1

Industrial Automation
Basics of Electrical (Relay Logic)
• Single phase & three-phase supply system phase, neutral, earth wire.
• Basic principle of electromagnetic relay.
• NO/NC and power contacts
• Power circuit & control circuit
• Use of NO/NC contacts in control & power circuit (for experiments on control relay)
• Hold on circuit (one experiment on contaizer)
• One out put to be controlled from two push button station (One contractor & four push buttons)
• D.O. L. starter (one experiment)
• Interlocking (Two experiments)
• Use of timer (One experiment)
• Star delta starter (One experiment)
• Use of level sensor (One experiment)

Instrumentation
• Measurement Definition
• Static & Dynamic Characteristics
• Pressure Measurement
• Flow, Level, Temp. Measurement
• All Transmitters (2, 3, 4 wire) & Process Connection
• Process Control
• Cascade
• Feed Forward, Feedback
• Ratio, Spilt Ratio

AC & DC Drives
• Basics of Motor.
• Basics to AC Drives
• Selection Criteria of drives
• Performance of VFD based systems
• Peripheral Devices
• Configuration of parameters
• Fault analysis / Diagnostics
• Economy in using VFD

HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE

• Introduction to simatic HMI
• Interfacing & Networking with PLC’s
• Creating Screen
• Creating Tag Database
• Navigation between Screens
• User Input/Outputs Display
• Function Keys
• Uploading/downloading application
• Troubleshooting/Maint.
 2
Supervisory Control & Data acquisition (SCADA)
Topics covered

• Creating a new SCADA application

• Creating Database of Tags
• Creating & editing graphic display with animation.
• Creating Real-time & Historical Trends
• Creating Alarms & Events
• Writing logic through script
• Connectivity with the different hardware
• Connectivity between software (Excel)
• Commissioning the network nodes
• Troubleshooting the application

Programmable logic controller (PLC)

Topics covered

• Introduction to PLC hardware

• Architectural Evolution of PLC
• Role of PLC in Automation
• Introduction to the field devices attached to PLC
• AB PLC fundamental (Block Diagram of PLC)
• Detail information about PLC component
Power supply, CPU, I/O Modules
• Communication Cards
• Various range available in PLC
• Type of inputs & Outputs
• Source sink Concept in PLC
• Concept of Flags
• Scan cycle execution
• Introduction of PLC software
• Addressing Concepts
• Programming instruction arithmetic & logical
Load / and / or/ out / and Read / write/ Compare / Add / Sub / And / Or – Block
Leading edge / trailing edge instructions/ Move block application / Timer Blocks programming
/Counter block programming
Advance Instruction, File handling, Comment functions
Master control/set/reset function
• Upload, Download, Monitoring programming
• Standard Procedure to be followed in wringing/writing ladder etc
• Hands on experience on writing programs
• Creating / Editing a ladder logic
• Monitoring / Modifying data table values
• Forcing I/P & O/P
• Troubleshooting and fault diagnostics of PLC
• Documenting the project
• Programming assignments for real-time application
• Communication with SCADA & PLC
 3
Distributed Control Systems (DCS)- Siemens – PCS 7

Topics Covered
Presentation
DCS General
Introduction to various control systems used
Applications of DCS system
Architectural evolution for DCS
Hardware architecture of DCS
Processor /Power supply /I/O modules/Communication bus
Operator and Engineering station / Redundancy
Comparison between the hardware PLC & DCS

Practical
Practical exposure on Siemens PCS 7 system
Overview of the system components and topologies
Detailed information on
Controllers/I/O cards/Carriers/System power suppliers / Control networks
Designing PCS 7 DCS based automation solution for the application
Setting up PCS 7 system DCS system with PS, Controllers, I/Os with communication bus system
Connecting field devises to PCS 7 System
Configuring engineering and operator stations
Operator Station – OS (WinCC HMI)
WinCC Global scripts. Diagnostics, triggering and examples.
Alarming , Trending
Application development in DCS system
Graphical User Interface Development
Control Modules
Workspace
Alarm and Process History
Sequential Function Charts
Display Scripting
Users and Securities
Custom Faceplates & Dynamos
Scripting and programming languages
Continuous Control – CFC , Structured Control Language – SCL , Sequential Control – SFC
Configuring nodes on networks
Networking technologies in PCS 7 systems
Introduction to - Industrial Ethernet & Profibus technology
Redundancy systems available in DCS
CPU redundancy/Power supply redundancy/ Communication redundancy/I/O redundancy
Management of Redundancy
External or Remote SP control
DCS trouble shooting techniques
Distinguish between hardware problems, software problems, and field problems
Reading the Error status bits
Replacing the faulty modules
CPU, I/O Modules / Power supply
Fault diagnostics and error handling
Backup & Restore Procedures and Techniques