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SYSC 4709 [0.5 credit] Industrial Automation


Introduction to automation and digitalization, Ladder logic, PLC, Sensors and actuators (Monitor/measurement), Ladder Diagrams, Pneumatics, Fluid Power, Pumps and Actuators, Open and closed systems, accumulators, regeneration, counterbalancing, pilot-operated systems, Coolers and heat exchangers, reservoirs, and sequencing, Hydraulic diagrams, design, control, and implementation of full systems.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year status in Engineering.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.