Understanding control engineering
Featuring real and simulated controlled systems, digital and analogue controllers, and integrated analysis tools such as time diagrams, step responses, Bode plots and polar plots.
Control engineering often remains theoretical.
Understanding does not come from formulas alone.
Learners know what a controller does, but not always why.
It is difficult to track the impact of changes.
Despite the theory, dynamic systems remain difficult to grasp.
Theory and practice are often kept separate.
The result: connections remain abstract.
Our solution: Learn by doing with IAC01UT.
A practical introduction to control engineering with digital and analogue controllers
Students analyse real and simulated controlled systems, compare different control concepts and experience first-hand how changes affect system behaviour.
This brings to light interrelationships that often remain abstract in theory.
Discover the compact practical training kit for applied control engineering for computer-aided use now!
Application
Practical tasks in control engineering
Combining theory and practice
Project-based tasks combine theoretical principles with practical experiments.
Measure and analyse
Control systems and control loops are investigated and analysed using digital instruments.
Build and optimise
Controllers are parameterised, compared and optimised in terms of their behaviour.
Control engineering in industrial applications
From climate and greenhouse automation through to water treatment and process engineering: control engineering is a central component of modern automation systems. Optimised control loops help to use resources efficiently and form the basis of modern automation and process systems.
One set of equipment, multiple control loops.
A system for the entire learning process
Introduction
To teach the fundamentals of control engineering in a practical way.
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Compare control types and adjust parameters as required
Apply
Analyse control loops and investigate real-world disturbances.
In practice
Features
5 controlled systems in one system
Examine speed, position, level, temperature and brightness in a practical setting using real-world and digital control systems.
Compare different controls side by side
Compare 2-/3-point, PID and cascaded PID controllers, configure their parameters and apply them directly to different control systems.
Build your own analogue controllers
Build analogue controllers with RC components yourself, configure their parameters and investigate their control behaviour.
Analysing and evaluating digital signals
Use time diagrams, step responses, Bode plots and locus curves for analysis and evaluation.
Examining open and closed control loops
Analyse control loops with disturbance injection and compare the control behaviour in a targeted manner.
Enter reference values manually or on a computer
Define and adjust setpoints graphically using a potentiometer or directly on the PC.
Using real and emulated systems
Work in a realistic manner using a real motor, a real heating element or digitally simulated control systems.
Everything at a glance
Integrated digital tools
Timeline
Visualise and analyse signal trends in real time
Jump response
Evaluate control behaviour using the integrated plotter
Body diagram
Analysing frequency response and stability
Location curve
Evaluate and compare rule behaviour
Integrated measurement interface
Use 2-/3-point, PID and cascade controllers directly
Control engineering you can touch
Understanding through trial and error.
Real-world and digitally simulated controlled systems make control behaviour directly visible.
Investigate, compare and optimise control loops.
This is what control engineering looks like in practice
UniTrain in Action
From route design and parameterisation to evaluation, all within the same learning system.
Planning control engineering lessons
Find out how UniTrain can be used in laboratories, vocational colleges or universities.
Introduction and in-depth study with a learning system
Combining digital and analogue control technology
Comparing real and simulated control systems
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REAL EXPERIENCE LEARNING
How is technical expertise developed?
Learners set up control loops, measure their behaviour and analyse the effects of changes directly on the system.
Examining real-world systems
Highlighting connections
Learn step by step
Understanding through trial and error
Our Learning World
YOU GUIDE THE LEARNING
RXLea combines hardware, software and measurement in a seamless learning environment for control engineering.
• Guided experiments • Consistent learning logic • Direct integration of hardware, software and measurement
Learners carry out experiments in a structured manner and can see the effects of their settings directly in the system.
Controlled trials
The design, configuration, measurement and evaluation are structured in a clear and logical manner.
Step-by-step guide
Each step is explained in the learning system and put into practice.
Everything visible
The controlled system, setpoint, disturbance and measurement result remain traceable within a learning environment.
