Industrial Engineering & Management FT
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Automation techniques

level of course unit

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of course unit

The students are able to:
• Use various measuring instruments for measuring non-electrical quantities correctly and safely.
• Use sensors, positioning elements and actuators.
• Carry out programming for automation.
• Modify bus systems (networks).
• Operate robot systems.

prerequisites and co-requisites

not applicable

course contents

• Design of pneumatic, electropneumatic and hydraulic circuits
• Recording measured values
• Measurement of non-electrical quantities such as temperature, pressure, speed, sound level, frequency
• Measured value transmission
• Programming of control units (SPS)
• Structure of control transmission elements
• Industrial bus systems and robot systems

recommended or required reading

• Stiller, Christoph (2006): Grundlagen der Mess- und Regelungstechnik, Shaker Verlag Herzogenrath
• Orlowski, Peter (2011): Praktische Regeltechnik: Anwendungsorientierte Einführung für Maschinenbauer und Elektrotechniker, 9. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin

assessment methods and criteria

Report, final paper

language of instruction

German

number of ECTS credits allocated

3

eLearning quota in percent

20

course-hours-per-week (chw)

1.5

planned learning activities and teaching methods

Exercise

semester/trimester when the course unit is delivered

3

name of lecturer(s)

Ing. Markus Ehrlenbach, MSc

year of study

2

recommended optional program components

none

course unit code

vzELT4

type of course unit

practice

mode of delivery

Compulsory

work placement(s)

not applicable