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Background Concept
Mechatronics Sequence Kit is offered as an educational material to learn the fundamental electrical sequence control. Its training kit features abundant devices listed here to realize this purpose.
- Manual switches for operator to give commands,
- Limit switches to check the status as a sensor,
- Electromagnetic Relays to receive signals from manual and limit switches and to issue new set of instructions,
- Timers required for time control, and
- Counters required for numeric control.
Invisible “Electricity” seems considered hard to understand by many laymen. Mastering electrical control, accordingly, definitely upgrades by far the capability level of one's performance in the engineering fields. It is unfortunate facts that many start studying but stop it in the midway. This educational material was given a birth from a hard experience by one mechanical engineer. Since it took 5 to 6 years for him to master the sequence control, he started to think if there is anyway to shorten the required time and reduce efforts. Its solution is finally presented as this training system using a training kit and videotapes. Originally, it was a handmade prototype. However, a trial offer was accepted for a training session in the group companies “Touyuhkai” affiliate with Matsuda Motors and won a good reputation. It was then that this product was professionally shaped up for marketing. English version was also developed while Department of Labor accredited the product. Since then, such big corporations as Nihon-Steel, Toshiba, Honda, Nihon-Glass as well as many schools (Universities, Technical Colleges, Technical High-Schools, Vocational Schools and Special Schools) have started to introduce this product. Iran, Pakistan, Taiwan and Panama are the countries that we have introduced this product in the overseas market. We are quite confident of the learning effect of this education material. Because the product is not only actively used in the schools as of now that purchased 10 years ago but also getting additional orders from them. We also hear about new application that some plant uses this product to train their part-time lady-operators.
What kinds of learning effects can be expected? The course A is a basic training to cover the self-holding circuit for the beginners while the course B is an advanced training to handle the complicated problem of automatic control circuits using two motors, four limit switches, timer and counter. Without knowledge of creating circuit diagrams, even maintenance crews in the plant cannot solve these problems. However, even the laymen can obtain the capability to create circuit diagrams and solve the problems after this training course.
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