Revealing the Hidden Technology by Means of an Overhead Crane
Access Status
Authors
Date
2017Type
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Source Title
ISSN
School
Collection
Abstract
© 2017 In this paper we show that an industrial-like overhead crane can be effectively employed to show the role of control in industrial automation systems and in everyday life. The devised experiments are particularly indicated for secondary school students who are in general not aware of the presence of control in engineering. The related educational activity consists of explaining the integration of mechanics, electronics, computer science and control in an automation system and then of making the student understand that the presence of an automatic controller can increase the performance with respect to a manual one. The approach has been tested with some classrooms and the results obtained with an assessment questionnaire have shown the effectiveness of the approach.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Nandong, Jobrun (2010)The vast majority of chemical and bio-chemical process plants are normally characterized by large number of measurements and relatively small number of manipulated variables; these thin plants have more output than input ...
-
Li, Bin (2011)In this thesis, we consider several types of optimal control problems with constraints on the state and control variables. These problems have many engineering applications. Our aim is to develop efficient numerical methods ...
-
Kam, Kiew M. (2000)Differential geometric nonlinear control of a multiple stage evaporator system of the liquor burning facility associated with the Bayer process for alumina production at Alcoa Wagerup alumina refinery, Western Australia ...