Name of the Course       PG DIPLOMA IN

                                       INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM DESIGN

Duration                         6 MONTHS

Starting date                  18^th February 2008

Course code                   PC100

Preamble

Stiff competition, higher quality standards and growing concerns of safety & environmental damage have pushed the Industrial sector to adapt state-of-the-art Automation Techniques for effective utilization of resources and optimized performance of the process plants. Recent trend of merging control systems associated with both factory and process automation demands knowledge from diverse fields. Automation applications span plant automation, discrete and batch process control, embedded machine control and manufacturing production line automation. The industrial automation applications include automation of time critical systems that demand precise real time readings and control. Qualified automation engineers are needed to meet these requirements of designing appropriate automation systems. But, one need to have knowledge of diversified fields such as PC/ PLC based Control, Instrumentation, H/W, S/W, Networking, Industrial AC Drives, Machine Vision, SCADA/HMI, High speed data acquisition, RTOS etc., to become a successful automation engineer. The course also includes 1 ½ months industrial oriented project work in the last two months during which the student will be working on specific assignments of his/her choice.

Objective of the Course

This course is aimed at making an Engineer with appropriate experience, a qualified designer of Industrial automation systems with the use of PLCs, Machine vision, robots, Industrial Field Instruments, Industrial PCs, Data-acquisition boards, Microcontroller/PSoC  based instruments and related Software.

Outcome of the Course

Qualified automation engineers to meet the requirements of designing appropriate industrial automation systems.

Course Structure

The course consists of the following modules as given in the table below.

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Course fee

Indian Students

Course Fee is RS 39400/- + service tax @ actual. The course fee can be paid in two installments. Rs. 28000/- + service tax @actual as the first installment and the balance + service tax @actual (second installment) on or before 21^st April 2008. The first installment has to be paid at the time of admission itself.

International Students

US $ 2000

The full fee has to be paid at the time of admission itself.

Eligibility

BE /B.Tech in Electrical/ Electronics/ Instrumentation/ Chemical Engineering/ Applied Electronics and Instrumentation/ Instrumentation & Control/  Computer Science and final year students^# also may apply.

^# Final year students have to include the copies of course completion certificate of their qualifying degree or copies of the mark lists up to the last semester/ year. On the date of counseling/ admission, he/she must produce the originals of course completion certificate/ mark lists up to the last semester/year examination

The students admitted to the PG Diploma Programmes should have completed their graduation at least before completion of the program to be eligible for issue of PG Diploma certificate. In case students admitted to PG Diploma programmes are unable to complete their graduation before completion of the PG Diploma course, they shall be awarded only Advanced Diploma Certificate.

The Post Graduate certificates shall be issued to only those who produce the original or provisional degree certificate and the original mark lists and complete all the modules successfully as per the course requirements.

International Students: In addition to the requirements mentioned above foreign students are to provide a recommendation /reference letter from Indian Embassy or their Government to establish their identity.

How to apply

Students are advised to apply in the prescribed Application Form available with the course brochure/course prospectus or downloaded from our website.  Filled in application forms along with a Demand Draft towards advance fee of Rs.1000/- drawn in favour of Director, DOEACC Centre, Calicut, Payable at State Bank of India, NIT Branch, Chathamangalam should be sent to the Training Officer, DOEACC Centre Calicut, P. B. No. 5, NIT Campus Post, CALICUT – 673 601, Kerala. The Name of the Course Applied for should be super scribed on the top of the cover in which the application form is forwarded. Hostel accommodation (if required) can be reserved on payment of Rs.500/- along with the advance fee.

Distribution of seats

40 seats are available for this PC100 course

Selection of candidates

Selection of candidates who have passed in the qualifying examination will be based on their marks in the qualifying examination subject to eligibility and availability of seats. Selection of candidates who have completed the course but expecting the results shall be based on the availability of seats.

The admission to the course shall be based on the following criteria:

Should have passed the eligibility criteria as mentioned above.

Individual call letters by email or by fax or by letter will be sent to the candidates for admission.

The first selection list of students will be finalised on 4^th February 2008. After that seats will be available only against any vacancy that arises.

The selected students have to confirm their willingness to join the course by email or by letter on or before 11^th February 2008. Those who are not intimating their confirmation before this date will not be having any claim for the seat.

The admission for selected students shall be on the course starting date mentioned.  Admission is subject to satisfying the requirements and availability of seats. Attending the counseling does not guarantee admission

Counseling/admission:                     18/02/2008

Admission Procedure

Students who have been selected for test/interview/counseling/admission are required to report to the Centre on the prescribed day by 9:30 hrs along with the following

1. Attested Copies of Proof of Age, Qualifications, etc

2. Original Certificate of the above

3. Two copies of photograph and one stamp size photograph for identity card.

4. SC/ST Certificate (if applicable)

5. Income Certificate (if applicable)

The students on reaching the Centre are required to meet the Front Office Councilor (FOC). The FOC then directs the student to the Course Coordinator. The student gets the enrollment form verified by the Course Coordinator and then meets the FOC who shall direct the student to the Accounts for payment of fees. A student is thus admitted.

Discontinuing the course

No fees under any circumstances shall be refunded in the event of a student discontinuing the course.

Office timings

The office timings are from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm with half an hour Lunch break at 1.00 pm. Saturday and Sunday are holidays.

Course timings

The classes and labs are from 9:30 am to 12:45 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.15 pm Monday to Friday.

