Production System Automation, 6 credits

Automation av produktionssystem, 6 hp

TMPS42

The course is disused. Offered for the last time Spring semester 2021.

Main field of study

Mechanical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Luis Ribeiro

Director of studies or equivalent

Mats Björkman

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 0 h
Recommended self-study hours: 160 h

Available for exchange students

Yes
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIEI Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
6CIII Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla E
6CIII Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering (Master Profile Manufacturing) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla E
6CIII Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering (Specialization Mechanical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla E
6CMMM Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla E
6CMMM Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (Production Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla C
6MMEC Mechanical Engineering, Master's programme 2 (Spring 2017) 1 1 English Linköping, Valla E

Main field of study

Mechanical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering, Master's programme

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Production Engineering. Manufacturing Engineeering.

Intended learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide a theoretical and practical overview on computerized manufacturing equipment focusing on system level automation.
After the course the students should be able to:

  • Understand the logic based formalism that supports the programming of industrial controllers
  • Design programs for industrial controllers that are able to interpret the information collected from a set of sensors and convert that information into the corresponding actuation.
  • Design programs that can communicate with other programs and therefore control a complex system.
  • Understand the main programming principles for large automated systems.
  • Understand the current and emerging automation and system architectures as well as their application context.

Course content

The course focuses on the principles, concepts and technologies required/used to automate current manufacturing systems containing different equipment: robots, conveyor belts, automated guided vehicles, etc. The automotive industry is a known example of a sector applying these systems. Good automation practices, allied with the latest technology, are fundamental in improving production efficiency. This is a precondition for sustaining and/or increase industrial production in Sweden.
The initial part of the course covers the basics of programmable logic controllers (PLC) programming and communication, the formal models that support them and how these relate to the most common sensors, actuators and equipment found in large automated manufacturing systems..
In addition the course introduces emerging technologies such as automation based in service oriented architectures and multiagent systems as the new approaches to create highly reconfigurable systems and therefore substantially tackle the mass customization concept.
The following topics are covered:

  1. Boolean Algebra
  2. PLC Programming (using the IEC 61131-3)
  3. iPLC communication
  4. Sensors & Actuators
  5. System architectures for automation 

Teaching and working methods

The course will consist of lectures and laboratory exercises. The lectures covering the different topics provide the supporting conceptual background that will be applied in the laboratory exercises. The laboratory exercises consolidate the knowledge acquired on the lectures by providing an “hands on” experience whereby the students programs a set of mini-factories.

Examination

LAB1Laboratory work3 creditsU, G
TEN1Written examination3 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

Grades

Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

Course literature

Selected Literature on the different topics provided by the examiner and freely available.

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

Director of Studies or equivalent

Mats Björkman

Examiner

Luis Ribeiro

Course website and other links

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 0 h
Recommended self-study hours: 160 h

Course literature

MODERN Produktionsteknik del 2, Liber utbildning. Vid institutionen prducerade laborations-PM.
Code Name Scope Grading scale
LAB1 Laboratory work 3 credits U, G
TEN1 Written examination 3 credits U, 3, 4, 5

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

MODERN Produktionsteknik del 2, Liber utbildning. Vid institutionen prducerade laborations-PM.

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)
X
X

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving
X
X

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery
X
X

                            
2.3 System thinking
X
X

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork

                            
3.2 Communications

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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