Modelo Virtual de um Sistema Flexível de Manufatura como Instrumento no Ensino de Automação Industrial

Gabriel M. Freitas; Patrícia N. Pena

doi:10.20906/SBAI-SBSE-2023/4001

Gabriel M. Freitas Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, MG / Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais - Ipatinga, MG
Patrícia N. Pena Departamento de Engenharia Eletrônica - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20906/SBAI-SBSE-2023/4001

Keywords: Engineering education, Virtual and remote labs, Industrial automation, Manufacturing systems, PLC, Supervisory Control Theory, Discrete-event systems

Abstract

This work presents a virtual equivalent model of a Flexible Manufacturing System - FMS, through a dynamic 3D simulator together with a Programmable Logic Controller - PLC programming software. An approach that emerges as a support tool in the teaching of industrial automation, allowing students to carry out tests on the various elements present in the industry, as well as in the programming of the PLC, configuration of the communication technology and application of theories associated with industrial automation studied in the classroom, such as the Supervisory Control Theory - SCT. To validate the model, the Local Modular SCT is used to synthesize the supervisors that control the plant, implemented through a three-level architecture, described by the language Ladder Diagram (LD) in a virtual PLC. As a result, a video with a simulation of the virtual model is presented.