This software works integrated to a softPLC (not included) which can be: The Siemens PLCSIM or Codesys Control.
- AUTOMATING THE GATE OF THE FACTORY
- GYPSUM DOSING AND MIXING LINE
- AUTOMATING THE FACTORY ELEVATOR
- AUTOMATING THE BATCHING SYSTEM
Project: The student is required to automate the door gate of the factory’s facilities. The reason is that the factory has plans to implement remote control for all its accesses.
Automation contents: Automation and PLC basics, input and output, sensors and actuators, ladder language, basic ladder Boolean instructions: NO/NC contacts and simple coil, direct engine start and interlocks, edge detection instructions, implement commands from impulse/pushes.
Electricity contents: Basic electric automation panel, electric motor protection and comman
Project: The student receives a line from another factory but the PLC program is lost. Therefore, it is necessary to study the electric diagram and the description of how the machine works in order to develop a new system.
New automation contents: Memory and image memory, PLC scan cycle, interlocks, retentive command instructions, sequencing techniques using interlocks and memories, timers, counters, analog input signal reading and scaling, guidance on the use of memories and retentive commands, state machines, SFC, implementation of SFC in ladder logic.
New electricity contents: Complete automation and motor command electric panel, interpretation of the whole electric diagram, mapping the IO from the electric diagram.
Project: The factory has vertical operation and needs to increase the number of elevators but instead of buying a new one, the factory decided to build it.The student is required to develop the elevator’s PLC software.
New automation contents: When not to use state machines, linear movement with origin and destiny memory approach.
New electric contents: Safety relays and circuit, interface between PLC and frequency inverters.
Project: The student is required to develop a solution to automate color formulation in its ink factory. The student must use all the knowledge and skills developed to get this job done.
Automation contents: Organization and function blocks, modularizing the project in small blocks, calling various instances of the same function block.
With the industrial 3D environments and also the built-in projects it´s possible to develop solutions that evolve basic ladder logic, analog handling, math operations, comparisons, state machines, SFC, function blocks and a lot more.
- BASIC LADDER LOGIC
- SCALING
- FUNCTION BLOCKS
- ANALOG HANDLING
- SEQUENTIAL FUNCTION CHART
ELETRIC PANEL
You may see that it is very similar to a real electric automation and motor command panel. It has the energy supply and protection, circuit breakers, contactors, safety relay, 24Vdc power supply, PLC, interface relays, connectors, contactors, frequency inverters and so on.
ELETRIC DIAGRAM SAMPLES
As well as the electric panel, the electric diagrams are also presented to the students in industrial standard. The following images are samples of the electric diagram pages.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Solving problems on machinery quickly and effectively to reduce downtime is one of the most valued skills in industries. Our solution includes a resource to let the student activate a defect without knowing which defect it is. When the student does that, some component will be damaged and the machine will behave in some strange way. The student’s task is to find out the root cause of the problem and replace the damaged component by using the replacement console. In order to find out what the problem is, the student may use the virtual multimeter (left picture) to make measurements in the electric panel as well as force signal (right picture) to relay’s coils in order to verify if actuators are working properly
IT CONNECTS PROFESSOR, STUDENT AND SCHOOL
De Lorenzo´s cloud server receives students activities and provides reports and analytics to professors and institutions. Besides, a student can start working at school and continue at home or vice-versa. The platform includes a query and answer system that enables professors to support the students counting on a team of monitors. That means better support with less effort of the professors. The students can see questions asked by other colleagues too so that way if more than one student have the same doubt the professors answer will attend them all.
COMPATIBLE WITH THE DL SMART-DASHBOARD (SOLD SEPARETLY)
PROFESSORS CAN FOLLOW STUDENTS PROGRESS
The professor can do and access everything the student can. Besides, he/she can also access the dashboard’s portal. It includes interesting reports and analytics that help the professor to monitor the group in real time, as well as to identify students who are doing very well, as well as those who need help, who are not working at all and who seem to be “cheating”.
Tasks report
This is an important tool since it provides evidence of the activities a student worked on. That means the school has evidence of the practical activities the distance learner has done with detailed information about it.
PROFESSOR CAN SEE WHICH STUDENTS ARE ON SCHEDULE
With this interface, the professor may choose which groups he/she wants to monitor, to verify who is on schedule, who is pending and so on. It is possible to define the expected progress percentage in relation to the tasks available in the course.
RHYTHM
This other dashboard shows the number of activities the students did daily and weekly. The professor may decide to verify it regarding a whole group/class or a specific student.
EFFORT/TASK DEDICATED TIME
If the professor selects a student, he/she may verify how much time the student took to develop and deliver each task of the course.
PROGRESS VS TIME TAKEN
It is also possible to verify the distribution of the dedicated time with relation to the number of tasks done by each student at any period of time. That helps to identify who is doing well, who may need help, who is doing nothing and who is trying to cheat.
TRIALS PER TASK
This chart helps the teacher to understand which task may be the most difficult and which one may be the easiest in order to adjust the deadlines.
- IT’S A 3D SIMULATOR
- IT HAS BUILT-IN PROJECTS
- THE PROJECTS INCLUDE GUIDANCE
- + CONTENTS AND SUPPORT MATERIALS, SO THEY CAN LEARN BY THEMSELVE
- IT AUTOMATICALLY CHECKS STUDENT ACTIVITIES TO LET THEY MOVE ON, LIKE IN GAME
- PROFESSORS CAN MONITOR STUDENTS,AND VERIFY WHICH POINT THEY NEED HELP(Option available with Dashboard)
BUILT-IN PROJECTS, TASKS, INSTRUCTIONS, CONTENTS, AND AUTOMATIC VALIDATION
- Each project has well defined goals and requirements.
- They are structured in tasks, and each task has specific requirements and provides instructions,contents and guidance to the students.
- When a student tests the developed solution and verifies that it meets the requirements, thestudent can deliver the task.
- When a student delivers a task, the SMARTSIM itself tests the student´s solution in real time and allows him/her to go to the next step.
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