FA - Introduction to Automation and Mechatronics (INT 201)

This training module introduces the 4 important tasks which are required in the Industry - Installation & Commissioning, Programming, Communication and Maintenance & Trouble Shooting.

• Planning to set-up a Flexibel Manufacturing System - FMS
• Installation and Commissioning of the FMS
• Test the entire material- and signal flow through the FMS
• Function of a PLC in general and of the ML 1500 in particular
• Structure of a PLC program
• Project solutions for the single FMS stations in Ladder Diagram
• Theory about Industrial Communication in general and I/O in particular
• Theory about the 3-phases of Trouble Shooting
• Trouble Shooting within the entire FMS process

• the four tasks required by the Industry
• is able to plan a project according to a workpiece description
• is able to set-up a networked system
• is able to adjust mechanical, electrical and pneumatic components
• understands the basic principals of a PLC
• is able to plan, edit and test project solutions with PLC´s
• understands the 3 levels of industrial communication
• understands the difference between Maintenance and Trouble Shooting
• is able to detect errors, limitate errors and eliminate errors professionally