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Why Automation?
Technical Articles- Dec 06,11
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It is a fact that labour cost in India is quite low, when compared with Europe, USA or Japan.Yet our products are not among the most competitive in the global market. And the reason is because our overall productitivity is quite low. Automation in India, though prima facie appears expensive, is quite a viable and feasible solution, as it not only brings a reliability and consistency in production, but also raises the productivity multifold, providing quality and mistake proofing at the same time. No wonder MNCs are progressively going in for high level of automation, to remain globally competitive.
Automation basically involves the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. More the automation done in any company, more is the need for trained workforce having ability to work on varied brands of PLCs, drives, MMI and SCADA. High levels of technical skills are required to derive maximum benefits from automation.
Skills Ahead recently had an opportunity to visit and interact with the officials of Industrial Automation Training Centre (IATC), which is involved in training engineers, supervisors, workers in various aspects related to industrial automation, and observed that it is the level of skills and commitment of the people which makes a significant difference between the global leaders and conventional companies.
IATC
IATC is located in Panchkula (Haryana). It was promoted under a Public-Private Partnership project supported by the German Government via the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Gmbh, Siemens Ltd and IAG Automation (P) Ltd, with the aim to operate in a rapidly changing customer oriented environment seeking industrial training in the areas of automation and other emerging technologies. The Centre is an autonomous organisation registered with Registrar of Societies, Haryana under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
The Centre has excellent infrastructure in terms of sophisticated laboratories in the fields of Industrial Automation Controls, Mechatronics and Production enabling it to deliver quality and excellent industrial training in various areas to industrial professionals, engineering students and job seekers. The emphasis of IATC is on offering a wide range of high quality innovative industrial training programs with particular focus on automation related industry and also other emerging technologies. The target group envisaged covers all levels of working professionals from industry, faculty, staff and students of engineering institutions and polytechnics and community covering women, backward and disadvantaged strata of society. In terms of agreement with GTZ, 50% of the seats for community programs are reserved for the above section of society. IATC has several initiatives in the pipeline to ensure achievement of its stated objectives.
In its endeavour to play a significant role in the national and eventually international arena, it would foster professional, managerial and technical development and integrate local resources to improve the skills of managers at all levels and the working professionals from industry.
The basic premise of training would be to enable the trainees to become capable of performing the role of internal "agents of change" at the end of the industrial training. While the technical skills up-gradation programs would be centre-based, the management programs could be conducted as in-house, or location specific for a cluster of local industry.Partners in PromotionThere are three partners in promotion, viz., IAG Automation [P] Ltd, GTZ and Siemens Ltd, all of whom have a shared role not only in resources mobilization, but also an actively involved role in the management and administration of the Centre.
The training programmes include carrying out projects too. A few examples of projects are: Aspects of automation in Power Plants, Multi Storey Car Parking, Bottling Plants, Chocolate Manufacturing Plants, Cement Plants, Sugar Plants, Storage and Retrieving Mechanisms. IATC not only conducts regular Training Programmes, but also ensures that the learning has taken place and the skills utilised in industry through Feedback and Monitoring System.
IATC believes in Alwyn Tofflers' philosophy "Illiterates of 21st century are not those who cannot read and write, but are those who do not learn, relearn and unlearn every day".
(Contact: Mr S K Arora, Consultant IAG Automation Pvt Ltd, Panchkula. Mobile: 095011-093525. Email: ska@iagautomation.in)
Partner in Promotion Role/Contribution
IAG Automation (P) Ltd - one of the pioneers, a high-tech engineering service and manufacturing company and an authorised Siemens System House in the Region.
German Technical Cooperation - organisation of Federal Republic of Germany, operating in our country since four decades. It has assisted several Training Centres/Institutes/Tool Rooms across the country under the Indo-German Cooperation.
Siemens - One of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. It is a multinational/multi product company headquartered in Germany.
Siemens has its production and marketing bases in almost all the countries across the globe including India.
