- Docente: Claudio Bonivento
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Claudio Bonivento (Modulo 1) Claudio Bonivento (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Engineering Management (cod. 0936)
Learning outcomes
This course aims to give some notions about modern industrial automation design. After a general introduction on modern automation and classical control architecture, the course focus on the following main topics: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), logic control, modeling and analysis of industrial processes using Petri nets.
Course contents
Industrial automation control
Modern industrial automation
Historical background
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
Real Time control systems
Networks for automation
Motion control systems
Logic control of industrial automation
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Hardware and Software architecture
IEC 61131-3 standard
Programming PLCs with Sequential Functional Chart (SFC)
Modeling and analysis of industrial processes with Petri nets
Discrete event systems: models and representations
Definition and properties of Petri nets: reachibility, boundedness and liveness
Analysis of Petri nets using matrices
Analysis of Petri nets using reachibility graphsReadings/Bibliography
Claudio Bonivento, Luca Gentili, Andrea Paoli, Sistemi di automazione industriale - Architetture e controllo, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 8838664404, 2006.
Teaching methods
Standard lessons and practice lessons.
Assessment methods
The exam consists in a written test composed by three parts: the first one regards theoretical questions; the second part requires the student to design a PLC software using SFC; the third part regards analysis and modeling with Petri nets.
It is possible to give also a facoltative oral exam regarding the discussion of a PLC software project.Teaching tools
During the course will be presented a software tool for the design and simulation of logic control of industrial systems.
Links to further information
http://www.casy.deis.unibo.it/apri
Office hours
See the website of Claudio Bonivento