It is a subject with a marked technological nature in which students come into contact with some of the technologies related to automation and process control.

You will learn to use control equipment and evaluate, from a technical point of view, its characteristics and performance. However, not only are topics related to technology taught, but the methodologies and standards used in the design of control systems are also studied.





Contextualization.





This subject is the student's first contact with automation and control technology. Students come to this subject with knowledge of control theory that is taught in the subject “Automatics and control” of the 3rd year of the degree. Their technological training is complemented with other elective subjects of the degree, as well as with others from the master's degree in Industrial Engineering.







It is an optional subject, which is taught in the 1st semester of the fourth year of the Degree in Industrial Technology, with a teaching load of 6 ECTS credits.



Previous requirements.





In certain topics of the course, the knowledge obtained in the course “Automatics and control” of the 3rd year of the degree is necessary.

The engineer who designs process and machine control systems must have extensive theoretical and practical training. Control systems are industrial devices with which the automation and control of processes and machines is carried out. The great variety of devices, technologies and design methodologies related to this branch of engineering makes knowledge of them essential for their proper application in process automation. The engineer must be trained to select the most appropriate technology and design and implement the control system most appropriate to the characteristics of the process to be automated. All this constitutes the objective of the Industrial Automation subject.











The Competence to be developed in this subject and the expected Learning Result (collected in the latest version of the verified report of the degree in Industrial Technology) are:



M04OP3 Ability to address advanced developments, projects and studies in the field of automatic regulation, industrial electronics and its application to industrial automation, with a high degree of autonomy.







RA Design of automation and control systems for industrial machines and facilities.





This general learning outcome is broken down into the following partial results, which will be assessed in this subject:







RA1: Know how to structure the design of an automation project.



RA2: Know and program, following programming standards, industrial control equipment.



RA3: Know how to implement and test the design made in operation.

Topic 1. INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION.



Topic 2. CURRENT STANDARDS IN AUTOMATION.



Topic 3. BASIC AUTOMATIONS.



Topic 4. PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATIONS. PLC HARDWARE.



Topic 5. PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATIONS. PLC SOFTWARE.



Topic 6. DESIGN OF AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS.



Topic 7. INDUSTRIAL SENSORS.



Topic 8. INDUSTRIAL ACTUATORS.





Annex I. CONTROL OF CONTINUOUS VARIABLES



Annex II. PID REGULATORS IN PLCs



Annex III. VARIABLES, DATA TYPES AND ARRAYS



Annex IV. INDIRECT ADDRESSING

To teach the subject, master classes are combined with teaching resources, seminars, laboratory practices and personalized tutorials.



MASTER CLASSES:





They present the contents and theoretical concepts of each topic. To do this, the course work material available to the student on the eGela platform (http://egela.ehu.es), Powerpoint presentations and demonstration videos is used. Likewise, the explanation is accompanied by brief illustrative exercises, based on real processes.





SEMINARS:





They are the complement of the master classes and will be used for the assimilation of the theoretical concepts acquired in them, through the development of practical cases in smaller groups.







The design of process control systems of medium complexity will be addressed based on their specifications. Some of these designs will be implemented and tested in the lab sessions to see how the design relates to the implementation.



The small group structure of the seminars will allow the resolution of exercises and theoretical- practical questions to be addressed both individually and in groups, always with the assistance and guidance of the teaching staff.



LABORATORY PRACTICES:



In the laboratory practices, through the use of appropriate hardware and software, different cases and practical problems will be developed and put into practice, seeking learning based on the resolution of automation problems.



For the development of the practices, the control equipment (PLCs) and the specific engineering tools of the PLC manufacturer that are available in the laboratory will be used, both for programming and diagnosis and for simulation on the PC itself.



In seminar and laboratory sessions, absences must be justified.



VIRTUAL CLASSROOM:



Through eGela (http://egela.ehu.es), students will have access to:



• Documents related to the contents of the subject (presentations, statements of exercises and links of interest).

• Statements of laboratory practices.

• PLC programming tools with PC simulation.



It is recommended to access the virtual classroom with some frequency, since it will also be used for any other notification about any other activity of the subject.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 70
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 15
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 15

The evaluation instruments for the expected learning results, as well as their percentage score, are:



o Written test to be developed (%): 70

o Carrying out practices (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 15

o Teamwork (problem solving, project design) (%): 15



The evaluation of this subject is mixed, with 70% associated with a single final exam and 30% associated with the continuous work to be done by the students during the course. The correspondence between the evaluation tools and the types of evaluation are:





• Final written test (70%): This test will be divided into a theoretical part with a weight of 40% and a practical exercise with a weight of 60%. The total weight of the exam in the final grade is 70%. In order to take the average between the written test and the continuous evaluation part, it will be necessary to obtain a grade greater than or equal to 4 in both the theory part and the practical exercise.





