ECAM ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Combined Bachelor's / Master's Degree
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| Academic program | ECAM ENGINEERING PROGRAM | :
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Period :
SEMESTER 8 |
Education language :
English |
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| Learning Outcomes |
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| By the end of this course, students will be able to: 1. Define the different fieldbuses used in industry (Ethercat, Profinet, OPC-UA, IO-Link…) 2. Choose the right industrial network given technical specifications 3. Define the safety regulations applying to any machine 4. Perform basic risk analysis for a given machine 5. Wire safety elements to a machine 6. Understand the difference between drive-based and controller-based motion planning |
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| -Definition of industrial networks: Ethercat, Profinet, OPC-UA, IO-Link… -Practical on PLC/sensors/actuators communication using several industrial networks. -Definition of safety regulations -Procedure to perform risk analysis -Definition of drive-based and controller-based motion planning followed by practicals |
| Pre-requisites / co-requisites |
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| -Introduction to Controllers |
| Bibliography |
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| Essential resources: None Recommended resources: G.D. Anderson (2021) Industrial Network Basics: Practical Guides for the Industrial Technician D. MacDonald (2004) Practical Machinery Safety, Newnes Jean-Claude Latombe (1991) Robot Motion Planning, Springer US |
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| N° | Nature | Coefficient | Observable objectives |
| 1 | Observable objectives: final exam in which students will be evaluated on their ability to define safety in machinery, the use of industrial fieldbuses and the different ways to plan motion. | 0,8 | 1, 3, 4, 6 |
| 2 | Observable objectives: labs in which students will be evaluated on their ability to program a PLC to plan motion, to wire safety elements and to communicate between PLC on fieldbuses. | 0,2 | 2, 5, 6 |