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1 Conference Project Proceedings Institut experimentálních technologií 2 20 th 21 st September, 2011 Brno, Czech Republic Project funding is provided by the European Social Fund and the national budget of the Czech Republic. 1

2 Editor doc. Ing. Pavel Fiala, Ph.D., Ing. Jan Mikulka Title Conference proceedings of the Project Institut experimentálních technologií 2 Issue first Year of publication 2011 Publisher Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Print Entity Production, Ltd. ISBN

3 Conference of the project Institut experimentálních technologií 2 Chairman doc. Ing. Pavel Fiala, Ph.D., BUT, Czech Republic Technical program commitee prof. Ing. Karel Bartušek, DrSc., BUT, Czech Republic prof. Ing. Jarmila D dková, CSc., BUT, Czech Republic prof. Dr. Ulrich Schmid, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Dr. Beata Mikovicova, Institut Supérieur d Electronique de Paris, France Ing. Frederic Amiel, Institut Supérieur d Electronique de Paris, France Dr. Dieudonne Abboud, Institut Supérieur d Electronique de Paris, France doc. Ing. Petr Drexler, Ph.D., BUT, Czech Republic doc. Ing. Petr Ko as, Ph.D., BUT, Czech Republic doc. Ing. Pavel Fiala, Ph.D., BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Radek Kubásek, Ph.D., BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Michal Hadinec, BUT, Czech Republic Ing.Tomáš K íž, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Zden k Roubal, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Radim Kadlec, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Jan Mikulka, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Zoltán Szabó, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Martin Friedl, BUT, Czech Republic Ing. Tibor Bachorec, Ph.D., SVS FEM Ltd., Czech Republic Ing. Michal Král, Prototypa a.s., Czech Republic Ing. Pavel Vá o, ABB Ltd., Czech Republic Ing. Radek Javora, Ph.D., ABB Ltd., Czech Republic Ing. Petr Slavata, Eaton Elektrotechnika Ltd., Czech Republic Ing. Jind ich Bulva, Eaton Elektrotechnika Ltd., Czech Republic Organisation committee Ing. Ta ána Kraj írovi ová, BUT, Czech Republic Marie Hábová, BUT, Czech Republic 3

4 Content CONTENT... 4 INTRODUCTION... 5 INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY... 7 FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION EATON ELEKTROTECHNIKA LTD SVS FEM LTD ABB IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC PROTOTYPA A.S MEASURING THE ATTRIBUTES OF LASER SOURCE WITH CYLINDRICAL LENS. 25 METAL DETECTORS ROBOTIC CHASSIS PROGRAMMABLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER SPECIAL SENSORS FOR SENSING FAST ONE-TIME EVENTS MAGNETIC FIELDS MAPPING OF SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS VERIFICATION OF DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF ELECTRONIC MODULES AND ACCELERATED TESTS DESIGN OF MEASUREMENT NET PREPARATION OF ENGINEERING DRAWINGS FOR DEVICES DATABASE DESIGN OF LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR STIMULATION OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIO OF NOISE GENERATOR SENSORS FOR SHORT HIGH LEVEL CURRENT IMPULSE AUTOMATIC TEST LINE SUGGESTION OPTIMIZATION OF METHODS FOR IMAGE NOISE SUPPRESSION DESIGN OF MAGNETIC BAR-CODE READ HEAD NUMERICAL MODELING OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY ON MR IMAGES DESIGN OF WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISION FROM THERMAL SENSORS THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN A TRANSFORMER MEASURING BOX WITH PELTIER CELLS CONTROL SPECIAL AUTOMATS WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL WITH A CODED TRANSMISSION ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION UNIT FOR LASER INTERFEROMETER

