Overall objectives:

- Design command and automatic control systems using PLCs;
- Use PLCs to control continuous systems;
- Design automation facilities;
- Analyze and choose technologies for automating industrial processes;
- Develop industrial automation projects involving sensors, actuators and automata.

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction: Notions of digital systems; Notions of analog systems; Boole algebra; Logical functions, symbology and representation.
2 - Sensors and actuators: General notions; Examples of applications.
3 - PLCs: Automata architecture and basic operation.
4 - Representation of automatic systems by sequence diagrams.
5 - Representation of sequential systems by GRAFCET.
6 - Methods for specifying control systems for discrete events.
7 - Control of continuous processes using functions available in programmable automata.
8 - Design of automation installations: schematic design; design documentation; equipment specification; budget.
9 - Deepening of thematic areas. Examples: technical management of buildings, home automation, automation of water supply systems, automation of road tunnels.

Literature/Sources:

A. Francisco, Autómatos Programáveis, 5ª edição, Lidel, 2015.

 J. Norberto Pires, Automação Industrial, 5ª edição, ETEP, 2012.

 P. Oliveira, Curso de Automação Industrial, 3ª edição, ETEP, 2016.

 A. Santos e A. Silva, Automação Integrada, 2ª edição, Publindústria, 2015.

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Theoretical-practical evaluation components (40%):

TP1 - First theoretical-practical frequency, with a weight of 20% in the final assessment;

TP2 - Second theoretical-practical frequency, with a weight of 20% in the final evaluation.

Note: the average of the notes of the two frequencies must be greater than or equal to 8 values.

 

Components of practical laboratory evaluation (60%):

PL1 - First practical evaluation work, with a weight of 20% in the final evaluation;

PL2 - Second practical evaluation work, with a weight of 20% in the final evaluation;

PL3 - Third practical evaluation work, with a weight of 20% in the final evaluation.

Note: the average of the grades of the three works must be greater than or equal to 8 values.