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Industrial Automation from Scratch

By : Olushola Akande
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Industrial Automation from Scratch

By: Olushola Akande

Overview of this book

Industrial automation has become a popular solution for various industries looking to reduce manual labor inputs and costs by automating processes. This book helps you discover the abilities necessary for excelling in this field. The book starts with the basics of industrial automation before progressing to the application of switches, sensors, actuators, and motors, and a direct on-line (DOL) starter and its components, such as circuit breakers, contactors, and overload relay. Next, you'll explore VFDs, their parameter settings, and how they can be wired and programmed for induction motor control. As you advance, you'll learn the wiring and programming of major industrial automation tools – PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA. You’ll also get to grips with process control and measurements (temperature, pressure, level, and flow), along with analog signal processing with hands-on experience in connecting a 4–20 mA transmitter to a PLC. The concluding chapters will help you grasp various industrial network protocols such as FOUNDATION Fieldbus, Modbus, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, and HART, as well as emerging trends in manufacturing (Industry 4.0) and its empowering technologies (such as IoT, AI, and robotics). By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a practical understanding of industrial automation concepts for machine automation and control.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning the Concepts and Skills Required to Get Started
8
Part 2: Understanding PLC, HMI, and SCADA
14
Part 3: Process Control, Industrial Network, and Smart Factory

Exploring the applications of HMIs

HMIs are used in almost all industries. Some industrial areas of application include the following:

  • Food and beverages: HMIs can be used to easily monitor and control production processes to ensure quality in the food and beverages industry. HMIs allow recipes to be used in production. “Recipes” simply refers to data or values that can be selected by a user depending on the type of product that is to be produced. Recipes summarize production data or machine configurations for a particular product. The data is then transferred from the HMI to the PLC or controller at a given time to switch production to another product type. Recipes are used when multiple products are to be produced. Recipes are not only advantageous in the food industry; they are also of great benefit in other industries that produce multiple products.
  • Oil and gas: HMIs provide a means by which drilling and rig operators can control and monitor their applications...