5 Introduction Both small nations and small companies often find it difficult to specialize intensively Bohumil Kral, M.Eng, CSc. PROTOTYPA a.s. Motto:... A small nation often finds it difficult to specialize intensively. During the prewar period, the current standard of education would have been adequate. But today there is an ever increasing need to provide a broader basis for our knowledge. And it is here that I feel that the French orientation toward scientific study is worth noting. French science is characterized by a kind of generality. It expresses a love for fundamental phenomena and simplicity. Such an orientation, adapted to conform to our natural disposition, may serve as the basis for the technical work of our engineers, allowing them to easily accommodate their work demands. Some of our universities have introduced specialized fields. But this specialization is in no way in conflict with what has been said above. To the contrary, the introduction of specialization was a masterful step which captured the requirements of its time. An electrician, used to alternating phenomena, well understands that all cultural development takes place via regular oscillations. And so specialization was introduced during the period of oscillation in which the development of science required separation. Today, however, another oscillatory period is coming which demands a certain degree of generality. Thus my comments. I'm not sure whether it's here yet but I am confident that further oscillations will ensue requiring further specialization and then, once again, more generality and we will be unaware which of the two will constitute the final stage of development. [1] These words were written by the 28-year-old Ales Blaha in Blaha later became a professor and head of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering, the same institution which today oversees the IET1 and IET2 projects. The methodological training Bláha emphasized, its validity demonstrated by the experience of the French, allows the structure of the problem to be determined, its solution predicted and its particularities and differences revealed. One can thus view the matter in the context of a number of other problems. This leaves fewer methodological procedures (perhaps only a single such procedure in its highest form). A head thus shaped can think clearly and economically and, of course, most intensively. There is the chance to solve every new problem not covered in the manual. This methodical, dynamic component of thinking, which forms the basis of creative work, may be obtained only by continuous exercise. When the focus turns to education and awareness, only effort retains any value.... Effort is what is needed. Effort makes spirit stronger and improves it. It is discipline in effort which allows a person to aim ever higher and face ever greater trials. It is this methodological training, in my estimation, which is what our students and engineers are missing, the art of efficiently aiming ever higher, and it is missing in both the secondary schools and the universities.... The point is to teach students to create independently and methodically, to inspire them with the experience they need to deal with the problem. This experience will prove its worth. Later, in their engineering courses, they will be able to work vigorously and confidently, saving time and showing a high degree of originality... Engineering work is scientific work and the methodology behind scientific work is basically identical.. [1] I must say his words are as current today, in 2011, as they were then for small businesses with their own development, they are downright prophetic. A future electrical engineer hired by PROTOTYPA Plc. a company with around 20 employees and a maximum five-member team devoted to development should have a broad theoretical and experimental education and be able to adapt to multidisciplinary projects and, in the course of time, master new skills and come up with original ideas. In particular, the candidate should have a good 5

6 basis in the physics underlying engineering skills, broad knowledge of the experimental method, the capability for teamwork and, last but not least, the moral characteristics and willpower which will allow the candidate to understand and help creatively develop company know-how. An indispensable requirement for electrical engineers in small business is understanding the continuity of intergenerational knowledge flows and the ability to selflessly pass on experience and knowledge acquired to one's successors, shepherding the company's future in the process. A future electrical engineer with these characteristics must obviously be educated from a young age. Technical talent should be developed as early as primary school, with a secondary school education which recognizes and cultivates the individual's creative ability. Universities should learn about students with technical talent long in advance and work together with them in the most varied ways. The IET1 IET2 projects would seem to be one appropriate way to do so, in many ways links to the best practices of the "old" professors, one of whom was Professor Ales Blaha. It has now been 105 years since his birth and 25 years since his death... His ideas, however, would appear to be timeless... Prof. Ales Blaha in 1952 (family archive) [1] Ales Blaha: The Electrical Engineer and Mathematics. Electrical Engineering Horizons Volume 23 (1934), No. 42, pp

7 Institute of Experimental Technology Pavel Fiala, PhD The Institute of Experimental Technology (IET, a registered trademark, was set up on January 1, 2008 at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication at BUT, with the chief goal of preparing talented students for excellence in the labor market. A secondary, but still significant goal, is to promote the discipline and convince young people to study electrical engineering. The Institute is a modern educational facility whose key educational methodology involves working with student teams under the directorship of PhD students and young academics on top-level projects submitted by industrial firms, rather than confining the students to working only on education-based themes. We have been able to place students from both the polytechnical university and secondary schools on the teams. We have been able to heighten the competency of graduates of technically-oriented secondary schools and grammar schools, as well as universities, to orient them to keep pace with trends in innovation and keep in line with the direction of development in the electrical technology industry in the CR of the 21st century. The development of this seemingly simple idea has been tied to the tradition of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering led by Prof. Ales Blaha during the postwar era. Meetings with the Department of Education of the Southern Moravian Region, Brno City Hall and the Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce provided the inspiration and support for reinvigorating this method of instruction. All of these institutions fear a permanent, deepening shortage of qualified employees in the technical disciplines at all levels. We all see it as a dangerous signal for the future of the region. Thus the project of the Institute of Experimental Technology was begun, with support from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR (MEYS), with which we have joined forces in deciding to contribute to finding a remedy for this unfortunate state of affairs. Our experience confirms that the search for talented young people must begin in the elementary schools. We have therefore sought cooperation in finding talented students and preparing them for study in the technical disciplines at all competent educational institutions aware of the importance of quality technical preparation and of the need to develop the talent of gifted students not only for their personal career purposes, but for the competitiveness of Czech industry, as well. Implementation of the Institute of Experimental Technology 2 project, supported by MEYS under the European Structural Funds of Priority Axis 2.2 OP Education for Competitiveness, has allowed secondary schools in the region to enjoy the benefits of a number of activities targeting expansion of the professional competency of teaching staff. These activities have also served to promote the technical sciences and support technical education. Contacts were established with electrical engineering enterprises in the CR. The Institute is ready to further expand, deepen and develop cooperation with research teams at electrical engineering firms and, secondarily, to provide for the exchange of experience between schools at all levels and establish dynamic contacts with emerging companies in the exciting, rapidlydeveloping field of electrical engineering whose management is enlightened and far-sighted. To provide for the Institute's activities, we apply for various forms of targeted support. A few words and facts about the IET2 CZ.1.07/2.2.00/ project. The planned timeframe for the project is 1/3/ /2/2013. But right at its inception, the funding provider forced a delay and after some considerable effort, the project got underway on June 1, This slight postponement of the start date require that the entire project be redone, since the timetable for the work and coordination of activities was synchronized in the original project with the academic year at Brno University of Technology. The entire project structure had to be adapted and reworked, from the budget to key closing activities. Project Objectives The educational and research activities of the Institute of Experimental Technology 2 (IET2) are focused on preparing highly qualified specialists for the needs of industry. This is a 7

