THIRTEENTH WEEK

XABI

This week we have managed to finish the 4 work stations that we had planned. The good news is that we have finished them before time and we have been able to start with the exercises that we had planned to start after the Christmas holidays. To make the workstations we have divided, Lander has done the first workstation in KOP and the fourth in GRAPH and Gaizka and I have done the second workstation in GRAPH(Image1) and the third in KOP(Image2). As I mentioned, we have started with the exercises and we can say that are mostly worked the different forms of communication between PLCs.

Image1

Image2

Regarding the subject of business and entrepreneurial idea, we have finished the catalog of our product and we have started to make a document that explains the legal forms. Apart from English we have practiced our English with some exercises and we had to start creating a PowerPoint to do a speaking.



GAIZKA

This week, we have started with a new challenge, challenge number 5. This challenge is pure programming since all or almost all of this challenge is based on programming. In this challenge we have 4 models to program. We are going to divide them into two parts since there are two ways to program this.

On the one hand there is the normal programming and on the other hand there is the grafet. We hope to finish programming these models at the end of the week. Since that way we will have enough time to start with other things. We also hope to make the screen, since it is something that no group has yet done. We hope to have time for everything and not arrive in a hurry to the presentation.

LANDER
This week we had the objective to end all the 4 work stations and we did it. Each work stations were  working for theeir own, not having control or communication with any other station. That was an improvement we need to do so we started doing few exercises about different communication types to be able to apply it to our montage.

There are 3 types of exercises to do so we splited the work to end it faster, starting with the MPI communication. I did it with global data and Xabi and Gaizka did it with functions.

TWELFTH WEEK

XABI

Today, 14th December 2017. we have had programming exam in OMRON's Sysmac Studio. We can say that we are quite happy the three members of the group for how we have done the exam. This new challenge is called communication between work stations, and for what little we know we must program in SIMATIC S7 and learn to program in KOP and in GRAPH. We also have to learn to communicate the PLCs with MPI and PROFIBUS connection. At the moment we do not know much more but keep calm because next week we will give you more information.

GAIZKA
This week we have finished with the OMRON project. We have also had an examination and presentation of this challenge. In general we have done quite well the exam so we hope to approve all. The presentation we believe that we have bored it, since in the end we have managed to make the servomostor work and for now we are the only team that has achieved them and we are very happy about that.
On the other hand, now we have to start with the next challenge and that gives us a bit of pre-race. But well let's hope it fits us as well as this challenge.

LANDER

This week we used the monday to fix some problems with the servo and few programming mistakes being the only team that achieved it. We fixed all in time so we showed the challenge to all the class. On wednesday we had the exam and I feel like I did it really good.  After that we started with the new challenge called Communications between working stations. We only had time to start with to of the four work stations.

ELEVENTH WEEK

XABI

This week we only had 2 days to finish the challenge since the days 6 (Day of the Spanish Constitution), 7 and 8 (Immaculate Coception) of December are festive. This "File2" is a classifier of pieces with different sensors to detect them. What we have had to do is that the program differentiates 3 types of pieces, although we wanted to make a recreation of "the Lord of the rings". The pieces went by a tape that was activated when an initial sensor detected piece, then the piece went to another detector where it detected what type of piece was. Afterwards, piece A(Frodo) was diverted thanks to a servomotor(Gandalf) to a conveyer belt, piece B(Gollum) was diverted to another different conveyer belt thanks to the servomotor and piece C(Sauron) returned to the back by the conveyer belt that had advanced until detecting the final sensor of piece C.

File 2´s screen

After creating the program, we had to make another screen like "File1" with graphics, recipes, alarms etc... Finally, we can say that as a complication this "Card 2" had the configuration of the variable frequency drive for the movement of the conveyer belt and the programming for the drive for the servo motor.

GAIZKA

This week we started with the tab 2. We have to create a process in which a tape carries a piece to a detector. This detector will differentiate the piece and according to what type of piece the piece will go through one tape or the other. This will be done through a servomotor. Finally, if the piece is waste, the tape will go back to the waste sensor where the tape stops.

