Course Title: Industrial Control Applications 1
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2009
Course Code: EEET6221L
Course Title: Industrial Control Applications 1
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: 60
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
• Automation Concepts 1 and
• Automation Concepts 2
Course Description
This learning unit provides the concepts of PLC circuit design for various industrial control applications, apply advanced PLC programming techniques to automation applications and interfacing between PLC and pneumatic 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 406 bA – Develop complex testing and evaluation procedures- 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: |
UTENES406BA Develop complex testing & evaluation procedures |
Element: |
o 504.1 Plan and prepare for diagnosis of faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus. |
Performance Criteria: |
• demonstrate working concepts and applications of PLC, practical skills in PLC programming for basic sequential machine control systems, 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 Industrial control devices and its applications, advanced PLC program design for industrial control that linked to various pneumatic machinery.
• practical activities to develop skill in circuit simulation, programming & debugging, construction and fault diagnosis of PLC control circuits to interface with pneumatic machinery.
• 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 To WEEK 2
Introduction to course guides
OH&S Briefing
Assessment method
Revision
Competency Test
Student work booklet 1:
Exercises 1 to 11
Practical exercise 1 Read :
Textbook chapter 8,9
Selective pages.
introduction to OMRON CQM1 and CJ1 PLCs
Week 3 To Week 7
Lecture:
• Shift register
• Differential Functions
• T flip flop
• Program alternating
In parallel: Industrial Application Project
• Demonstrate to students
MPS Machine:
• acquire step-action diagram for station 1
• explanation of operational principles Practical exercise 1:
program alternating with SFT
assignment 1
Ladder diagram design and performing testing
MPS machine project:
Station 1
Design sequential control ladder diagram and test it
Monitoring status of relays
Practice fault finding diagnostic techniques by using on-line monitoring Read
Textbook chap. 4,chap.7 chap.10
Read:
Textbook chap. 9 Page 118-123
MPS machine instruction booklet
Week 9 to Week 11
Demonstrate to students
MPS machine
acquire step-action diagram for station 2
explanation of operational principles
design criteria
• MPS machine project:
Station 2
Design sequential control ladder diagram and test it
Monitoring status of relays
Practice fault finding diagnostic techniques by using on-line monitoring
Submission of assignment 1 Read:
Textbook chap.8 & 9
Selective pages
Write & Compile reports
Week 9 to Week 11
Demonstrate to students
MPS machine
acquire step-action diagram for station 2
explanation of operational principles
design criteria
• MPS machine project:
Station 2
Design sequential control ladder diagram and test it
Monitoring status of relays
Practice fault finding diagnostic techniques by using on-line monitoring
Submission of assignment 1 Read:
Textbook chap.8 & 9
Selective pages
Write & Compile reports
Week 12 Progressive Test 1 Based on Assignment 1
Week 13 To Week 17
Demonstrate to students
MPS machine
acquire step-action diagram for station 3
explanation of operational principles
design criteria
MPS machine project:
Station 3
Design sequential control ladder diagram and test it
Monitoring status of relays
Practice fault finding diagnostic techniques by using on-line monitoring
Write & Compile reports
Submission of reports include station 1,2 and 3 as project requirement specified
Week 18 Catch up/Results
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Industrial Hydraulic Control, Peter Rohner – John Wiley
Automation with Programmable Logic Controller, Peter Rohner – UNSW Press
class notes
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 at least 2 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:
NES406 bA Develop Complex (basic only at this stage) Testing & Evaluation Procedures- Electrical
o 406.1 Plan & prepare for the development of complex testing and evaluation procedures:
o 406.2 Develop complex testing procedures:
o 406.3 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 Perform 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
• 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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