Industrial Automation

Begin your journey into innovation with this course: This course provides a comprehensive overview of industrial automation, covering essential components (sensors, actuators, relays), control logic, state machines, and programming techniques to design, implement, and maintain efficient automated systems.

Target audience: Technicians, Engineers, R&D and production managers, Technical managers, Anyone driven by a passion for enhancing efficiency and fostering innovation in robotics.

Pre-requisite knowledge: Upper secondary school, Basic mathematics

What you will learn:

• Participants will learn about the key components of industrial automation, including sensors, actuators, and relays, and understand the core principles and applications of industrial automation
• The synthesis section will delve into designing automation circuits, exploring the latch principle and H-bridge circuits, providing hands-on experience in creating functional automated systems
• The state machine section will introduce learners to the concept of state machines and their application in controlling automation sequences
• Get to know the functionalities of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), discussing their structure, main functional blocks, and the specifics of Siemens PLCs and industrial networks

What can you expect:

• Understand the functionality of basic elements of automated systems ​ and the fundamental principles of operation​
• Analyze a real life problem from an industrial automation perspective, understand ​ what is effective, what is not, judge based on an engineering and cost oriented thinking​
• Identify and Select proper sensory and actuation equipments for synthesizing ​ and integrating industrial automation tasks​
• Integrate and Synthesize a classical relay based industrial automation
• Integrate, Synthesize and Program a PLC based industrial automation

What is the end goal of the course:

• Describe and understand application requirements​
• Select appropriate sensors​
• Choose suitable actuation methods
• Develop control logic
• Implement and integrate automation systems effectively

How the course will be conducted:

• This is a self-pace course in English
• Approximately 15 hours of training, including lectures, self-study, and questions
• Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course (a minimal quiz)