- The role of IAG in the establishment and running of the centre is of great significance in terms of arranging the requisite human, physical and information resources.
- IAG's involvement in the Governing Council and Steering Committee of the centre is of meaningful concern for the eventual success of the centre
- GTZ's contribution to the project covers finances and personnel (for training of trainers, partial salary to faculty, etc), besides involvement in planning, monitoring and implementation of the project
- GTZ is also steering the progress of the centre by its active involvement in the Steering Committee
- Supply for essential equipment to the centre at special price/free of cost
- Training of trainers and staff
- Certification for the relevant Siemens structured courses
- Representation on the Steering Committee of the center
Courses Offered
PLC Programming
- PLC: SIMATIC S7 - 200
- SIMATIC S7 - 1200 with Step 7 Programming
- PLC: TIA Basic with SIMTAC S7 - 300 & Step 7
- PLC - TIA Basic with SIMTAC S7 - 400 & Step 7
- PLC - TIA Advanced with SIMTAC 7 - 300/400/1200
- PLC: SIMTAC S5 Systems
- STL and S7 Graph
SCADA & HMI
- SIMATIC NET
- SIMATIC WinCC Basic
- SIMATIC WinCC Advanced
- SIMATIC HMI Panels
- DCS: SIMATIC PLC S7 Basic
- DCS: SIMATIC PLC S7 Advanced
- SIMATIC Fail-safe (Distributed) Course
- SIMATIC Fail-safe (F-System) Course
AC-DC Drives
- Basic Course on AC/DC Drives
- AC Drives: Master drives Vector Control
- DC Drive: SIMOREG 6RA70 DC Master Drive
- Master Drives MC, SIMOTION - System
- SINAMICS S120, SINAMICS G130/G150
- Basic AC - Drives with MM4 Maintenance
- Drives for Crane Control Application
CNC Programming
- SINUMERIK 802 D Operating
- SINUMERIK 802 D Part Programming for Turning, Milling
- SINUMERIK 802 D Maintenance and Commissioning
Portable Gas Detector Protects Divers from H2S Gas in Diving Bells
The diving industry has long been aware of the danger of H2S on subsea worksites and the danger of it getting into the diving bell. The severity of the problem varies worldwide and is particularly bad in waters, which have effectively been used as 'chemical dumps'. When approached by a major North Sea oil producer, concerned about divers working on sites with elevated H2S levels, Unimed Scientific Limited (USL) considered Crowcon's Gasman portable gas detector as a possible solution. USL is a leading provider of scientific back-up and guidance to the North Sea diving industry. The company is also a leading auditor of dive systems. Dr Valerie Flook, together with Crowcon, put the Gasman Diving through a range of tests to prove its suitability for use in diving bells. Initial tests subjected the device to high pressures of up to 20 bar, while exposing it to known concentrations of H2S to test its accuracy. USL also evaluated the hysteresis (the response to a rising signal differs from that to a falling signal) of the response at these gas levels and pressures. In addition, tests were carried out to ensure there was no risk of the detector being damaged by rapid pressure changes. Following this testing, a few minor changes were made to ensure the Gasman Diving was fully fit for purpose. These included a small hole being placed in the back of the instrument to allow for rapid equilibration of pressure changes, with the addition of a small Gore-Tex membrane to protect the internal components of the detector from water ingress.
The Gasman Diving is now in use with several of the leading diving companies in the North Sea and is available worldwide. It is a reliable and robust detector that provides accurate gas readings, even under high pressures, which can be easily downloaded and stored. Its small size and easy to read display makes it especially suitable for the confined spaces of the diving bells. Initial feedback from divers has also been positive. Crowcon, a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c., is a world leader in portable and fixed gas detection instruments.
Crowcon's distributor in India: Detection Instruments Pvt Ltd, Navi Mumbai. Tel: 022-27617663-66. Fax: 91-22-27612103. Email: general@detection-india.com, sales@detection-india.com
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