Laboratory of Process Automation and Visualisation

Assoc. Prof. Paweł Majdzik, Ph.D., D.Sc.- Head
Prof. Marcin Witczak, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Room 305, building A-2

The laboratory provides an environment for both research and education in issues related to the design, construction and implementation of modern production lines. The main laboratory stands constitutes an automatic production line including all layers which are specific for real production lines, such as a device layer, a control layer and a visualization layer.
This production line contains the following elements:

  • four belt conveyors equipped with inverters that are used to transport items and boxes,
  • the industrial robot Epson SCARA LS3-401S, which transports items on appropriate belt conveyors,
  • a vision system (integrated with the Epson SCARA LS3-401S robot), which determines the position of the element and its color,
  • the six-axis Kawasaki RS003N industrial robot, which places items in an 8-elements box,
  • the six-axis industrial robot Kawasaki RS006L, which is responsible for palletizing boxes,
  • two Wobit Cartesian robots operating the collection box and positioning items,
  • the switch cabinet equipped with two industrial switches and two programable automation controllers.

This main stand provides the necessary equipment for programming control and diagnostic procedures for individual system components, and programming synchronization procedures for transport and operation tasks.

In addition, this laboratory includes stands with an integrated ITS PLC environment with a real PLC controller. The ITS PLC environment provides many kinds of virtual production systems (such as a sorting system, a high-bay warehouse system, a packaging system, etc.) that can be operated by means of a real PLC controller.

The laboratory is used for teaching at both bachelor’s and master's levels in the field of automation and robotics.

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This project is co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund, Program Operacyjny Widza Edukacja Rozwój 2014-2020 "Nowoczesne nauczanie oraz praktyczna współpraca z przedsiębiorcami - program rozwoju Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego", POWR.03.05.00-00-Z014/18