Course Title: Industrial Control Applications 2
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2009
Course Code: EEET6222L
Course Title: Industrial Control Applications 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
Zoran Savic
+61 3 9925 2000
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 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 504 bA – Diagnose faults in 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: |
UTENES504BA Diagnose & rectify faults in advanced systems & apparatus |
Element: |
o 504.1 Plan and prepare for diagnosis of faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus. |
Performance Criteria: |
• demonstrate practical skill in implementing real time computer application for control of external devices, including development and modeling of testing and evaluation procedures. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Students will participate face to face in
• 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 hydraulic machinery.
• practical activities to develop skill in circuit simulation, programming & debugging, construction and fault diagnosis of PLC control circuits to interface with hydraulic 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 30% 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 guide, OH&S issues, learning objective, assessment methods
Revision: Sequential control concepts ,competency test
week 2 to week 3
Fringe conditions
Cycle selection module
week 4 -week 5
Machine interrupting module
Program selection module
practical project: Drilling machine: robot arm’s step-action diagram
Student workbook, lesson 10 tasks 1-7
Read : Textbook chap. 8
Page102- 105
week 6 to week 7
Demonstrate to students
Drilling Machine:
acquire step-action diagram for emergency clearance procedure
explanation of operational principles
design criteria Drilling machine project:
week 8 to week 9
Integrated an emergency stop module
Into previous design, and test it
Monitoring status of relays
Practice fault finding diagnostic techniques by using on-line monitoring
Read: Textbook chap. 9
Page 118-123
week 10 to week 11
Demonstrate to students the hydraulic trainer:
Introduction to hydraulic control System
Design concepts of PLC controlled hydraulic system
Bar chat for solenoids signals
Ladder diagram design for PLC controlled hydraulic systems
Functions of different types of valves used in hydraulic control system Practical exercise 1
Student workbook: Lesson 11
Practical Hydraulic Application
Read:
Textbook chap.8 & 9
Selective pages
REFERENCE BOOK:
Industrial Hydraulic Control
By Peter Rohner
week 12
testing demonstration and commission PLC controlled hydraulic system
week 13 written test
week 14 to week 17
proctical industrial project
design, programming,testing and commission in a simulated workplace Environment
week 18 catch up works
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 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 504 bA – Diagnose faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus – Electrical
o 504.1 Plan and prepare for diagnosis of faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus.:
o 504.2 Diagnose faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus
o 504.3 Rectify faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus.
o 504.4 Provide status report(s)
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 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: 50%
• Assignment/ work performance simulations projects: 50%
• 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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