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Course name:
Automation and Control of Transport
and Production
Systems |
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This concerns a Course |
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ECTS credit points: 5 |
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine
Technology |
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Section of Transport Technology |
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Lecturer(s): G. Lodewijks |
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Catalog data:
Automation,
control, conveyor systems, data acquisition, data mining, data analysis and
communication |
Course year: |
MSc 1st year |
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Course language: |
English |
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In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English
alternative, whenever needed. |
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Semester: |
2A / 2B |
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Hours per week: |
2 |
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Other hours: |
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Assessment: |
Oral exam |
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Assessment period: |
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(see academic
calendar) |
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Detailed description
of topics:
This course
focuses on the automation and control of modern transport systems.
Automation is often necessary to
increase the capacity or to reduce operating costs of transport systems on
one hand while maintaining a sufficient level of operational accuracy on the
other hand.
Automation requires full control of
a transport system and its equipment and a throughout understanding of the
transport process and the dynamics of the transport equipment involved. In
this course the automation of a number of typical transport systems will be
studied.
Basis of this course is a study of
the dynamics of the transport process and the transport equipment. In an
automated transport system data communication is important to ensure reliable
performance. In this respect equipment and process monitoring is important as
well. Therefore data acquisition, mining, analysis and transfer will be
discussed in detail.
The course is concluded by a
practical assignment where the control of transport equipment used in an
automated transport system will be studied. |
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Course material: |
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literature: |
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Remarks assessment,
entry requirements, etc.:
Access to the
oral examination only after completion of the practical assignment |
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Learning goals:
(1) To categorise transport systems and
identify properties that determine their performance; (2) to describe
mathematically the transport process and the behaviour of transport
equipment; (3) to determine the requirements to automate a transport system
in terms of control algorithms and equipment involved; (4) to experience the
difference between automation in concept and automation in practice. |
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Computer use: |
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Laboratory project(s):
A laboratory
assignment is part of the course. During the assignment the operation of an
automatred transport system for handling containers will be studied. The last
four weeks of the course will be used for this assignment. |
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