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Pneumatic Mechanisms Control

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Course Unit Code338-0508/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZAC45Ing. Miloslav Žáček
DVO31Ing. Lukáš Dvořák, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
At the end of the course students will be able to design circuits with pneumatic control, relay control and create PLC program in both textual and graphic languages. The student can build the designed circuit on Festo Didactic and SMC Pneutrainer training simulators and verify the functionality of the designed control. Students also have the opportunity to practically compare the mentioned control methods with the control of pneumatic systems by means of an industrial bus.
Course Contents
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.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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
KOPÁČEK, J. Pneumatické mechanismy. Díl 2. Řízení pneumatických systémů. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2005. 2. vydání. ISBN: 80-248-0880-3.
KOPÁČEK, J., ŽÁČEK, M. Cvičení z řízení pneumatických systémů. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2004. ISBN: 80-248-0692-4.
KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. SMC Training – Stlačený vzduch a jeho využití. Brno: SMC Industrial Automation CZ s.r.o. 4. vydání. 2019. 344 s.
KOPÁČEK, J. Pneumatické mechanismy. Díl 1. – Pneumatické prvky a systémy. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2005. 265 s. 2. vydání. ISBN 80-7078-306-0.


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

ŠMEJKAL, L., MARTINÁSKOVÁ, M. PLC řízení a automatizace, díl 1. Základní pojmy, úvod do programování. Praha: BEN technická literatura, 1999. 224 s. ISBN 80-86056-58-9.
SCHMID, D. a kol. Řízení a regulace pro strojírenství a mechatroniku. Praha : Europa-Sobotáles cz., 2005 - 420 s. ISBN 80-86706-10-9.
MANNESMANN REXROTH Der Pneumatik Trainer Band 5. Feldbustechnologie in der Pneumatik. Hannover 1997.
BALÁTĚ, J. a kol. Technické prostředky automatického řízení. Praha: SNTL Praha 1986.
FATURÍK, Š. Prostředky automatického řízení. Základy elektropneumatiky. Praha: ČVUT v Praze, 1991.
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
SMC - eLEARNING. dostupné z https://digital.smctraining.com/?lang=cs (uživatelské jméno a heslo přidělí vyučující, modul Pneumatické systémy - česká a anglická verze).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 25
        ExaminationExamination65 26