ELEC 266 - Industrial Automation Integration3 Credit (1 lecture, 3 lab) 4 Contact Hours [Prerequisite: ELEC 254 ][Pre-or co-requisite: ELEC 265 ]
This course is a companion to Industrial Automation II and provides a more detailed understanding of robots and their integration with other machines. Students will learn hardware, software, and system design.
OFFERED: fall semesters
Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: Explore Industrial Concepts
- Compare analog and digital
- Identify inputs and outputs
- Compare numbering systems
- Identify electrical power requirements
- Identify pneumatic requirements
- Identify hydraulic requirements
- Compare continuous, synchronous and asynchronous processes
- Demonstrate proper documentation techniques
- Demonstrate safety
- Examine electrostatic discharge
Goal 2: Identify Components and Hardware
- Compare controllers
- Compare interfaces
- Compare sensors
- Examine power control and distribution
- Identify discrete controls
- Examine actuators and movement
- Compare AC and DC motors
- Identify mechanisms and machine elements
Goal 3: Integrate Machine Systems
- Integrate conveyors
- Integrate indexers
- Integrate part feeders
- Integrate robots and robotics
Goal 4: Program Process Systems and Automated Machinery
- Illustrate chemical processing
- Illustrate food processing
- Illustrate packaging
- Illustrate web handling
- Illustrate metal processing
- Illustrate plastic processing
- Illustrate ceramic processing
- Illustrate glass processing
- Illustrate assembly machines
- Illustrate inspection and test machine
Goal 5: Explore programming software
- Use programming software
Goal 6: Analyze Machine and System Design
- Determine system requirements
- Determine design requirements
- Demonstrate start-up
- Demonstrate debugging
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