File 2´s screen

For this project we have used the faces of some of the characters of the Lord of the Rings. Since the three of us are vast fans of these movies. We hope to go well in time and that we all come out with the presentation. Since we have had problems with the servomotor. Even so we trust that everything is good for us.





LANDER

This week has been a really short week, with only 2 days to work. The objetive was to end the second part of the challenge and use the next monday (Last day) to fix the small problems. Keeping that in mind we worked fast on the screen and as soons as we finished with it we implemented the communication module, Servo and variable frequency drive.

• The communication module is to be able to use external inputs and outputs like switches. 
• The servo simulates how the programa decides with tape the product follows. 



File 2´s screen





• The variable frequency drive simulates the speed and direction of the first tape.

We decided to use a "The Lord of the Rings" theme for the screen design, being Gandalf the one who blocks the ways that arent available. As it can be seen in the image there is an initial sensor which detects the product and makes the first tape work. When the product arrives to the next group of sensors we get to know which type of product is on the tape and so we decide how to proccess.

TENTH WEEK

XABI

This week we have managed to finish "File 1" using the program Sysmac Studio (OMRON). In this tab we have created a bottle labeling program and we have managed to visualize the system on the screen. In this screen apart from observing the process, you also have a graphic of this process, possible alarms and their explanations in video or even in pdf and recipes where we can load them and change the speed of the process. We have also put the option to have different users (Supervisor, operator, administrator ...). Each user will have their own password, since depending on their function they can enter in some pages or not.

Now we have started with the "File 2" that we will carry out with the same program. From what we have read, it is a classifier of pieces with different sensors to detect them.


GAIZKA

This week, we have finished the 1 card of the challenge (OMRON).we have started with the last card, the card 2. In this card we have to make a sequence, in which a tape is started, and according to what type of piece(A or B) is left wing or right wing.Finally if it is piece C, the tape will go back and send the piece to the waste area.In the beginning we are going well in time although we only have five days to finish this. Besides, apart from the automatic sequence, we also have to make a screen. Although I do not think it will take us long.

LANDER

As soon as we finished testing the first part and we were pretty sure it was working as it should we showed it to the teachers, checking it was perfect.

After that we started with the second and last part, the real challenge. The objective of this part is to take the first part and improve it heavily. There are 3 types of components, A, B and C, that can be send using a tape, there are few sensors to check out wich type is going on, and depending on it the program works in a different way and speed.

This week we only created a sinple version of the program and we started with the screen.

FESTO en Euskoskills - NINTH WEEK

XABI

Hello my dear readers, this week we have begun to work on a new challenge. This challenge is called FESTO at Euskoskills, and from what we have seen this week, it has little manual assembly and many hours of programming on the computer.

Image1

In this first week we have been using the program Sysmac Studio (OMRON) and we are doing the "File 1" where we had to understand to program in ST language and have to pass it from ST to diagram of relays language. On the left side of Image1 we can see part of the program programmed in ST language and on the other side we can see the language of relees diagram.


We have also had to create a screen (Image2) through the same program where you can visualize the bottle labeling process and be able to edit some information.

Image2

GAIZKA

This week we have started with a new challenge, challenge 3. In this challenge we will work with OMRON. We will start with the card 1, in this file we will have to configure the PLC and make the connection with the screen, make an operation page, another data record page, another page of recipes, another page of alarms and finally a page of roles and security.We have plenty of time to finish this, almost a week and a half, although this challenge is quite short, and I hope we'll be good with time.

LANDER

We just started the 3rd challenge. This challenge is divided in 2 parts and  we started with the first onw, that involves to start using and learning the OMRON software, called Sysnac Studio. First of all we started learning the 2 ways of programming, strucured text and rele diagrams, probably the easiest part.

After that we continued adding a HMI screen, to have a way to see all the programs operations and data in a proper and pretty way. For that we created all the design from the start. As the last step of the challenge first part we connected 2 PLCs and a physical screen and we tested de program.

