Course detail

Electrical Elements of Automatic Control of Production Systems

FSI-GARAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course familiarises students with automation and control devices for production machines. This information is useful for the design of automatic production machines and manufacturing systems. The course deals with theoretical principles of automatic control, mechanical control, electrical control, numerical control, sensors and effectors.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. František Bradáč, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Entry knowledge

Students are expected to have:
- basic knowledge of physics in area of electrostatics and electromagnetism,
- computer literacy,
- knowledge of basic principles of manufacturing systems and machines, requirements for their functionality.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is conditional on the following:
1. Attendance at exercises (except documented excusable absence)
2. Fulfillment of the conditions of continuous control (preparation for exercise, activity during exercise); these requirements will be specified at the beginning of the semester in practice.
3. Elaboration and demonstration of assigned tasks

Examination:
The exam verifies the acquired knowledge. The exam is combined. In the written part verifies the ability of the student to apply the acquired knowledge and methods in the test and in the oral part if necessary verifies the knowledge of theoretical foundations.
The evaluation of the exam may take into consideration the evaluation of exercises

Attendance at obligatory lessons is checked and only substantial reasons of absence are accepted. Missed lessons can be substituted for via solution of extra exercises.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of HW and SW of control systems for machine tools and manufacturing systems and their practical use. The basic terms for this area are defined and analysed. Also discussed are the control systems and their parts and basic as an important part of the design and development of manufacturing equipment. At the same time, students will test modern procedures in programming of control structures in accordance with the principles of Industry 4.0.

Students will be made familiar with elements for automation of production machines and other manufacturing equipment, with methods necessary for control of production machines and manufacturing systems. They will be able to apply this knowledge to the design and development of manufacturing systems and their parts. They will gain practical experience with computer aided technologies used for the design, programming and for simulation of production machine control.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Beckhoff Information System [online]. Germany: Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co., 2019 [cit. 2019-09-14]. Dostupné z: https://infosys.beckhoff.com/index_en.htm (EN)
BOLTON, William. Instrumentation and Control Systems (Second Edition). Second Edition. Kidlington: Newnes, 2015. ISBN 978-0-08-100613-9. (EN)
ČSN EN 61131-3 ed. 2 Programovatelné řídicí jednotky - Část 3: Programovací jazyky. Ed.2. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2013. (CS)
ČSN ISO 5807 Zpracování informací. Dokumentační symboly a konvence pro vývojové diagramy toku dat, programu a systému, síťové diagramy programu a diagramy zdrojů systému. Ver.1. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 1996. (CS)
MARTINEK, Radislav, 2004. Senzory v průmyslové praxi. Praha: BEN - technická literatura. ISBN 80-7300-114-4. (CS)
PFEIFER, Václav, 1997. Automatické řízení výrobních strojů: programové řízení. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita. ISBN 80-708-2329-1. (CS)
ŠMEJKAL, Ladislav. PLC a automatizace. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2005. ISBN 80-730-0087-3. (CS)
The TIA Portal Tutorial Center (videos) - ID- 106656707 - Industry Support Siemens. Industry Support Siemens [online]. Munich: Siemens, 2019 [cit. 2019-09-14]. Dostupné z: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/106656707/the-tia-portal-tutorial-center-(videos)?dti=0&lc=en-WW (EN)

Recommended reading

Schneider Electric Software Global Customer Support [online], 2018. Schneider Electric industrial software business [cit. 2018-03-18]. Dostupné z: https://softwaresupport.schneider-electric.com/ (EN)
Wonderware software [online], 2018. Hradec Králové: Pantek (CS) [cit. 2018-03-18]. Dostupné z: http://www.pantek.cz/produkty/wonderware-software/ (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-VSR-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. František Bradáč, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, subject and sources of automatic control, defining basic terms.
Position of an automatic control in design of manufacturing machines and systems.
2. Programmable logic controller (PLC) - hardware.
System description of PLC. Fundamentals of its work.
3. - 5. PLC - software. Fundamentals of standard ČSN EN 61131-3.
6. Introduction to algorithmization using flowcharts. Introduction to the standard ČSN ISO 5807.
7.-11. Sensors – classification, characteristic properties.
12.Safety integrated for automatic control
13. Industrial networks

Laboratory exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. František Bradáč, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1-2. Influence of automatic control on the manufacturing machines design, their working properties and service.
3-4. Specification of machine components for further own work.
5-10. Proposal of a control system and a control algorithm, object description for controlled and controlling systems. Realisation of a control program.
11-12. Simulation of a control process, solution verification, debugging.
13. Presentation of a solution and evaluation.