International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

This article describes an experimental setup for the practical teaching of process control in an undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. The system is practice-oriented and is based on developing students’ skills in control system application of real process systems. A PLC (Programming Logic Controllers) program is proposed to introduce simulation aspects and final control design practices in scale processes (Unloading and Handling Station). It is based on the principle of introducing a PLC-supported, Siemens Simatic S7-200 PLC controller-controlled production system with the help of SIMATIC Step 7 Programming Software, presenting the scenario for the system and writing the PLC program accordingly. This algorithm prepared for the Unloading and Handling Station operation is not unique and without alternatives. The aim here is to enable students to get to know the system and program the system with different approaches according to the algorithm they have developed.