8 novel, unique instructional system based upon a combination of classical methodology, maximum use of ICT technology for instruction, self-study on the part of talented students and work on real-life projects submitted by industrial firms. This creative collaboration will lead to tighter connections between tertiary education and industry. The IET2 project further targets involving other students of FEEC VUT Brno in industrial projects (especially their calculation/numerical sections), since these skills will be required of graduates in practice. For this reason, an innovation will be introduced into the educational program which will see a new subject of study entitled Modeling Electromagnetic Fields, in both the bachelors (BMEF) and masters (MMEF) programs. This innovation is necessary, both because of rapid changes in the way modeling and numerical calculations take place and in reaction to requirements by companies concerning the quality of entrylevel knowledge of polytechnical graduates entering the job market. All projects submitted to IET for work by student teams will contain a theoretical/research section, calculation-based/numerical section and concluding-practical section which will contain output or implement prototypes which fulfill company requirements. The project will conclude with a defense before an IET committee composed of specialists in the field and academics. Internships will be secured for students in companies submitting projects. Academics themselves will also increase their knowledge of complex numerical calculations and be able to use that knowledge both in construction and in guiding student project teams. IET will be involved in international cooperation, with the goal of exchanging experience in innovating instructional modules. The demand for qualified graduates of universities in electrical engineering areas is growing, as is clear from a survey of its members conducted in by the Association of Industry and Transport of the CR (AITCR). This offers universities the opportunity to support talented students in carrying out industrial projects and increasing the competitiveness of universities by introducing innovations in their programs of study and elevating the competency of academic specialists, with an eye to adapting the profile of technical university graduates most closely to the needs of industry. The IET2 project has demonstrated an innovative approach to the education and preparation of human resources at universities, thanks to tying theoretical knowledge to the practical environment provided by carrying out real-life projects submitted by industrial firms. Currently, university graduates are inadequately prepared to enter the job market something which is once again evident from the AITCR survey. The profile does not correspond to the current needs of companies active in the CR or, indeed, in the EU at large. Working on real-life projects in teams, taking internships in industrial firms and receiving current information in one's education shorten the time needed to master one's professional tasks in employment. Graduates are equipped with practical skills and acquainted with the procedures used in the company at hand, increasing company productivity. The project aims to increase the competency of academic specialists so that they may thoroughly prepare students for the needs of the labor market. This emphasis on the practical skills of graduates of technical schools was discussed with Brno City Hall, the Education Department of the Southern Moravian Region, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and industrial firms, all of whom gave their support. At the end of the project, we can claim attainment of tighter ties between the academic and industrial spheres, increased specialist knowledge among students and academics in the electrical technology field and, in the final analysis, increased competitiveness for Czech industry. Project Benefits The IET2 project has provided academics with the opportunity to consult innovative programs of study with experts in the field, to enrich their instruction with practical examples and tasks, and to keep pace with the latest knowledge from the field, particularly as concerns interdisciplinary trends in current industrial development. Talented university students involved in industrial projects will make an easier transition to work or in assuming an academic career at the university level. Students receive the advantage of having direct contact with industrial firms submitting projects and with their experts. During project work, they acquire communication and team skills, the ability to make presentations and acquaint themselves with principles of project work, which vary widely by type of business and include meeting the needs of the project submitter their potential employer. In their role as team leaders, doctoral students and their supervisors (academics fully responsible for the successful 8

