Industrial Automation

Begin your journey into innovation with this course: This course provides a comprehensive overview of industrial automation, covering essential components (sensors, actuators, relays), control logic, state machines, and programming techniques to design, implement, and maintain efficient automated systems.

Target audience: Technicians, Engineers, R&D and production managers, Technical managers, Anyone driven by a passion for enhancing efficiency and fostering innovation in robotics.

Pre-requisite knowledge: Upper secondary school, Basic mathematics

What you will learn:

Participants will learn about the key components of industrial automation, including sensors, actuators, and relays, and understand the core principles and applications of industrial automation
The synthesis section will delve into designing automation circuits, exploring the latch principle and H-bridge circuits, providing hands-on experience in creating functional automated systems
The state machine section will introduce learners to the concept of state machines and their application in controlling automation sequences
Get to know the functionalities of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), discussing their structure, main functional blocks, and the specifics of Siemens PLCs and industrial networks
What can you expect:

Understand the functionality of basic elements of automated systems ​ and the fundamental principles of operation​
Analyze a real life problem from an industrial automation perspective, understand ​ what is effective, what is not, judge based on an engineering and cost oriented thinking​
Identify and Select proper sensory and actuation equipments for synthesizing ​ and integrating industrial automation tasks​
Integrate and Synthesize a classical relay based industrial automation
Integrate, Synthesize and Program a PLC based industrial automation
What is the end goal of the course:

Describe and understand application requirements​
Select appropriate sensors​
Choose suitable actuation methods
Develop control logic
Implement and integrate automation systems effectively
How the course will be conducted:

This is a self-pace course in English
Approximately 15 hours of training, including lectures, self-study, and questions
Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course (a minimal quiz)