Automation and Material Handling Level 2 - Tech-World
The goal of Level 2 is to provide students with advanced programming, troubleshooting, and plant management skills so that they can design and execute a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) to produce a product. Part of that process is an in-depth study of ladder logic programming. While they are learning to write programs that coordinate the interaction among conveyors, sensors, and the programmable logic controller (PLC), they are studying the practical application of these skills in an automated manufacturing plant.
Students create production flow charts and discuss the importance of flexible manufacturing systems in a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) environment. Students also experience the complete manufacturing process as the PLC processes information and issues commands to actuators to integrate all of the system components to perform an operation on an assembly line.
The students are responsible for conceptualizing, programming, troubleshooting, and running the specified task. When students complete the Tech-World Automation and Material Handling CELL, they will have both a conceptual and working knowledge of the exciting field of robotics.