Mechatronic practitioners are engaged in the assembly and maintenance of complex machines, plant and systems in the mechanical engineering sector or in organisations, which purchase and operate such mechatronic systems.
Mechatronics often described as the synergy of mechanical and electronic technologies is increasingly being singled out as a core focus by both the education and business sectors. Recent examples can be found at Pretoria Technikon and Port Elizabeth Technikon. Festo Didactic is actively aiding these Technikons in this technology drive. "Despite some initial reservations, the vocational training and business sectors now recognise the benefits of mechatronic learning modules," reports Tom Webster, head of Festo Didactic. Multimedia and e-learning based training is used extensively in the training modules.
Festo Didactic provides material for almost every area of mechatronics learning, from machining and CNC technology to electrical engineering/electronics, handling technology, robotics, pneumatics, hydraulics and fieldbus technology. One of the company's first mechatronics successes in South Africa was the implementation of six modules of the company's Modular Production Systems by Daimler Chrysler South Africa in East London. MPS can be used to simulate real-life industrial production equipment of varying complexity and is accompanied by software and textbooks covering the various aspects of mechatronics. The picture shows an example of Festo's Modular Production Systems, which can be used to simulate real-life industrial production equipment of varying complexity.
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