9 management of projects) acquire managerial skills. IET's emphasis on uniting academic education and the needs of industry will lead to ever increasing specialist knowledge on the part of academics, resistance to stress and their direct connection to practice, including guiding students toward the practical use of theoretical knowledge acquired, from the very beginning of their studies. IET makes maximum use of the facilities offered by the university. A model laboratory was built to accommodate project work, providing a good laboratory environment for the practical portion of IET instruction. Innovation for the academic and student target group lies in a very close interconnection between instruction in the schools and reality in the industrial workplace. The material taught is not contained in a rigid package of information; rather, the entire teaching concept has been adapted to allow collaboration with leading experts from industry. The subject content of accredited courses has been flexibly updated to include the latest knowledge. Students are thus able to put the knowledge they have acquired to work on real-life issues. Activities after the Termination of ESF Funding After ESF funding for the IET2 project is complete, the BMEM study program will have been created and the MMEM program innovated. Curriculum and study support will be created and academics will have been trained to carry out instruction. Both subjects will continue to be offered under the bachelors and masters degree programs for a minimum of a further five years. At the same time, the programs will be further developed and feedback from students, instructors and experts in the field will be applied. New partnerships will be concluded with industrial firms who will take part in instruction and provide project submissions for work by student teams. Given that demand for taking part in three-week internships in firms is expected to be excessive, an attempt will be made to exponentially increase the number of partner firms providing internships, who will also have the chance to select and motivate potential employees to work at their companies. During the two-year course of work on a particular project, they will have an extraordinary opportunity to help train graduates in keeping with current trends. The submission of projects, consultation during the project itself, internships and defense under the guide of specialists at the company will all be treated in an economic agreement in which the firm provides these activities and which designates conditions under which IET student projects will take place. In implementing the IET2 project, project acquisition organizational mechanisms were created and introduced. Administrative processes supporting recordkeeping of projects, IET students and their project activities were prepared and implemented. The process for further education of academic staff which has been launched will continue with the assistance of company experts. The school/industry communications platform created will be used to further professional development. Other plans include expanding international collaboration with other partner organizations abroad, allowing for introduction of foreign student exchange programs. Collaboration with the French ISEP will continue and be expanded to include collaboration with TU Vienna at the pedagogical and didactic levels and in R&D projects. Methodological Innovation The innovative character and originality of the IET2 project lies in the actual introduction of an element which ties tertiary education to the needs of industrial firms as a part of the curriculum, as well as a focus on the profile of university graduates entering the job market. This is done uniquely by responsibly involving students in industrial projects during their studies and using a sophisticated system for the preparation of human resources. In addition to its benefits for students, IET also offers academic staff the opportunity to develop its competence. In combination with the IET1 project, both the tertiary area and the area of initial training receive consideration. Great emphasis is laid on successful project work by student project teams, maintaining deadlines and the quality requirements of firms. This requires the acquisition of project management principles, along with communication skills, including a particular business viewpoint. Place for the development of competency has been made in the course plans and training, with involvement in an international network (in the form of workshops and conferences). Via IET, students are guided to work with the system they will use upon entering the job market, i.e.: 1. studying the problem from available sources, 9

10 2. modeling the system, in particular utilizing numerical analytical techniques (IET lays great emphasis in this section on the aims of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering, as well as the needs of industry for calculating all essential parameters, including the reliability of elements), 3. practical implementation (the equipment capacity of the IET laboratory will be reinforced for this purpose), including a so-called bilevel defense of the project involving both IET and the submitting company. Its innovation also lies in the direct connection that provides between the university and a partner organization abroad or industrial firm, predicated upon excellent results from prior collaboration. IET plán 199; 27% 17; 2% 209; 29% Po et podpo ených osob - poskytovatelé služeb Po et podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student celkem 115; 15% Po et podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání 203; 27% Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání IET dosažené výsledky 17; 2% 195; 22% Po et podpo ených osob - poskytovatelé služeb 265; 31% Po et podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student celkem 205; 23% Po et podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání 195; 22% Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání 10

11 IET Po et podpo ených osob - poskytovatelé služeb Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student celkem Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student VŠ - muži Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student VŠ - ženy Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob v dalším vzd lávání - pedagogických a akademických pracovník - muži Po et osob Po et podpo ených osob v dalším vzd lávání - pedagogických a akademických pracovník - ženy Po et osob Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student Po et osob Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student VŠ - muži Po et osob Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob v po áte ním vzd lávání - student VŠ - ženy Po et osob Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob - pracovník v dalším vzd lávání Po et osob Po et úsp šn podpo ených osob - Conclusion In conclusion, it may be stated that the goals and aims of this project of the Institute of Experimental Technology of the Faculty of Electrical Technology and Communications Technology at Brno University of Technology have been fulfilled and adequate integration has been achieved in the day-to-day life of the university for all planned activities. It is appropriate at this point to thank the subsidy provider for its strong support, university management for the moral support it provided, project partners for their patience and those who worked on the project for their untiring efforts and full participation. 11

