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Apr 19, 2024
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IE 3771 - Automation Technologies2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits Course Description This course deals with automation technologies utilized in manufacturing, logistics, and service environments. It compares manual and automated systems for material handling, storage systems, inspection, and product identification. It includes hands-on lab instruction in topics such as robotic programming and flexible manufacturing systems. (prereq: none) (coreq: IE 426 or ME 323 ) Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Distinguish important capabilities and limitations related to automation technologies, particularly with respect to robotics, identification, inspection, material handling and storage systems
- Select and justify a material transport system and a storage system for a given scenario in a manufacturing or service industry
- Perform calculations related to production rate, production capacity, and storage capacity
- Distinguish important capabilities and limitations of robotic processes
- Program a robot using a software interface
- Understand flexible automated production systems through use of a FMS
Prerequisites by Topic
- General understanding of a variety of manufacturing processes (such as machining, sheet metal stamping and forming, and plastic injection molding)
Course Topics
- Robotics, discrete control, PLCs
- Material handling and storage systems
- Automated data capture and identification technologies
- Inspection and inspection technologies
- Flexible manufacturing systems
- Calculating production and storage capacity
Laboratory Topics
- Programming a robot
- Operating and analyzing a FMS
- Bar codes and RFID
Coordinator Charlene Yauch
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