Automation with fluid power
J S Stecki
4 points * 22 lectures, 22 tutorials * Second semester * Clayton
Automation, its technology and its social effects. Hydraulic control systems. Electrohydraulic systems. Powered drives for industrial robots and similar automation machines (electropneumatic, electrohydraulic and electromechanical servo drives). Design and dynamic performance of hydraulic control systems, including power flow modelling and digital simulation. Synthesis of logic systems. Intelligent control of fluid power automation systems.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 60% * Other assessment: 40%
Prescribed texts
Dransfield P Hydraulic control system dynamics Dept Mechanical Engineering, Monash U, 1992
Stecki J S and others Control of hydraulic systems Dept Mechanical Engineering, Monash U, 1993
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