Electromechanical Systems II

EMEC254 Electromechanical Systems II

Spring 2006 - Major control system change and reconfiguration. The text below describes the changes implemented. See the link on the left for photos of the students at work.

Spring 2007 - Students finished the controls update and configuration and have the robots communicating with the PLC and running. See the link on the left for videos of the robotic projects.

Spring 2006 saw some major changes to the control system used to control the robotic and manufacturing cell in the NCC robotics and automated manufacturing lab. The students were given a major project to update and redo the entire Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) control system. The project included:

the addition of another rack of PLC I/O
the addition of Ethernet communications
a new power distribution unit (PDU)
modifications to some of the pneumatics that control the material handlers
modification of the control wiring of the Cartesian robot
the addition of I/O communications between the Cartesian robot and the PLC
the addition of a Human Machine Interface (HMI) touch panel operator interface
a modification of the PUMA robot I/O wiring
the addition of several sensors and other operator controls
reconfiguration of the Emergency Stop (EStop) circuitry

The students were setup in teams and the first activity was to select a team leader, a foreman of such. Their first task was to make a list of all the activities that had to be accomplished and to prioritize them. Then they assigned individuals to each one of the tasks. Another requirement was that they had to keep an active and updated Gantt Chart of activities. None of them knew what a Gantt Chart is so the added step of researching Gantt Charts was added. The students were provided with a project description and a Bill of Materials (BOM) of existing equipment.

Another activity was to keep the BOM was to be keep the BOM up to date and to generate electrical and mechanical sketches of all new additions and modifications. Formal Computer Aided Drawings (CAD) were not required.

Click on the links below for:

Project Description HTML format

Project Description PDF format

Pictures of the students at work - Spring 2006

Videos of robotics project - Spring 2007


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