Montaje y Aplicación de una Pantalla Táctil para la Simulación de Procesos Industriales.

Abstract

The Mounting of an Automation Module with Tactile Operator Panels was carried out for the Industrial Control Lab of the Mechanics Faculty to make the students keep on evolving in the application of the new techniques. The objectives to be attained were stated; later the technical characteristics and equipment functioning which are fundamental for the mounting and industrial process simulation in the automation module with HMI, are known. Moreover the industrial applications of a tactile screen are presented clearly and concisely within an experimental context. For this reason practical lab guidelines to use to the maximum the goodness of the module have been developed. The equipment requires a programming to make them communicate among themselves. The software STEP 7 Micro/WIN for the PLC and the software WinCC Flexible for the Operator Panel installed previously in a computer were used; then the program is transferred to the equipment through the different communication interfaces. The proposed practices lead to helping the students have the sufficient knowledge so as to be able to carry out the tactile screens of any type and series in industrial processes, resulting in longer times between faults above all in automated equipment, to keep them in an optimum and available condition; likewise a handbook of preventive maintenance tasks was elaborated.