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Manufacturing cell control cabinet after the students stripped out all the components. The items laying on the floor are the PLC modules with the wiring attached. Their idea is to not have to rewire all the I/O during the modernization.
I hope they know what what their doing or should I say I hope I know what I'm letting them do?
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Another view of the manufacturing cell control cabinet with the PLC modules pulled out and laying on the floor.
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This is one of the work areas in the Robotics Lab. In the foreground is the back panel of the manufacturing cell control panel with the new layout of wire duct and one of the two PLC backplanes mounted.
In the background against the wall is where the back panel of the new Power Distribution Unit (PDU) is being laid out and built. |
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Another view of the control panel back panel being in the process of being laid out and assembled. |
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Student, Dan Marshall is seen here working on the assembly of the back panel of the PLC control cabinet for the manufacturing cell. |
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Another shot of Dan Marshal working on the assembly of the back panel of the PLC control cabinet for the manufacturing cell. |
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Student, Jarrod Eveland working on the back panel of the Power Distribution Unit (PDU) cabinet. |
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Power Distribution Unit (PDU) back panel being laid out. |
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Student, Kendell Cornwell working on the Scorbot robot control panel wiring so that it can be married to the new PLC design. |
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Kendell Cornwell reworking the pneumatics piping and solenoid values to accommodate the new PLC design. |
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Student, Steve Heller building and wiring the new Human Machine Interface (HMI) cabinet. |
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The students needed to mount the HMI cabinet in a location convenient for the operator and in a way that it can be swiveled. The found an old Microscope stand and adapted it for mounting the HMI cabinet. It is shown here mounted on the top of the PLC control cabinet. (Pretty ingenious). |
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Some of the students working on the manufacturing cell and robotic controls.
Front to back:
Dan Marshall, Steve Heller, Kendell Cornwell (right), Jarrod Eveland(far rear), Paul Belles (left). |
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Some students working in the robotics lab. From right: Paul Belles, Jarrod Eveland, Dan Marshall. |
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Some students working in the robotics lab. |
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Some students working in the robotics lab. Paul Belles (far left), Kendell Cornwell (center), Dan Marshall (sitting) |
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Steve Heller doing some programming on the Puma robot. |
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The next couple of pictures are of Paul Belles working under the Cartesian robot. It was a mass of wires and pneumatic tubing under there and he spent several classes cleaning it up. He did a great job. |
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Paul under the Cartesian robot. |
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Paul under the Cartesian robot. |
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Paul finishing some wiring on the Power Distribution Unit (PDU). |
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Paul on the PDU. |
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Paul on the PDU. |