The laboratory is specialised for technology and visualisation control level. The laboratory and its workplaces are linked not only to each other, but they are also connected to the higher-level system and to the enterprise control level. Laboratory equipped in this way enables research and development of a wide variety of hardware, communication and software resources of automated control, knowledge systems, knowledge archiving and its distribution to higher-level systems.
The workplace offers:
- analysing the pyramidal control systems
- designing a model of ana automated control production process in iits ndividual levels of a pyramidal model
- designing and integrating of selected control subsystems into the superior control system
- analysing, designing, and applying security critical subsystems into the control process in compliance with standards in force
- eliminating of possible defects in the operation of security-critical technological processes as a part of hardware and software design of security-critical processes control
- optimising the design and integrating the security-critical subsystems of control.
The laboratory comprises the following research workplaces:
a) Research workplaces for distributed systems for control of production and technology processes (DSC)
The workplace includes the models and components listed below:
- Modular production system
Physical model of a modular production system enabling simulating complex operations and processes occurring in automotive, engineering and electronics industry enterprises. Sub-technologies found in the model are used in all industrial sectors, and therefore, the use of this device is not limited to a particular industry. However, it allows the users to address any tasks connected to industrial automation, as well as to related information technologies.
- CNC production system
Physical model of a CNC production system combining a CNC lathe and a CNC twin miller, operated by industrial robots with six degrees of freedom. The model enables connecting to other models of the workplace following the purpose of constructing a complex workplace representing complete production. The model can be used for simulating, developing and exploring fully automated production processes from the field of engineering industry as well as information and communication technologies related to the processes.
b) Research workplace for logical and sequential control (LOGIC)
The workplace includes the models and components listed below:
- system for logical and sequential control
- system of frequency converters and asynchronous motors
- system for optical recognition and visual check of dimension and shape accuracy
- system for autonomous carriage movement in the area
- system for controlling the robot.