Implementación de un sistema de entrenamiento de modelado y simulación de procesos industriales aplicado en el proceso de empacado en la empresa TECH Ingeniería.

Abstract

The presence of COVID - 19 created a before and after in education across the world; this unexpected event forced humanity to adopt new forms of pedagogical teaching, traditional physical spaces were changed into virtual scenarios, and telematics became the new channel of communication and information. This curricular integration research project conceived in times of pandemic seeks to ensure educational quality through the construction of a training system for modeling and simulation of industrial processes used in the packaging process in the TECH Ingeniería company, which in addition to being a distributor control equipment provides training in the area of automation and industrial control. The implementation of the system was based on the control of five stations of the industrial packaging process through the Factory IO software connecting with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) of Schneider and Siemens brands for the establishment of communication the Ethernet TCP/IP, Modbus, and OPC protocols are used. The system incorporates a human-machine interface (HMI) screen for local control and monitoring and has IIoT gateways for remote maintenance and supervision of the virtual industrial process. The functional tests indicate that the training system is effective for integrating virtual and physical industrial devices, providing the realism that the user needs for their learning in connection and programming, in addition to the interaction with other simulators, such as FluidSim that allowed the use of a more significant number of components, improving the visualization and data exchange.