12 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Prof. Jarmila D dková The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications Technology is the third-largest faculty at Brno University of Technology and one of the leading electrical engineering faculties in the CR. The faculty boasts a rich history as the first electrical engineering disciplines were already being taught at BUT Brno in Since 1959, when an independent Energy Faculty was founded and later transformed into the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, almost 25,000 students have successfully graduated from the faculty's engineering program. The faculty acquired its current name in 2001: the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications Technology (FEEC). During the more than 50 years of its existence, the individual faculty sites were distributed throughout Brno, in locations ranging from the Bozetechova Cloister to the current building of the VUT rectorate on Antoninska Street, Purkyn Street and, not long ago, the Dean's headquarters on Udolni Street. A large portion of the faculty may also be found in the Kolejni student complex. Only in 2010 did a significant phase in the faculty's history begin, with the gradual moving of its sites to the Pod Palackeho Vrchem campus. It was in that year the faculty obtained new headquarters in the Techniicka 10 complex, where some of the faculty's institutes had previously been housed. Construction preparations for the new complex at Technicka 10, which will take up more than 10,000 m² and give the faculty a new face, had already begun back in Construction began in November of In June 2010, it was finally handed over to the user the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications Technology of Brno University of Technology. This allowed three institutes and the Dean's Office to move from the city center to the Pod Palackeho Vrchem university campus. The building's six floors, extensive research area and large underground garage with almost 100 parking places have become the home for the Institute of Languages, Microelectronics and Electrical Technology. This relocation has concentrated the entire faculty at a single location, bringing great benefits to both students and employees, scientists and faculty partners. Ties will also be strengthened to the new CVVOZE and SIX research centers and particularly to the CEITEC Center of Research Excellence, whose construction and design the faculty took part in and which will be located on the Pod Palackeho Vrchem campus. Simultaneous with compl construction was initiated on the FEEC BUT Brno Educational Complex at Technicka 12. This project is being funded under the Operational Programme for Education and Research for Innovation. The building is expected to be completed in In 2002, the faculty received accreditation for novel structured study programs which are modern in conception. Currently, the faculty offers: bachelors degree programs Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Communications and Control Technology, 12

13 Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, two-year masters programs (postgraduate) Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Communications and Control Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, doctoral programs Electrical Engineering and Communications Technology. Currently more than 4200 students study at the faculty in all forms of state-supported study. The style of study is completely compatible with instructional systems in use in the European Union, thus enabling full mobility for FEEC BUT students in the European study and research area. Approximately 230 academics are engaged in educational and research activity (professors, associate professors, lecturers, assistants, instructors, pedagogical staff and research personnel), along with approximately 200 other support staff. The faculty's programs of study are oriented toward a broad spectrum of research areas: control technology and robotics, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, our electrical and electronic engineering, electronics and electrical technology, microelectronics, radio electronics and teleinformatics. It would be difficult to find an industry or important firm, research institution or state institution that did not have our graduates on staff. A number of our graduates may be found abroad and in high governmental and political functions in our country. Graduates of the faculty nevertheless continue to be in short supply, particularly recently with the growing interest of electrical engineering firms in collaboration and in sharp, skillful holders of bachelors and engineering degrees in electrical engineering. All of the faculty's educational and research activity must be funded. Funding sources include contributions and targeted subsidies from the Ministry of Education. These sources, unfortunately, have been reduced by 25% over the past two years. To a significant extent, instructors and researchers in the faculty's research and development program have made up for these sources by their own activities above and beyond the call of duty. A large share of the credit for maintaining material and financial resources must also go to researchers working on projects funded by grants from the Czech Science Foundation, the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the European Commission in FP6 and FP7 and the University Development Fund, along with all employees who worked with lead researchers in the faculty's four projects and its three research centers. 13

14 Eaton Elektrotechnika Ltd. Ing. Petr Slavata Eaton Elektrotechnika Ltd. Eaton Elektrotechnika Ltd. Komárovská 2406, Praha 9 T ebovská 480, Ústí nad Orlicí tel.: tel.: Technical support: tel.: , supportcz@eaton.com Eaton is above all associated with Moeller brand circuit breakers and residual current devices in the awareness of the professional public. However, Eaton is nowadays active as a producer and distributor of a wide range of electrical products and supplier of comprehensive solutions in the field of power supply quality. Eaton is an important employer in the Czech Republic with more than 1,500 employees here in various professions. Development is a never-ending process Eaton Elektrotechnika (formerly Moeller Elektrotechnika) entered onto the Czech market in 1993 as part of the Felten & Guilleaume Group. In 1998, the company commenced integration into the Moeller Group, dealing in production of devices for household and industrial installation and devices for distribution of electricity. Ten years later, the Moeller Group was bought by the Eaton Corporation, an international group. The company s eighteen years of activity on the Czech market can be summed up in this manner. For a company to be successful, it must open itself to changes and react flexibly to the requirements of its customers. Eaton s product portfolio includes devices for household and industrial electrical installation and devices for distribution of electricity. Eaton is also active as a supplier of comprehensive solutions in the field of power supply quality. The company nowadays provides comprehensive solutions for projects consisting in deliveries of components and sets of components, above all HV and UPS. Prague Office Ústí nad Orlicí Office 14