Location & how to reach

DOEACC CENTRE Calicut is located very near to NIT (REC) campus and is about 22Kms from the Calicut (Kozhikode) city. A number of buses [Buses to NIT via Kunnamangalam] are available from "Palayam Bus Stand or KSRTC Bus Stand". Our stop is called "Panthrand" & is one stop before NIT. The bus fare is Rs.10/- from Calicut City to DOEACC Centre and is on the right side.

The Calicut (Kozhikode) is well connected by Rail, Road and Air form different parts of the country. The climatic conditions in Calicut are perhaps one of the best in India throughout the year. The maximum and minimum temperatures range between 35 and 20^os. The cool breeze further adds the comfort.

FACILITIES

Lab Facilities

• Industrial process controllers& Field instruments
• PLCs (Allen Bradley, SIEMENS & ABB ), SOFTPLC
• Intellution iFIX SCADA, NI LabVIEW SCADA module & SCADA Hardware
• Profibus, DH 485, CAN, HART Development System
• Wireless Sensor Kit, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices
• Image inspection system
• LabVIEW  Express, GPIB & IMAQ Vision System
• Data acquisition systems with PCI ,ISA and Ethernet Fieldpoint I/O
• Programmable Automation Controller (PAC)
• Smart Instrument Design using SoC/ FPGA/ DSP/ Microcontroller based Development Systems
• Training Plants set up with real sized industrial instruments

      and controlled through PLC and PC

Faculty 

The Centre has a team of enthusiastic and competent engineers with postgraduate qualifications and who are trained in various international Universities and Industries

Hostel facilities

Hostel accommodation is available for boys and girls on daily or monthly chargeable basis. The hostel fee varies from 450/- to 625/- per month depending on the location of accommodation. However, students are required to pay the hostel fees for the duration of the course for which they are seeking admission at the time of joining the course.

Canteen facilities

The Centre has a canteen functioning at the main campus and food at reasonable    rates is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner .

Placement

We have a placement cell, which provides placement assistance to students who qualify our courses. Click here to see a partial list of our past students.

CONTENTS

Industrial Field Instruments, PC based Systems for Industrial Automation,

System Engineering &

Programmable Automation Controllers

·        PC based hardware and software for Data Acquisition Systems

·        (DAS) and Control

·        Automation system structure & functional Levels

·        Standard instrumentation signal levels

·        Selection of sensors/transducers for Industrial application

·        Functions of industrial signal conditioners

·        Signal conditioning requirements of common transducers

·        Intelligent transmitters/sensors

·        PC Based Data Acquisition System Design

·        PC Based Data Acquisition & Control (DAQC) I/O Devices

·        PC Based DAQ System Buses

·        Graphical programming for data acquisition, signal processing, Control,

·        analysis & presentation using Measurement and Automation Software

·        Developing data acquisition and instrument control applications using LabVIEW

·        Control system design and simulation using LabVIEW

·        Design of Instrumentation Loops, ISA Symbols & Diagrams

·        Digital controllers design and implementation

·        Actuators/ Final control elements

·        Instrument Control& Connectivity

·        Automation System Engineering Concepts 

·        Field wiring and noise consideration of analog signals

·        Introduction to Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC)

·        PAC architecture using NI hardware and software

·        Data Acquisition & Control with RTOS (NI Fieldpoint I/O)

·        RTOS based Industrial Applications

·        Essential C Programming

           Operators & Evaluating Expressions, Control Structures

           Functions & Pointers, Arrays & Strings, Composite Data Types

·        Developing software for data acquisition, signal conditioning and control loops for microprocessor targets like microcontrollers and system on chip architectures

·        Interfacing Embedded Instruments & Controllers

·        Testing embedded Instruments & Controllers with Lab VIEW

PLC & PID Controllers &

Industrial Networking

·        Programmable Logic Controllers & PLC interfacing Techniques

·        Programming of PLC using Ladder diagrams, Function Block diagram & Structured Text Language

·        Troubleshooting and maintenance of   PLC systems

·        Implementation of control techniques using   PLC

·        PLC programming with Allen Bradley SLC500 series (SLC5/02 & SLC5/04), RS Logix 500 Software, Emulate 500 Software

·        SIEMENS SIMATIC S7 controllers (CPU 314 & 315-2 DP)

·        Step-7 programming S/W, SIMATIC WinAC Soft PLC systems

·        ABB AC500 PLC System, PM 581-ETH CPU

·        ABB Software PS501-PROG Control Builder

·        Programming with IEC 1131-3 Languages

·        System design with PLC

·        Comparison of different brands of PLCs

·        Fundamental process control techniques

·        Controller tuning methods 

·        Introduction to Industrial Networking

·        Analog and Digital Communications on Plant Floors

·        RS232 - 422 - 485 standards

·        PLC to PLC & PLC to PC communication

·        Profibus, DH-485

SCADA/HMI System Development 

·        Introduction to SCADA

·        Different Systems in SCADA like Field Instrumentation, RTUs, Communication Networks and Central Monitoring Stations

·        Intellution’s iFIX SCADA Software

·        National Instrument’s LabVIEW DSC   (Distributed & Supervisory Control) Software

·        HMI Development, Data Processing, Control Algorithm Programming

·        Modem connectivity & SCADA protocols

·        Network Communications, Communication with RTUs

·        Data Acquisition with Cards and PLCs/ RTUs

·        Database Connectivity

·        SCADA development for Small Scale Pilot Plants (Case Study)

·        OPC (OLE for Process Control) Configuration

·        Comparison of different SCADA packages

Industrial Drives & Robotics

·        Motors  & Drives

·        DC Motor Drives

·        AC Motor drives

·        Embedded Controllers for Drives

·        Industrial Application of drives 

·        Concepts of Industrial Robots, Classification

·        Robot Kinematics

·        Robot Task Programming

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