• Continuous evaluation (30%): This section will consist of two parts:





• 15% o Carrying out practices (exercises, cases or problems): It will be evaluated in the seminar and laboratory

sessions, evaluating the preparation of preliminary work and that carried out during said sessions. • 15% o Teamwork (problem solving, project design):

Skill in the phase of implementing, testing in operation and resolving errors of the proposed design for the automation of a proposed system will be valued.







To pass the subject, a total score equal to or greater than 5 points (out of a maximum of 10 points) must be achieved using the instruments indicated in the previous table, being mandatory to obtain a 4 in the final written test. If you do not achieve it, the grade that will appear will be the one obtained in the final written test (out of 10).





Waiver of continuous evaluation in the ordinary call.





As reflected in the (Management regulations for undergraduate and first and second cycle education), the student will have the right to renounce the continuous evaluation system. This resignation must be made by formalizing the written resignation_evaluation_continua.pdf and delivering it to the Secretariat of the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation within a maximum period of 9 weeks from the beginning of the course, taking into account the calendar. center academic.





Those students who waive continuous evaluation must prove the achievement of knowledge and skills through a written test (70% of the final grade) and a complementary test (30% of the final grade). The complementary test may be written and/or in the laboratory and will deal with the concepts worked on during the Laboratory and/or Seminar sessions. This structure will be maintained in both the ordinary and extraordinary calls.









Resignation from the Call





Resignation from the call will result in the qualification as not presented or presented. Failure to take the test set on the official exam date will directly lead to resignation from the corresponding call.

The final grade for the extraordinary call will be obtained by combining a second call for the final written test (70%) with the score corresponding to the continuous evaluation part, which is the one achieved during the course, that is, the same as in the call. ordinary (30%).





- Students who have not waived continuous evaluation may maintain the corresponding grade for this section (30% of the final grade) and not take the complementary test. The final grade will be calculated, therefore, by adding the result of the final written test of the extraordinary call (70% of the final grade) to the continuous evaluation grade (30%).









- Students who have not renounced the continuous evaluation and wish not to maintain the grade in this section must formalize the document renuncia_evaluación_continua.pdf and deliver it to the Secretariat of the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation at least one month before the official call for extraordinary exams. In this case, they must take, in addition to the final written test (70% of the final grade), the complementary test (30% of the final grade).





- People who have waived continuous evaluation must take, in addition to the final written test (70% of the final grade), the complementary test (30% of the final grade).



To pass the subject in the extraordinary call, a total score equal to or greater than 5 points (out of a maximum of 10 points) must be achieved using the evaluation instruments indicated above, and it is mandatory to obtain a 4 in the final written test. If you do not achieve it, the grade that will appear will be the one obtained in the final written test (out of 10).



Resignation from the Call





Resignation from the call will result in the qualification as not presented or presented. Failure to take the test set on the official exam date will directly lead to resignation from the corresponding call.

Slideshows used during this subject’s lessons.
Laboratory practices handbook.

Basic bibliography

- Autómatas Programables y Sistemas de Automatización. E. Mandado Pérez, J. Marcos Acevedo, C. Fernández Silva, J.I. Armesto Quiroga, Editorial Marcombo. 2005.

- Automating with SIMATIC S7-1500. Configuring, Programming and Testing with STEP 7 Professional . H. Berger. Editor Siemens. 2014.

- Automating with SIMATIC S7-300 inside TIA Portal. Configuring, Programming and Testing with STEP 7 Professional V11. H. Berger. Editor Siemens. 2012 IEC 61131-3: Programming Industrial Automation Systems (2ª edición). Karl Heinz John, Michael Tiegelkamp. Springer

In-depth bibliography

- Automatización de Maniobras Industriales Mediante Autómatas Programables. J. Pérez Cruz, M. Pineda Sánchez. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

Journals

- Automática e Instrumentación http://www.tecnipublicaciones.com/automatica/

Web addresses

- IFAC-International Federation of Automatic Control. http://www.ifac-control.org/
- Comité Español de Automática. http://www.cea-ifac.es/
- Control Engineering Practice. A Journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control: http://www.elsevier.com/