15 Eaton in the Czech Republic Eaton Elektrotechnika has two offices in the Czech Republic (in Prague and in Ústí nad Orlicí), which provide commercial and technical support to customers, not only in the Czech Republic, but also in selected countries of the former Soviet Union (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, ) and the former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, ). The production plant in Suchdol nad Lužnicí is an important part of Eaton Elektrotechnika. It is especially switchgear cabinets and switchboards, residual current devices, circuit breakers and other components that are produced here. With almost a thousand workers, the plant is one of the most important employers in the South Bohemian Region. The BDC distribution and warehouse centre in Poho elice near Brno also plays an important role in terms of the group, ensuring deliveries of the whole range of Eaton and Moeller products to customers, not only in the Czech Republic, but also in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Other than Eaton Elektrotechnika, Eaton Industries is also active in the Czech Republic, dealing in production and sale of automotive components. Hydraulic systems for the automobile industry are produced in Chomutov, above all liquid distribution lines for air-conditioning, power steering systems and brakes. Eaton Corporation celebrating 100 years of business The international group, the Eaton Corporation, is this year celebrating 100 years since its foundation. Eaton s roots reach right back to 1911, when J. O. Eaton started to do business with his partners in the American town of Bloomfield. The company bears his name to this very day. Their small company initially produced only gearboxes and axles for lorries. Over the 100 years of its existence, Eaton has managed to establish several divisions that operate all over the world. The Eaton Corporation is nowadays active in the field of electrical systems, equipment for distribution and management of electricity; hydraulic components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; fuel, hydraulic and pneumatic systems in the aviation industry for civil and military use; drive train systems and units for freight and passenger vehicles ensuring optimisation of performance, fuel consumption and safety. The Eaton Corporation currently employs approximately 70,000 people the world over and supplies its products to customers in more than 150 countries. The turnover of the Eaton Corporation Group as a whole reached the level of USD 11.9 billion in

16 SVS FEM sro Tibor Bachorec, PhD The objective of the Institute of Experimental Technology 2 project is to prepare highly qualified specialists for the needs of industry. The real world expects that they will have the ability to formulate and solve technical problems for which computer simulation is essential. Teaching computer simulation in keeping with real-world demands develops students' ability to: Define a technical problem Create a numerical model Undertake calculations Evaluate and verify results Propose and verify solutions Carry out optimization and sensitivity analysis An instructional challenge is presented by the amount of novel information and the need for a theoretical basis in mathematics, physics, electronic circuit theory, electromagnetic fields and other subjects. Computer simulations place high demands on students both in terms of analytical conceptualization and making use of their knowledge in the broader context. The great contribution they bring is to develop the imagination, technical conceptualization and motivation to learn foreign languages. The finite element method (FEM) is currently one of the most used methods of simulation. Its advantage lies in geometric adaptability and universality of materials. One of the largest and most popular commercial FEM programs both in this country and abroad is ANSYS, represented in this country by SVS FEM a company with more than 20 years' experience in numerical simulation, focusing on collaboration between industry and universities. During the time it has been in existence, hundreds of users in technical fields have undergone training. A trainer and consultant was included in the IET2 project. The trainer takes part by: Training academic staff in the use of the ANSYS numerical modeling software Acting as a consultant for academic staff in developing innovations in programs of study for subjects to do with the modeling of electromagnetic fields Consulting on projects for university students Helping to create practical training in subjects making use of numerical modeling Giving specialist lectures for students on the use of numerical methods in solving practical problems SVS FEM's mission includes using contemporary simulation tools to solve technical problems. In the electrical technology field, ANSYS software enables the modeling of electromagnetics (Maxwell), electronics (Simplorer), mechanical and control systems, including their interaction (Workbench). The software features a broad spectrum of modeling techniques in addition to FEM, including electronic circuits, state diagrams, block diagrams, algebraic and differential equations and standardized languages for analog, digital and hybrid systems. The behavior of a number of components is dynamic and non-linear in nature and must be modeled using the finite element method. The program's uniqueness lies in its ability to integrate finite element models of components into electronic system simulations. SVS FEM's has found its involvement in the IET2 project very useful. The project allows students to acquaint themselves with the latest trends and technologies in simulation and, in cooperation with partner companies, allows them to use the knowledge they have acquired in designing real-world projects. 16

