Name of the Course       PG DIPLOMA IN

                                       INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM DESIGN

 

Duration                         6 MONTHS

 

Starting date                  9th   March  2010

 

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, DCS, SCADA/HMI, High speed data acquisition, RTOS etc., to become a successful automation engineer.

 

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, PACs, Industrial Field Instruments, Industrial PCs, SCADA/HMI, Data-acquisition boards, Machine vision, robots, Microprocessor based instruments, and related Software. 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.

 

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.

PC100: PG Diploma in Industrial Automation System Design  (6 months)

 

Core Modules

Duration

 

Industrial Field Instruments

PC based Systems for Industrial Automation

Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC)

Automation System Integration & Engg Concepts

 

 

 

 

      4 ½  months

PLC & PID Controllers

Industrial Data Communications

SCADA/HMI System Development

Distributed Control System (DCS)

Industrial Drives & Robotics

Project Work

1 ½  months

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FACILITIES

CONTENTS

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Course fee

 

Admission fee:

Rs. 250/- to be paid at the time of admission.

 

Course Fees:

Total course Fee is Rs. 48000/- + service tax @ actual. SC/ST candidates with family annual income less than 1 lakh rupees are eligible for 25% fee concession

 

The course fee can be paid in three installments.

First Installment: Rs. 10000/- + service tax @actual.

The students in the first selection list have to pay the first installment fee at the time of taking provisional admission itself (after selection).

The students in the additional selection list have to pay both the first & second installment fee together on the date of counseling.

 

Second Installment: Rs. 25000/- + service tax @actual.

Second installment has to be paid on the date of counseling. 

 

Third Installment: Rs. 13000/- + service tax @actual.

Third installment has to be paid on or before 14th May 2010.

 

Eligibility

 

BE /B.Tech in Electrical/ Electronics/ Instrumentation/ Chemical Engineering/ Applied Electronics and Instrumentation/ Instrumentation & Control/ Mechatronics / Computer Science/ Electronics & Communication. Final year students# of above disciplines also may apply.

 

Students with M. Sc in Instrumentation/ M. Sc in Industrial Electronics/ M. Sc in Electronics may also apply. However, preference is given for students with BE/B.Tech background with the branches mentioned above.

     

# On the date of counseling/ admission, final year students have to produce the originals of course completion certificate & mark lists up to the last semester/year examination. Only those candidates who have passed all the semesters/ year examinations of their qualifying degree on or before the date of counseling are eligible for admission.

 

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 of PC100 program successfully as per the course requirements.

 

How to apply

Students can apply for the course/s by either filling up the online application form or by downloading the application form and forwarding the same to the Training Officer, along with DD for Rs.1000/- as advance fee (non refundable in case the student is selected and not joining for the course). The advance fee shall be returned to the students who are not selected or have completed the training at our Centre, and the fee shall not be adjusted towards the course fees.  

Requirements for hostel/accommodation to be clearly mentioned in the application and such requests should be accompanied by an additional amount of Rs.500/- (non refundable in case the student is selected and not joining for the course / the student joins the course and does not avail the hostel facility). Hostel bookings shall be considered only if the same is mentioned in the application and the requisite payment is enclosed along with the application.

Procedure for Online application: Students can apply online by filling up the online application form. The students are first required to obtain the DD for Rs.1000/- towards advance fee and Rs.500/- in case hostel is required. The students are required to fill the details with regards to the DD Number, Date and amount. The students are requested to note down their registration number allotted after pressing the "Submit" button and forward the demand draft mentioning their name and their online registration number. Online registrations not containing the advance fee details will not be considered for registration.

Procedure for applying using the Application form: The students can download the application form from our web site and fill the particulars and forward the same to the Training Officer along with the requisite fee as mentioned above.

Filled in application forms and Demand Draft 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.

 

Distribution of seats

 

60 seats are available for this PC100 course

 

SC/ ST/ Persons with Disabilities are eligible for seat reservation and relaxation in minimum eligibility marks.

 

 

Selection of candidates

 

Selection of candidates who have the requisite qualifying degree will be based on the percentage of marks in their qualifying degree subject to eligibility and availability of seats. Selection of candidates who have completed the course but expecting the results shall be based on the aggregate percentage of marks mentioned in their final mark list and on the availability of seats. In case the aggregate percentage of marks is not given in the final mark list, the sum of marks from the first to last for all the semesters/ years shall be considered as the aggregate marks.

 

The selection lists are prepared based on the details given by the applicant at the time of submitting the application.

 

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

 

The applicants should have the requisite eligibility criteria as mentioned in section (b), page 3/14. In the case of final year students, they must have passed all the semesters/ year examinations of their qualifying degree at the time of counseling. Selection list of students will be prepared and published in our website as follows.

 

First selection list will be prepared based on the applications received on or before 11th February 2010. The additional selection list will be prepared, if there are vacant seats, based on the applications received on or before 24th February 2010 and excluding the applicants included in the first selection list.

