Fanuc robot and plc system integration course

    Hello guys.

    I am looking at Fanuc robot and plc system integration course for training.

    FANUC America

    Is anyone done that course before? I would really appreciate any review or comments about that course

    Description and table of contents look like exactly what our company needed(Since we don't have any PLC guys, only robot guys and no plan to hire any plc guys)

    Thank you

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    I took that class, and you really should have some basic understanding of Allen Bradley PLC & HMI products. I suppose you could walk in without any PLC knowledge, but you better be a very fast learner. The "final" for the course was that you write a robot program that interacts with a PLC program that is triggered by an HMI, and all of those programs are written by you. It isn't very advanced PLC or HMI programming, but if you have no experience in that area then I would think it will be difficult. If you have no PLC guys, nor plan to hire any, I don't know that this would be money well spent for you. From a purely robot side of things this class teaches how to set up digital and group I/O, map UOP signals, and set start method. You then use the digital and group I/O to control the robot. Not to poo-poo on Fanuc, but watching Adam Willea on Youtube, and the posts on this forum covers that very well.

    That said, having that certified course completion paper never hurts and I don't regret taking it.

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    I took that class, and you really should have some basic understanding of Allen Bradley PLC & HMI products. I suppose you could walk in without any PLC knowledge, but you better be a very fast learner. The "final" for the course was that you write a robot program that interacts with a PLC program that is triggered by an HMI, and all of those programs are written by you. It isn't very advanced PLC or HMI programming, but if you have no experience in that area then I would think it will be difficult. If you have no PLC guys, nor plan to hire any, I don't know that this would be money well spent for you. From a purely robot side of things this class teaches how to set up digital and group I/O, map UOP signals, and set start method. You then use the digital and group I/O to control the robot. Not to poo-poo on Fanuc, but watching Adam Willea on Youtube, and the posts on this forum covers that very well.

    That said, having that certified course completion paper never hurts and I don't regret taking it.

    Hey Duranthas, Thank you for the comments

    I am very familiar with robotics side you mentioned above which are DI,DO,I/o mapping, UOP signal, etc.

    I am also taking couple of online course for allen bradly PLC basic stuff(not advanced course)

    Our company has a plan to make robotic cell fully automated which we need PLC on it. That's why

    I will take that course. I talked to Fanuc and they said I should take pre-course or take a test and pass it in order to enroll that course. Have you taken the test or you took pre-course for that?

    Thank you for sharing your experience.

    Thank you so much for the info, Sbeve2020

    I will take a look at it. cheers

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    I did not have to pretest, but I have taken some Fanuc courses before this one (Handling Tool, Electrical Mtc, a mechanical class, and Advanced Teach Pendant). I do remember talking to a guy on the phone and he asked me a handful of questions about PLCs while I was registering, but I just assumed he was making small talk. Maybe he was testing me... You would do well to find out what PLC platform your company wants to go with and get familiar with it before you take this integration class because if it isn't AB, then you are wasting time and money. During the course, the instructor mentioned that they are toying with the idea of having a similar class for Siemens PLC, but who knows if that will ever even happen.

    Quote from Duranthas

    I did not have to pretest, but I have taken some Fanuc courses before this one (Handling Tool, Electrical Mtc, a mechanical class, and Advanced Teach Pendant). I do remember talking to a guy on the phone and he asked me a handful of questions about PLCs while I was registering, but I just assumed he was making small talk. Maybe he was testing me... You would do well to find out what PLC platform your company wants to go with and get familiar with it before you take this integration class because if it isn't AB, then you are wasting time and money. During the course, the instructor mentioned that they are toying with the idea of having a similar class for Siemens PLC, but who knows if that will ever even happen.

    Thanks again Duranthas.

    Can I get your email address if you don't mind?

    I might have some questions about that course in the future

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