Course Title: Automation Concepts 2
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2009
Course Code: EEET6220L
Course Title: Automation Concepts 2
School: 130T Engineering (TAFE)
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6050 - Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering
Course Contact : William Lau
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4703
Course Contact Email:william.lau@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Jan Jia
+61 3 9925 4390
Nominal Hours: 80
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
NONE
Course Description
This learning unit is designed for the application of Advanced PLC programming techniques to automation applications and interfacing between PLC and pneumatic or hydraulic sequential machinery. Students will develop practical skills in advance programming, testing and problem solving related to working with PLC in automation areas.
This learning unit is one of a group of units designed to collectively meet underpinning skill & applied knowledge essential for developing the following Core Competency –
UTE NES 304 bA – Undertake commissioning of advanced systems and associated apparatus – Electrical
which is contained in the National Electrotechnology Training Package UTE99 http://www.anta.gov.au/tp
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UTENES304BA Undertake commissioning of advanced systems & apparatus |
Element: |
o 406.1 Plan & prepare for the development of (basic) testing and evaluation procedures |
Performance Criteria: |
Develop skills in PLC programming for interfacing to pneumatic and hydraulic sequential machinery, develop testing procedures that will verify the performance specifications, diagnose and debug faults, and verify the completion of the commission. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
• Classroom tutorial activities to consolidate the theory of PLC program design principles for PLC being linked to various pneumatic sequential machinery.
• Practical activities to develop skill in circuit simulation, programming & debugging, construction and fault diagnosis of PLC control circuits.
• Work performance simulation projects involving circuit design and construction, PLC programming, establish testing procedure to verify the specification, diagnose and debug faults, and completion of the commission. Specifications will be provided with work simulation (team or individual basis) or may be negotiated to suit a workplace based application
Projects may be undertaken as part of a team or individual basis.
It is expected that students would require approximately 20% of course hours to be allocated for independent study to do project research, design, construction, testing and problem solving activities.
Teaching Schedule
Week 1 introduction to course guides, OH&S issues,learning objective, assessment, revision exercises
Week 2 Fringe conditions in PLCs Control DESIGN ,automatic/manual selection module ,Program selection module ,introduce the racing concepts(BOGUS)
Week 3 Practical exercise 1 Design a 8 step- counter module control system for four linear actuators integrated with auto/man selection module and program selection module, timer placement in both input and output
Week 4 To Week5
Fringe conditions in PLCs Control DESIGN
Machine interruption concepts
Emergency stop module integrated with extended cycle selection module
Interface PLC with Pneumatic control systems Practical exercise 2
Modify the exercise no1 integrated with the emergency stop module
Monitoring status of relays
Fault finding techniques
Week 6 to week 10
Introduction to hydraulic control System
Design concepts of PLC controlled hydraulic system
Function of different valves
Interface PLC with practical hydraulic control system
Practical exercise 3 Practical Hydraulic Application
Week 11 To Week 13
Demonstrate to students
Rohnner PLC Trainer (Drilling Machine)
acquire step-action diagram
operation principles
design criteria
Instruct students to work on the final project
Demonstrate to students how to perform the fault finding when run a program Final project : Drilling Machine
Design a PLC program to control a practical drilling machine involving 20 sequential steps, including auto/manual selection module,
and extended cycle selection module, and emergency stop module
Final project continue
Monitoring status of relays
Fault finding techniques
Observing timer lapses
Save your program to a magnetic tape
Print out the ladder diagram
Print out mnemonics list
Week 16
examination Open book but
Week 17
resit examination
week 18 final catch up works
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Industrial Hydraulic Control, John Wiley, Author: Peter Rohner
Automation with Programmable Logic Controllers, UNSW Press, Author: Peter Rohner
Workbook: Industrial Hydraulic Control, John Wiley, Author: Peter Rohner
Workbook: Automation with Programmable Logic Controllers for Industrial
Automation, Author: Peter Rohner
Pneumatic course notes provided
Overview of Assessment
Assessment requirements include
• attendance and satisfactory completion of prescribed practical exercises , which may be scheduled during the day or evening depending on the demand.
• evidence of participation in and satisfactory completion of work simulation projects.
• satisfactory completion of class assignment work
• progressive tests
• timely submission and standard presentation for all assessment material / documentation
Assessment Tasks
Assessment activities will be as close as practicable to real work situations and will require “real work” type decision making by the student. Evidence of competent performance shall be gathered from:
• Work Performance Simulations
These projects have to demonstrate the applied knowledge required to meet assessment criteria and technical requirement specified in the following competency standard:
UTE NES 304 bA – Undertake commissioning of advanced systems and associated apparatus – Electrical
o 304.1 Plan & prepare to undertake commissioning procedures
o 304.2 Undertake commissioning procedures of advanced systems and associated apparatus
o 304.3 Inspect and notify completion of work
When performing the simulations, students must demonstrate ability to:
o Organise and manage the tasks within the simulations
o Cope with any contingencies that arise during the simulations and solve inherent problems
o Perform tasks autonomously and/or as a member of a team as task proscribes
o Perform task and manage work environment/equipment according to safe working practice and OH&S requirements.
o Meet assessment criteria, conditions and technical requirement relevant to the competency standard detail above.
• Practical exercises
These will be assessed progressively according to individual task criteria. All laboratory exercises must be:
o Undertaken according to safe working practice as specified by the Centre.
o Performed according to specified laboratory standards and practice including calibration, measurement and accurate reading. This must include electrical measurement taken with safe working practice, meters properly calibrated, meter settings positioned for an accurate reading and accurate readings taken for all measurements.
• Progressive and Validation Tests
Theoretical concept underpinning measurement and testing procedures will be assessed progressively in tests throughout the unit. A written/oral validation test will also apply to aspects of projects done in groups
Although this learning unit will be assessed on completion, the competency itself will not be signed off until this and further learning units are completed and the student is deemed competent.
Assessment Matrix
Percentage of assessment
• Written/oral assessment. (45%)
• Assignment/ work performance simulations projects (55%)
• A Pass in practical performance in laboratory exercises
• A Pass in the Learning Unit when evidence of learning is collected according to the requirements as stated at “assessment criteria”. The documentation must be clearly communicated and submitted to supervisor within specified time
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