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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

ISA symbology

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is a non-profit professional association of engineers, technicians, and managers engaged in industrial automation. ISA is one of the leading standard organizations in the process control trade. They developed a set of symbols for use in the design of process control loops and other engineering diagrams. This set of symbols is referred to as ISA symbology and is detailed in one of their publications (ISA5.1, Instrumentation Symbols and Identification), which you can purchase at their website (https://www.isa.org/).

ISA symbology is used when creating Process (or Piping) and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).

A P&ID is a diagram that depicts the details of the piping and instruments used in a processing plant. Figure 12.14 shows a simple P&ID of a process control loop for a basic level of control. It is usually developed from a Process Flow Diagram (PFD) at the design stage of an industrial process plant. The...