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Pneumatic Mechanisms Control

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0508/03
Abbreviation Řízpn
Course title Pneumatic Mechanisms Control
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator Ing. Lukáš Dvořák, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic concepts of control. Control circuit structure. Signals used in control and their implementation. Marking of pneumatic elements and groups.
2. Elements for obtaining information of piston rod position, signal fitting. Pneumatic time relays, pressure relay. Two-handed valves.
3. Step and complex motion and control diagram.
4. Program control of pneumatic mechanisms.
5. Basic elements of electro-pneumatic circuits - sensors, switches, electromagnets, relays.
6. Electropneumatic valves, proportional elements, valve terminals.
7. Programmable logic controllers - logic and time functions.
8. Programmable controllers - hardware (inputs, outputs), PNP and NPN sensors.
9. Pneumatic proportional position controllers and other special elements, electric drives.
10. Fieldbus - basic terms, classification, serial data transmission.
11. Fieldbus - examples of buses, basics of AS-i bus programming.
12. Machine safety - basic concepts, procedures. Pneumatic elements for increased safety.
13. Machine safety - case study.
14. News in pneumatics and automation.

Literature

BEATER, P. Pneumatic drives: system design, modelling and control. Berlin: Springer, 2007. 323 pp. ISBN 978-3-540-69470-0.
CAMOZZI COMPETENCE CENTRE. Pneumatic Automation From Basic Principles to Practical Techniques. Brescia: Camozzi Automation S.p.A. 2019. 215 p. Dostupné z: https://www.camozzi.com/sites/default/files/dl_files/MN-Tec%20Did_ENG_2019_LowRes.pdf

Advised literature

BLIESENER, R., EBEL, F., LöFFLER, H. et al. Programmable logic controllers basic level: Workbook FESTO, 2002, 530 s.