Automation, Supervision and Simulation of an industrial Process using Tia Portal and Factory I/O

Abstract

After visiting Professor Signi’s laboratory and observing the oil extraction process, we decided to adopt this process and conducted a general study of it. Then, it was converted into an automated process divided into three stations: (the main process – steam distillation, the production line, and storage). To control these stations in real time, we used the S7-1200 controller, including ladder programming and an HMI (Human-Machine Interface) to supervise the main process and the production line. As for the storage process, it was supervised using Factory I/O for 3D designs.