- Docente: Alessandro Guzzini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/17
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Alessandro Guzzini (Modulo 1) Marco Pellegrini (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Mechatronics (cod. 5818)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0927)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 5724)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechatronics (cod. 6009)
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from Feb 25, 2025 to Jun 10, 2025
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from Feb 19, 2025 to Jun 11, 2025
Learning outcomes
Student acquire knowledge about the criteria and methods for the proper use of tools, measuring equipment and devices for diagnostics, monitoring and automation of industrial mechanical systems.
Course contents
Module 1
Fundamentals of energetic concepts, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and electrical engineering
Valves
Control valves and actuators
Sizing of a pneumatic control valve.
Mechanical plants' control
Pneumatic code
Electrical code
Scheme of control of a mechanical plant
Feedback control
Feedforward control
Cascade control
Selective control
Pneumatic control
Two position control
Proportional (P) control
Integral (I) control
Derivative (D) control
PID control
Control system set up
Mechanical plants controlled by two position
Industrial furnace: methane and gas supply line
Compressed air plant
Module 2
Flowrate measurement
Pressure measurement
Temperature measurement
Data acquisition
Analog and digital converters
Measurement chain and data acquisition
Instrument control
Control systems
PLC fundamentals
PC Data acquisition
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes on my personal website.
P. Azzoni, Strumenti e misure per l'ingegneria meccanica, ed Hoepli
G. Minelli, Misure Meccanihe, ed. Patron
Teaching methods
Lectures in classroom. Practical exercises in classroom, in laboratory and at industrial companies.
Assessment methods
The final exam consists of a written and oral assessment aiming at assessing the learning of the design methodology of mechanical industrial plants learned during the course with particular attention to the regulation and control systems. The final test also evaluates the ability to define the main characteristics of control systems and instrumentation used in industrial plant engineering and the ability to apply the concepts with the definition of P&ID and electromechanical panels of industrial plants.
Teaching tools
Slides and table devices shown in class.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Guzzini
See the website of Marco Pellegrini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.