My competencies in this area include full design, 3D modeling and drafting of assembly and fabrication drawings in AutoCAD and / or Inventor. I've also had the pleasure of designing most of the same systems I used to program. I am competent programming Rockwell, Siemens and a handful of smaller technologies. My PLC / HMI experience includes projects from $10k up to about $40m, primarily within the realm of chemical processing and filtration.
By degree, I'm an MBA, however after a few years on the road full-time as a management consultant, I fell into and in love with engineering. My background includes industrial automation and mechanical design. My courses are always ten dollars a piece on www dot PLC dojo dotcom. It's a massive and complex project that really showcases your talents in an interview! In that course, you'll program an entire power plant using all five PLC programming languages (in PARALLEL!) with a full HMI. TIA Portal Master Project (Level 5) is the culmination of everything. There won't be anything anybody can show you that you won't already be familiar with.
There are projects as well, so by the end, you have seen it all and DONE it all as well.
This course teaches you how to program using all five IEC programming languages (plus one more) in multiple environments. IEC Paradigms (Level 4) is only for the heavyweights. By the end, you've created several COMPLETE visualization (screen) projects that you can actually run on your own computer (and SHOW PEOPLE in an interview) with no additional hardware. Process Visualization (Level 3) gives you both knowledge and experience in FIVE different HMI / SCADA development environments. By the end, you don't just know how to program - you are a PROGRAMMER. You get a spec and are told simply: "Make it work, and don't progress until you have." After, you get to watch me solve each one as well. For some people, that's all they really need.īut for the people who want to really master PLC programming, they have the option of continuing into the advanced material with me.Īpplied Logic (Level 2) forces you to take what you've learned and solve problem after progressively harder problem unassisted.
You are also given all the software necessary to both CREATE and RUN your own programs live - right on your own computer. The goal is to teach you everything you need to know to make a PLC do what you want it to do. This course, (PLC Fundamentals) teaches you how to program with the focus on ladder logic, which is the most popular PLC programming language. What's covered in each of the five PLC courses I teach here and on my own PLC Dojo site? In the end, we will go through an entire, working PLC program and HMI line by line to solidify comprehension of the learning objectives. Using the Rockwell software RSLogix 500 and FactoryTalk View Studio, we will be covering such topics as general controls, digital and analog IO, ladder logic programming, alarm / notification handling, HMI, emulation, best practices and more. You will get all you need to know to execute a successful automation project including time-saving tables, lists of essential best practices, and hundreds of topic-defining illustrations.This course (only ten dollars on PLC Dojo) is designed to equip the novice with no prior PLC programming experience with the basic tools necessary to create a complete PLC program using ladder logic common to most current platforms.
More importantly, the book helps you select the right instrumentation, install and maintain it correctly, and leverage it to maximize plant performance and profitability.
Featuring contributions from 50 top technical experts, Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Sixth Edition, covers the latest technologies and advances. This fully updated on-the-job reference contains all the automation and control information you need to make timely decisions and maximize process capacity and efficiency. Extensive and practical plant-based knowledge to achieve the best automation system.