PLC Final Project Spring 2026

⚙️ Student Innovation in Action ⚙️ In this video, my students showcase their final project using the Festo Mechatronic System. This project brings together PLC programming, sensors, pneumatics, motor controls, troubleshooting, and automated manufacturing concepts into one fully integrated system. Throughout the semester, students worked through real world industrial automation challenges while learning how modern manufacturing systems communicate and operate together. Their final project required them to design, program, wire, test, troubleshoot, and optimize a complete automated process. Skills demonstrated in this project include: 🔹 PLC Programming 🔹 Industrial Sensors 🔹 Pneumatics 🔹 Automated Material Handling 🔹 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 🔹 Human Machine Interface (HMI) Concepts 🔹 Industrial Networking 🔹 Electrical Control Systems This is the type of hands on experience that prepares students for careers in: ✔️ Industrial Automation ✔️ Controls Engineering ✔️ Mechatronics ✔️ Robotics ✔️ Maintenance Technology ✔️ Advanced Manufacturing I am incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication these students put into this project. Watching students take classroom theory and apply it to real automation systems is always one of the best parts of teaching. Equipment Featured: Festo Mechatronic Training System Allen Bradley PLCs Industrial Automation Components 📍 Electrical Engineering Technology Program at Kankakee Community College #Automation #PLC #Mechatronics #Festo #IndustrialAutomation #EngineeringTechnology #STEM #ControlsEngineering #Robotics #AdvancedManufacturing #KletteTech #plcprogramming @KletteTech