Automation, Control and Monitoring 2026.

After completing the programme, the student has knowledge of: - Basic electrical theory, electrical engineering and electrical components - Electrical safety, laws and regulations - Electric motor control - PLC system hardware, the structure and organisation of the PLC program - Data exchange between PLC and HMI applications - Alarm classes, groups and acknowledgement methods - Sampling and update times - Serial data communication - The communication protocols Ethernet, TCP and IP - Different fieldbus protocols and organisations - Measuring principles for different types of analogue sensors - Actuators and sensors used in control engineering in industry - Different methods for optimising control loops - Risk assessment of machinery, personal safety when working with industrial robots - The basic design and applications of the industrial robot After completing the programme, the student has the skills to: - Read and use electrical diagrams when troubleshooting electrical circuits - Interpret, modify and improve existing PLC programs - Modify HMI applications according to a requirements specification - Troubleshoot control systems - Configure fieldbus communication - Modify existing robot programs After completing the programme, the student has the competence to: - Independently carry out improvements and modifications in automated control systems - Independently carry out troubleshooting and corrective maintenance in automated control systems Course content in brief Block 1: Electrical engineering and motor control: The block gives theoretical knowledge for troubleshooting and fault correction in electrical circuits, including work with asynchronous motors and frequency converters. The content covers basic electrical theory with alternating and direct current, single-phase and three-phase systems, electrical components and calculations, as well as laws, electrical safety, fuses, drawings and diagrams. Block 2: Control engineering, PLC and HMI: The block covers troubleshooting, fault correction, modification and improvement of automated applications with PLC and HMI systems. The content covers electropneumatics, digital sensors and switches, number systems and variables, PLC hardware and program structure, and instructions and function blocks. It also includes troubleshooting with PLC, editing HMI screens and configuring alarms and trends. Block 3: Robotics: The block covers how changes are made in existing robot programs and how troubleshooting and fault correction are carried out safely in a robot cell. The content covers the design and applications of the industrial robot, robotics concepts, coordinate systems, relevant standards in robotics, communication with external units in the robot cell and personal safety when working with industrial robots. Block 4: Measurement and control engineering: The block covers troubleshooting, fault correction and optimisation of control systems that contain analogue sensors and actuators. The content covers sensors for pressure, flow, temperature and level, different types of actuators, and basic control engineering concepts, control methods and control functions in PLC systems. Block 5: PLC programming, process focus: The block covers troubleshooting and fault correction in industrial fieldbus networks and how networks are configured and extended with new nodes. The content covers serial data communication and fieldbus protocols, Ethernet TCP/IP networks and Ethernet-based fieldbuses.