Festo MecLab - Lesson Design Structure

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Getting Started with Festo MecLab
Lesson Planning
Lesson Design
MecLab® should be used to teach programming as well as mechanical makeup, setup and
conversion of automated systems.
Lessons can be divided into three phases:
1. Preparation
2. Project
3. Follow-up and Assessment.
Preparation
Normally, students do not have access to industrial production and therefore no relationship
with the topic. If at all possible it is advised that the students are taken on a field trip to see an
automated production facility before starting to work with MecLab®.
The emphasis of the visit should be to recognize that an automated assembly system always
includes functions for:
1. Conveying
2. Handling
3. Storing and feeding work pieces
Preparation
Normally, students do not have access to industrial production and therefore no relationship
with the topic. If at all possible it is advised that the students are taken on a field trip to see an
automated production facility before starting to work with MecLab®.
The emphasis of the visit should be to recognize that an automated assembly system always
includes functions for:
1. Conveying
2. Handling
Storing and feeding work pieces
These, of course, are the basic functions of the MecLab®.