EIGHTH WEEK

GAIZKA, LANDER AND XABI

We have finally finished what we had to do in this challenge, we have finished the automated part classification system. In this challenge we have encountered different difficulties such as:

• Unmatched end of career.
• Learn how to connect the sensors.
• Know how to connect in TIA Portal and in COSIROP.
• Learn how to connect by profinet.
• See what are the fuctions of the electric cables of the camera of atificial vision.
• How to turn on the variable frequency drive.

Finally, we have to say that we have made all the proyect on time and apart from the fact that the project is done brilliantly, we have done well the assembly manual and the preventive maintenance manual. So we can say that the result of the project makes us feel very satisfied.

SEVENTH WEEK

GAIZKA,XABI AND LANDER

This week we have started programming the robotic arm and the camera. We have also done the exercises of the camera and the robot. We are pretty late with the Cognex camera because the previous group broke it. This camera is a 2D artificial vision camera, and it's used to detect defects or differences between objects. The artificial vision camara we have used is COGNEX IN-SIGHT 2000-130-C and the robot we have used is Mitsubishi MELFA RV-2AJ( It haves five axes.). Now we will start with the final project.

SIXTH WEEK

LANDER,XABI AND GAIZKA

This week we finished with the model two.We have also understood the connections through the switch, program the screen and make the variable frequency drive work with the motor. Even when we finished we still found some failures we had to fix, but at least the variable frequency drive has worked, not as for the previous group.

For the second model we had to simulate some sensors because they were missing, so we used some switches to do it.

Classification Autopamed System - FIFTH WEEK

LANDER,GAIZKA,XABI

This week we have started with a new challenge, challenge one.We have started with the planning of the challenge and with the assembly.We also hope to finish with the programming of the model one and start with the second model.

We have less days than the previous group and we have to do more so it's going to be pretty hard. Furthermore, it's the first time we are using TIA Portal to program the PLCs, so we need to test it a learn hoe to use it.

FOURTH WEEK

LANDRER,XABI,GAIZKA

This week we have finished with the final project (photos) before exam. In this project we had to communicate the robot ABB IRB 120 with the camera COGNEX 7200, this we have achieved through digital inputs and outputs.

In this process the robot had to take a piece, place it under the camera so that the camera checks that it is good. When you check that it is good, send it to the machining area and then send it to the painting area and put together 3 good pieces. When you get the 3 pieces, take the 3 pieces to the drying area to leave them 30 seconds. At the end, the robot will leave the good pieces which are painted and dried in another area.

THIRD WEEK

LANDER,XABI,GAIZKA

We have dedicated this third week to do the exercises that we have been asked. Here we leave a video of one of them.

We have learned how to use some new functions the arm robot has, like interruption, activation of digital inputs and ouputs, how to palletize,... All of this to use it in the the final challenge. We also  changed the table we are working on, to create working sections where the arm robot moves the pieces.

SECOND WEEK

Gaizka, Xabi, Lander - This second week we've continued and finished with the ABB arm learning and testing more tools in the ABB software (RobotStudio), like using new tool coordinates for the sucker.















As soon as we've finished with it we've started with the configuration of the digital inputs and outputs using the digital inputs and outputs of the ABB arm. We also started adding a neumatic system to help us catching the blocks we use.

ROBOTIC - FIRST WEEK

Gaizka, Xabi, Lander- We've started with the 3rd challenge, a automated system that detects if a product has defects and it classifies the product moving it with a mechanical arm.








To learn how to use the tools for the challenge we have done some exercises about artifial vision with a In-Sight 7200 camera and some more with the ABB software simulating a real mechanical arm.

ROBOTICS AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Hello everybody, we are Gaizka Barroeta (team leader), Xabier Aldeiturriaga and Lander Intxaurraga. We are starting our second year in  Robotics and industrial automation in Maristak, Durango. To make throught this course we are going to pass all the individual and group exams and works. This are the subjects we have: Advanced programmable systems, Industrial Robotics, Industrial comunications, Industrial automation systems integration, Company and entrepeneurial idea, technical English and Final course proyect.