 

First selection list: The first selection list of applicants will be finalized and published in our website on 16th February 2010. After that seats will be available only against any vacancy that arises and will be published in the additional selection list.

 

The students have to verify their selection to the program from our website. No separate call letters will be sending to the students for admission.

 

The selected students in the first selection list have to take provisional admission on or before 24th February 2010 by paying the first installment of fees (as mentioned in pages 6/14 and 7/14).  Their admission shall be confirmed only after verifying their original certificates on the counseling date.

 

The selection of those applicants, who are in the published first selection list and not paying the first installment of fees on or before 24th February 2010, is cancelled and will not be having any further claim for the seat.

 

Before payment of the first installment of fees the applicants may ensure themselves that they meet all the admission criteria. In case applicants need any clarification they can contact us over phone/ E-mail or come over to our centre directly before payment of fees.

 

Additional selection list: The additional selection list of students will be finalized and published in our website on 26th February 2010, based on the vacancy that arises from the first selection list.

 

The students in the additional list have to come directly to the centre on the date of counseling for admission. Their admission shall be confirmed only after verifying their original certificates/ mark lists and after payment of the first & second installment of fees, on the counseling date.

 

PAYMENT OF FEES:

 

     Mode of Payments

1

Demand Draft to be drawn in favor of Director, DOEACC Center Calicut, Payable at State Bank of India, Calicut NIT Branch(2207). The DD should reach here before the last date.

2

Using the pay in slip available in our web site, through any branch of SBI (where this format is accepted). The counterfoil  in original should reach here before the last date.

3

The fees can be paid directly into our account from any bank where core banking facility is available. The details required for direct payment are as given below.

  • Current Account No: 10401158037
  • Bank Name: SBI, NIT Chathamangalam
  • Bank Code: 2207
  • IFC No: SBIN0002207

The depositor should obtain the UTR Number/Journal No from the branch while depositing cash directly into our account. Depositor should also obtain the counterfoil duly filled up and signed by the staff with seal of the bank through which the amount was deposited. The following details should reach here before the last date.

  1. Name of the Depositor
  2. Name of the Student
  3. Date of Payment
  4. Amount Deposited
  5. Name of Bank/branch through which amount deposited
  6. Purpose – Course ID – Advance Fee/Hostel Rent/Installment Fee etc.
  7. Proof of Deposit (counterfoil/acknowledgement in original)
  8. UTR Number

 

The centre will not be responsible for any mistakes done by either the bank concerned or by the depositor while remitting the amount into our account.

 

After making payment, the students in the first selection list must inform/ send us the details of payment made by e-mail/ letter/ fax before 24th February 2010 for verification. The payment has to be received on or before 24th February 2010.

 

Payments by DD for the first installment of fees for applicants in the first selection list must be received at the centre on or before 24th February 2010. DD received after 24th February 2010 from students in first selection list will not be considered under any circumstances and the same shall be returned by return mail as far as possible.

 

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

 

Counseling/admission:                     08/03/2010

 

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.

 

Important Dates (if applicable) :

 

Last date for receiving completed application forms

First selection list will be prepared based on the applications received on or before 11th February 2010.

 

The additional selection list will be prepared based on the applications received on or before 24th February 2010 and excluding the applicants included in the first selection list.

Publication of first selection list in our website

16/02/2010

 

Last date for taking provisional admission by paying the first installment of fees for applicants in the first selection list

24/02/2010

Publication of additional selection list in our website (if there are vacant seats)

26/02/2010

Counseling date

08/03/2010

Course commencement date

09/03/2010

Payment of first installment of fees for  applicants in first selection list

On or before 24/02/2010

Payment of second  installment fees for applicants in first selection list

On 08/03/2010

Payment of first & second  installment fees for applicants in additional selection list

On 08/03/2010

Payment of third installment fees

On or before 14/05/2010

 

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 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM to 5.25 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 20os. 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
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS) – ABB Freelance 800F
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  • 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
  • Industrial Robots ( Scorbot ER – VII, Mitsubishi RV – M1)

 

 

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 900/- 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. Partial list of our past students is attached here.

 

 

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 for LabVIEW RT and Industrial Drives

Operators & evaluating expressions, Control Structures

Functions & Pointers, Arrays & Strings, Composite Data Types

 

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, Emulate500 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

 

Distributed Control System (DCS)

 

•          Introduction to ABB 800F DCS

•          Project Management

•          Configuring the Hardware Structure

•          AC 800F Process Station

 

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 Task Programming

•          Applications of Robotics

•          Introduction to Machine Vision

PC100 Project work:
In the project work (1 ½ months duration), students will be guided to do project work in advanced technologies of Industrial control and instrumentation. Students will be given choice in selecting project among different projects available based on different technologies. Working/Sponsored candidates can opt to do their project work at the employed organization. The student has to submit project registration form, progress reports and project completion form duly signed from their project guide at the employed organization.