Industrial Controls

Looking to fast track your career in automated manufacturing? Take evening classes and earn a certificate in Industrial Controls.

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Dunwoody College is Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission

1 Year

Graduates earn an industry-recognized certificate

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Dunwoody Industrial Controls

Gain the hands-on experience and entry-level skills needed to get a job in the electronics industry with a certificate in Industrial Controls.

Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn the basics of wiring and programming the latest programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human machine interfaces (HMIs), and motor controls.

Dunwoody’s program curriculum is aligned with standards set forth by:

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)
Institute of Packing Professionals (IoPP)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

This means that you graduate with the skills and credentials you need to get a good job in a wide variety of manufacturing-related industries.

Credits earned in the Industrial Controls certificate directly transfer into Dunwoody’s Industrial Controls & Robotics, Automated Systems & Robotics, or Electronics Technology associate’s degree programs.

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                    Class topics include:
                    Basic Electricity & Electronics Theory
Industrial Controls & PLCs Theory
Algebra
Trigonometry

                

Degree Requirements

To view program requirements, including required courses, electives, course descriptions, and credit hours, visit:

College Catalog: Industrial Controls

Student Organizations

Opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom include:

Robotic Snow Plow Team
SkillsUSA

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Facilities

Programmable Controls Lab

Learn to debug and program programmable logic controllers for use in a variety of control systems.

11 Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLCs
11 Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLCs
11 Siemens S7-1200 PLCs
11 ABB VFDs
11 Maple Systems HMIs

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Industrial Robotics Lab

Learn to wire and program industrial robots.

9 FANUC LR Mate Industrial Robots
10 Epson T3 SCARA Robots
8 UR3E Collaborative Robots
1 FANUC M1-iA Delta Robot

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Packaging Lab

Assemble, configure, and program an array of packaging machinery to move a product from its initial state to packaged, wrapped, boxed, and palletized.

1 Fanuc Robot and RoboDrill Cell
1 Scandia Diamond Wrapper
1 MGS Cartoner
1 Checkmate Checkweigher
1 DoBoy Shrink Tunnel
1 Label-Aire Labeler

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Gene Haas Manufacturing Innovation Lab

Learn to program CNC milling and turning operations and develop the tooling used in modern manufacturing processes like injection molding and metal stamping.

10 Haas CNC Mini Mills
2 Haas VF2 Mills
Haas ST-10 Lathe
Sodick Wire EDM
Charmilles Sinker EDM
Cincinatti Injection Mold Press

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Engineering, Materials, Mechanics & Metrology Lab

Open to all manufacturing and engineering students (and those with training on the equipment), this lab brings together equipment for additive manufacturing, material testing, measurement, and CNC simulation.

Two Stratasys Fortus 250 3D Printers
One Stratasys F370 3D Printer
One Fortus 400 3D Printer
Two MakerBot 3D Printers
Two Zeiss Duramax Coordinate Measurement Machines
Two MTS Criterion Tensile/Shear/Compression Testers
7 Haas CNC Controller Simulators
One Zeiss Stemi 305 Microscope

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