Between the 13th and the 16th of April of 2013 took place at IFEMA, Madrid, the 34th edition of the Spanish vocational training competition SpainSkills. During the four days of competition students, teachers, and directors of technical colleges visited the IFEMA’s pavilion number 1 and 3, prepared for the occasion.

SMC International Training sponsored the Skill 01-Polimechanics and Automation in collaboration with its distributor for Spain Alecop. After the common nerves of the first moments, the competitors developed their Test Project with professionalism and determination under the supervision of the jury.

The results where known on Sunday resulting as winners the following participants:

Gold Medal: Mr Victor Palencia Red (Castille and Leon)

 Silver medal: Mr Joan Robira Robira (Catalonia)

 Bronze medal: Mr Cristian Pérez Hernández (Canary Islands)

SMC was also present in the competition area of Industrial Control through a special version of the station HAS-206. Competitors had to program and put it into service.

More information at http://www.todofp.es/todofp/formacion/spainskills.html

Spanish education ministry in collaboration with the education departments of each Autonomous Community organises each two years the National Championship of vocational technical colleges, most known as SpainSkills, where students from all regions of Spain compete in more than 30 different specialities. The winners of each speciality will represent Spain competing in the EuroSkills and WorldSkills.

The competition will take place in Madrid (IFEMA – Pavilions 1 and 3) during 13-16 of February 2013.

Sponsor and colaboration

SMC International Training with its distributor for Spain Alecop will sponsor in this edition the Skill 01 – Polimechanics and Automation.

Apart from the participation in Polimechanics and Automation, SMC will be present as a collaborator in the following speciality through the cession of equipment for the tests:

• Skill 19 – Industrial Control.

Now we have included an HMI with a PLC integrated to control the MAP-206. It includes a menu with four main operating options.

1. Manual movement.
2. Manual rejection.
3. Automatic movement.
4. Automatic rejection.

Check out the new leaflet here.

We present a  new demostrative video of our MAS-200 trainer. The video shows how it carries out an assembly process of a turning mechanism by using a central electropneumatic manipulator.

In our compromise with environment’s respect, SMC International Training has developed a new training station for the HAS-200 system. The new station carries out a recycling process of the raw materials used in HAS-200. To do so, it uses a container where all the raw materials are stored, and through vibration, it is stored into a conveyor belt. After that, chromatic sensors detect the colour of the product in process, and through a blowing system, it is separated in its correspondant hoppers.

The following link has a demostrative video of the new recycling station:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX80nA2ocFs

Between the 4th and the 9th of April of 2011 took place at IFEMA, Madrid, the 33rd edition of the spanish vocational training competition SpainSkills. During the four days of competition students, teachers, and directors of technical colleges visited the IFEMA’s pavillion number 9, prepared for the occasion. (Read on …)

Spanish education ministry in collaboration with the education departments of each Autonomous Community organises each two years the National Championship of vocational technical colleges, most known as SpainSkills, where students from all regions of Spain compete in 32 different specialities. The winners of each speciality will represent Spain competing in the EuroSkills and WorldSkills.

The competition will take place in Madrid (IFEMA – Pavillion 9) during 5-8 of April 2011.

Sponsor and colaboration

SMC International Training with its distributor for Spain Alecop will sponsor in this edition the Skill 01 – Polimechanics and Automation.

Apart from the participation in Polimechanics and Automation, SMC will be present as a collaborator in the following specialities  through the cession of equipment for the tests:

• Skill 19 – Industrial Control.
• Skill SS02 – Industrial Vehicle.

Also, inside the Polimechanics and Automation competition area there will be a zone where people will be able to see the new energy saving trainer ENS-200  recently created by SMC International Training.

For more information visit: www.spainskills2011.es

A new version of FMS-200 with Ethernet network is now available forour customers.

The Ethernet network between controllers, allows the increase in volume and speed of the data transmission, and also enhances the training capabilities of the system.

SMC International Training, at the front of training in industrial automation.

A new version of FMS-200 (developed as a response to a customer´s particular needs), is now available. The modifications in the training equipment allow the introduction of new technologies, as well as the increase of the training capabilities of the system:

Station 2 (bearing assembly): A new warehouse is included, with a photocell for material detection. This new feeder allows both types of bearings to be housed in their own warehouse, so the cycle time can be reduced.

Station 7 (robot): This module has been equipped with a 6-axes robot, with an artificial vision system integrated. This way, the quality control is done in the same station, allowing the robot to fix the faults in the assembly (lack of axe, cover, etc.)

Eight BCRs (bar Code Readers) have been added to the transfer system, with serial connnection to PLCs (RS232). This way, this new technology is added to the FMS-200, allowing two ways of pallet detection (inductive sensors and bar codes).

This new version reveals once again the flexible and modular nature of the SMC International Training systems.

Contact us for further information!

NOTE: The modifications shown are options within the FMS-200 family, the original standard option is still available.

A complete guide in Power Point format which introduces the user to the main features of the software, and also includes nine different projects with applications that can be designed with autoSIM-200, explained step by step:

- Project 1: Basic Pneumatic circuit
- Project 2: Electro-pneumatic circuit
- Project 3: Grafcet basic programming
- Project 4: Ladder programming
- Project 5: Simulation of a complete circuit and programming
- Project 6: Pneumatic circuit with 3D simulation
- Project 7: Basic hydraulic circuit
- Project 8: Digital electronics circuit
- Project 9: Complex electric circuit

All the projects explained are included in autoSIM format.
You can download the guide from www.smctraining.com/FILES/AUTOSIM_guide.zip

Remember that you can also download autoSIM-200 and use it for free during 40 days in www.smctraining.com/autosim