Practical training is the most efficient way to promote the development of students. Therefore, NOVUS has developed a tailor-made academic work bench. A complete, modular and fully flexible solution. The benefits are: ? Training and development of students through practical experience; ? Similar technologies and equipment as used in industry; ? Consolidation with the theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom.

Technical education institutions which provide services to the industry through testing and research laboratories, can use some of the monitoring solutions offered by NOVUS. These laboratories are usually equipped with standards and equipment for sample analysis and should have a strictly controlled environment. Some of the solutions offered are: ? Onsite monitoring with fully wireless devices; ? Integration with supervisory systems, dataloggers and database; ? Monitoring locally and over the Internet using the NOVUS M2M service; ? Ethernet integration for sending e-mail and SMS.

Programmable kits assist in the students development and learning, fostering logic and reasoning skills which are required to train professionals in the programming area. The kit consists of a programmable logic controller with networking capabilities, configurable inputs and outputs and human-machine interface for operation. With the help of this kit the student can:
• Configure the inputs, outputs and controller network interfaces;
• Configure the supervisory HMI screens
• Create logic and routine for commands and external drives;
• Develop and test their own projects.

The workbench simulator lets you repozuice the actual conditions of a process in an academic setting. It can observe the behavior of the control loop through the controlled parameters, assisting in the learning and development of students. It is an excellent tool for technical colleges with professional courses in the control area because it integrates, at a lesser scale, equipment used in the industry into a fully controllable workbench. It allows:
• Control of process variables: temperature, level and flow;
• Programs and configuration of inverters and process controllers;
• Integration with supervisory systems and data loggers.

The teaching kit has the ability to simulate the technologies employed in the field of industrial instrumentation, enabling the monitoring, controlling and recording of important parameters such as pressure, temperature, level and flow. The kit consists of sensors, transmitters, supplies, a programmable controller and data logger. With the kit, students can develop the following tasks:
• Carry out the wiring of sensors and transmitters;
• Configure the serial communication of equipment;
• Program the configuration interfaces of the devices;
• Set up a programmable logic controller.