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Industry 4.0

Industrial Workforce Development Solutions and Vocational Training for Your Upskilling Needs

Prepare for the future of smart manufacturing with our hands-on training in Industry 4.0 technologies. We offer foundational courses in programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and RFID-based object identification—giving you the skills to integrate and operate advanced automation systems in real-world industrial environments.

TCM261 - Introduction to Industry 4.0

Currently, everyone is talking about Industry 4.0 and the many different explanations of its meaning. Particularly people working in lead positions who are becoming more and more confronted with Industry 4.0 should be aware of its impacts. There are varied opportunities on how companies can improve their productivity, quality, and processes in this context. However, before starting an implementation, managers need to have a basic understanding of the core elements and technologies and how their interaction can lead to Industry 4.0. Subsequently, they can consider new business models and specific strategies to implement Industry 4.0 in their company.

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Target Group
Upper management, decision makers, and executives from strategy and innovation departments.

Duration
16-hour course

Content

  • Introduction to Industry 4.0
  • Difference between Industry 3.0 and 4.0
    • Overview of the core elements and technologies of Industry 4.0, e.g.
    • RFID
    • HMI
    • M2M Communication
    • Vertical and horizontal integration
    • Decentralized self-controlling production
    • Augmented reality
  • Social-Technological developments and their consequences
  • I 4.0 Business Models and creating new business ideas
  • Bottom-Up and Top-Down strategies to implement Industry 4.0
  • Competence development in Industry 4.0
  • Change Management with Industry 4.0

Outcome

  • The participant will be familiar with the core elements and basic technologies of Industry 4.0.
  • The participant will understand how the core elements and technologies are connected and can lead to a comprehensive approach to improve processes and products.
  • The participant will understand the opportunities of developing new business models and what to consider when implementing new strategies towards Industry 4.0.

Prerequisites
General knowledge

Location
Mason, Ohio

AUT301 - Basic Siemens PLC programming with TIA Portal

Programmable Logic Controllers play a central role in automation and in the Industry 4.0 applications. These devices are used to control machines and systems. This course offers and ideal introduction to IEC-Complaint programming using TIA Portal software.

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Target Group
All personnel involved in Siemens PLC programming using TIA Portal.

Duration
16-hour course

Content

  • Programmable Logic Controllers
  • Project organization in TIA Portal
  • Programming Languages in IEC 61131
  • Device configuration in TIA Portal
  • Programming of basic logic functions, internal bits (marks), timer and counters
  • Downloading and uploading projects
  • Commissioning and troubleshooting a PLC system using TIA Portal software

Outcome

  • State/explain the PLC sections, types of input and output devices, and types of memory in a PLC
  • Create tags to address inputs, outputs, internal bits, timers, and counters
  • Create a basic project using TIA Portal
  • Establish communication between the computer and the PLC
  • Differentiate between a combinatorial (logic) and a sequential system
  • Program in Ladder, Instruction List and/or in Function Block: Inputs, outputs, internal bits, timers, and counters
  • Commission and troubleshoot a basic electro-pneumatic system controlled by a PLC

Prerequisites
DC Technology (EL131), Sensors Technology (AUT121), Industrial Pneumatic (PN111)

Location
Mason, Ohio

AUT302 - Human Machine Interface – Operation and Visualization

In this course the participant will learn the basics of the structure and function of a Human Machine Interface (HMI). In numerous practical exercises, you will learn how to integrate and parameterize various visual control elements and objects in a user interface.

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Target Group
All personnel involved with the Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems

Duration
16-hour course

Content

  • The common terms when working with an HMI
  • The application areas and products of user interfaces
  • The structure and function of user interfaces
  • The basics of developing and HMI user interface
  • The project engineering of basic objects and elements in TIA Portal
  • The connection of sensors and actuators in the project engineering
  • Commissioning of the HMI module on the Modular Production System (MPS) 400 distributor

Outcome

  • Create a device configuration for your PLC and HMI with the Siemens TIA Portal
  • Carry out the runtime settings for the HMI
  • Load your configuration and simulate the HMI
  • Configure basic objects in the TIA Portal: text field, graphic view, date/time field, graphic I/O field, bars, slider, button
  • Animate graphic views
  • Configure an I/O field for the output of a digitalized analog value
  • Configure an I/O field for the input and output of a truth value
  • Configure an I/O field for the input of an integer
  • Configure an I/O field for the input and output of a floating-point number

Prerequisites
Basic PLC programming with TIA Portal (PLC391)

Location
Mason, Ohio

AUT303 - Object identification with RFID

In this course you will become familiar with the fundamentals of object identification and what is used for.As a key technology for the Industrial Internet of Things, RFID offers new solution approaches for the identification of components and products in production, extending to the data exchange between products and systems.

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Target Group
All personnel involved with the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Systems applied in modern production plants (Industry 4.0).

Duration
16-hour course

Content

  • Introduction to object identification
  • Binary identification
  • Overview of barcodes
  • QR code/2D code
  • Number systems
  • RFID – Radio Frequency Identification: How RFID works
  • RFID Technology
  • Selection of an RFID system by way of example
  • Writing, reading, and analyzing data the data on an RFID tag

Outcome

  • Differentiate between binary, optical and RFID object identification systems
  • Describe the features of RFID
  • Name the components of an RFID system
  • Understand how an RFID transponder works
  • Understand how an RFID reading and writing device communicates with the transponder
  • Evaluate the datasheets RFID components
  • Write to and read out an RFID transponder manually
  • Describe display formats of dates and times in computer systems

Prerequisites
Basic Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC411 or PLC391)

Location
Mason, Ohio