17 ABB in the Czech Republic Leader in power and automation ABB is a global leader in power and automation, providing complex services to industrial companies and to power producers and distributors. ABB s state-of-the-art technologies enable its customers to improve performance while lowering the environmental impact of their activities. ABB s products and services have been present in the Czech Republic since 1970 and the first ABB company in the Czech Republic was formally set up in During the 1990s, the ABB group grew by taking up new companies to form the current ABB Ltd. (a limited-liability company). The ABB group was established in 1988 by a merger of Swedish company Asea with Swiss company BBC Brown Boveri. Asea s history dates back to 1883, while BBC Brown Boveri was founded in The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB has operations in more than 100 countries of the world and has about 120,000 employees. ABB currently consists of five divisions: Power Products, Power Systems, Discrete Automation and Motion, Low Voltage Products and Process Automation. Power Products Power Products are the key products to transmit and distribute electricity. The division mainly produces and delivers HV substations and apparatuses, MV substations, switchgears and apparatuses, protection for power generation and industry, instrument transformers and sensors, power and distribution transformers. As for services, the division offers modernization, repairs, consulting, diagnostics, product support and hot line. The PP division is subdivided into several business units: MV production and sales (Brno): Production of MV switchgears, instrument transformers and sensors. RFFF for air-insulated switchgears. GFFF for instrument transformers and sensors. Technology Centre research & development in the field of instrument transformers, sensors and air-insulated switchgears. Service for MV products. 17

18 Technical laboratory testing of LV, MV and HV products. HV component production (Praha, Brno): HV apparatuses, power and distribution transformers and accessories, generator circuit breakers, surge arresters. GIS components for HV applications from 110kV up to 550kV. SF6 leakage tests, HV tests, service. Power Systems The division offers complex power solutions (engineering and turnkey deliveries of substations and transformer stations), HV/MV substation automation systems (protection and control systems), control systems for the energy sector, and HV cables and cable systems. Additional systems on offer include flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS), high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems and network management systems. As for services, the division offers modernization, repairs, consulting, diagnostics, product support and hot line. The division is subdivided into several business units: Deliveries of systems for HV/MV substation monitoring, protection and control (Trutnov): Centralized switchgear production for ABB CEU region engineering, production of switchgear, testing. Service for substation control systems and generator circuit breakers (Trutnov, Prague): Long-term service contracts with all key industrial customers. Deliveries of instruments & technological control systems for power generation (Brno, Pilsen): ABB regional engineering centre delivery and service of control systems. Deliveries for electrical components for the construction and reconstruction of power generation units EBoP (Brno). Discrete Automation and Motion The division provides products, solutions and related services that increase industrial productivity and energy efficiency. This division s offer includes motors, generators, variable speed drives and controlled rectifiers, programmable logic controllers (PLC), power electronics and industrial robots and robotic units that provide power, motion and control for a wide range of automation applications. The leading position in generators for wind farms and a continuously growing offering in solar power complement the industrial focus, leveraging joint technology, sales channels and operations platforms. Providing service both at the customer site and in specialized plants is an integral part of the division s business. This division is also subdivided into several business units: 18

19 Robotics (Prague, Ostrava): The largest supplier of industrial robots, automated units and related services in the Czech Republic. Consultancy. Professional certified renovation of used industrial robots for further installation. Developing, manufacturing and deliveries of standardized arc welding cells for European customers. Drives and motors sales (Prague, Ostrava, Brno): Local markets, solutions including special applications. Sale of motors, variable speed drives, controlled rectifiers and softstarters. Drives service (Prague, Ostrava): Service for variable speed drives, controlled rectifiers and softstarters. Motors service and production (Ostrava): Service of electric motors of all brands, production of DMI electric motors. Low voltage products The Low Voltage Products division is subdivided into two business units: Production and sales low voltage products and switchgears (Brno): Production and service of low voltage switchgears type MNS and MNS is up to 1000V for the Power distribution and Motor control centers. Feeder factory for MNS is withdrawable modules. Production of motor starters, selective circuit breakers, thermal overload relays, contactors and other ABB low voltage products. Sales of complete range of ABB low voltage products, mainly circuit breakers, contactors, control products, consumer units and cabinets. Sales and technical support for intelligent building control system KNX/EIB. Production and sale of wiring accessories (Jablonec nad Nisou): Switches, sockets and other wiring equipment for use in all types of buildings. Intelligent house control systems for energy savings and comfort. Process Automation 19

20 The Process Automation division provides customers with best solutions for plant control and optimization, as well as industry-specific application knowledge. The industries served include particularly metals and minerals, pulp and paper, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, marine and the production of turbochargers. Key customer benefits include improved asset productivity and energy savings. This division is subdivided into several business units: Process automation for the local market (Prague, Ostrava, Most, Brno): Deliveries of control systems and drive applications, deliveries of complex automation solutions for technological processes and control systems service. Control systems engineering, instrumentation & analytics, drives engineering and service for instrumentation & analytics. Sales of control systems and industrial instrumentation & analytics. Operation Center Czech Republic (Ostrava): Global engineering center for process automation in industries such as metals and minerals, marine, oil, gas and petrochemical, pulp and paper and other industries. Project design, engineering and commissioning of control systems and drives. Our achievements ABB Czech Republic among suppliers to the world s tallest building One of the most closely watched constructions today is undoubtedly the Khalifa Tower (Burj Khalifa). The skyscraper in the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates has 162 floors and towers more 828 meters above ground. One of the suppliers to this unique construction is ABB Czech Republic PPMV Brno, which has delivered a total of 48 pieces of airinsulated medium voltage switchgears over the past 2 years of construction works. The deliveries ensure the supply of vital electric power to the building (for air-conditioning, lighting, communication equipment, etc.) and to the adjacent complex of lakes with fountains, which girdle the tower and add to its luxurious environment. ABB helps create a giant lake in the old Most area Several decades ago, the area under the now non-existent old city of Most was extracted as a brown coal mine. Only the well-know Gothic church was transported and survived. A huge pit occurred, as many as 70 meters deep. After years of thought on how to secure the pressures of the surrounding rock, a decision was taken to flood the whole area. Water would stabilize slopes and create conditions for building a recreational area larger than Mácha s lake. Since there is not enough water for flooding on the site, the existing industrial water piping is used to pump water from the Oh e river 24km away. Near the Stranná community, Povodí Oh e (Oh e Basin Management) operates a pump station equipped with 3 ABB s ACS 1000 MV variable speed drives. The new lake started to fill with water in October 2008 and should be full until the end of The water flows through 1,200mm-diameter piping into distributive shaft in Komo any and then through 800mm piping to Most. The average rate of flow is l/s, with maximum reaching 1,200 l/s. After filling up, the lake will contain 69 million cubic meters of water, with an area of 311 hectares. The information stated above suggests that this is a grandiose project involving immense volume of transported water. One of its highlights is the reliability of the equipment and the considerable energy savings thanks to the efficient regulation of the pump performance using ABB s variable speed drives. ABB robots help to automate Hamé s logistic centre Robotics division completed the project of automated depalletizing, packaging and palletizing of glasses in Hamé s new Central Distribution Stock in Staré M sto. The goal was to fully automate the process, improving its productivity. Our solution is based on three ABB IRB660 industrial robots with grippers and the necessary peripherals, enabling manipulation with dozens of various types of packaging. The palletizing process is controlled by PickMasterTM5 software, allowing customers easy and independent programming of new products in the future. From the beginning to the end, when the products are wrapped and stacked on the pallet, no glass is touched by the human hand and the line handles more than 4 glasses per second. The resulting efficiency of the system is very high and brings Hamé the required growth in productivity of its operations. 20

21 ABB s.r.o. successfully implements large amount of projects and deliveries in the Czech Republic ABB has become the supplier of medium voltage switchgear retrofits for all units of Dukovany nuclear power station and for the first unit of Temelín nuclear power station. Retrofitting, i.e. the replacement of an original switch with a new one, increases the reliability of switchgear, at the same time reducing maintenance requirements. Medium voltage equipment and switchgear have been used in a number of major projects, such as TPSA Kolín automobile factory, O2 Arena in Prague or in Zli ín shopping centre. We are no. 1 supplier of wiring accessories in the Czech market. ABB switches and sockets are present in an endless number of housing units, in office and industrial buildings, as well as at such exclusive places as the representation halls of the Prague Castle or the Centre of Air Navigation Services at Jene near Prague. Motors regulated by ABB s variable speed drives have been supplied to a number of branches of Czech industry, particularly to heat generation and power. The results of energy savings calculations and the return on investment have been proved in practice. In the field of robotics, we have successfully delivered complete automated palletizing lines for rubber briquettes to Synthos Kralupy a. s. and several robotized units for CNS machining centers to Kovokon Kunovice s. r. o. ABB implemented an extension of the ethylene unit control system for the new extractive benzene distillation operation for Unipetrol RPA, s. r. o. The project was implemented during full operation, without any need for technology shutdown. Among other things, ABB supplied and installed a new modern controller and special I/O units for use in explosive environment. The new unit is controlled from the central control room of the ethylene unit and can be controlled from the existing operator station as well as from a new operator station with ABB s System 800xA system for MOD in place. ABB Ltd. Sokolovská Praha 8 eská republika Tel.: Fax: