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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

Common industrial network protocol – Foundation Fieldbus

This protocol is developed by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Its application areas include petrochemicals, food and beverages, power, and other heavy-process applications. It is used to connect foundation Fieldbus-enabled devices such as sensors/transmitters to a control system with less wiring. It allows several Fieldbus devices to use a single cable.

Two types of foundation Fieldbus implementation are Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Foundation Fieldbus High-Speed Ethernet (HSE):

  • Foundation Fieldbus H1: This version provides speeds of up to 31.25 Kbps. Twisted pair cables and fiber optic cables can be used as network media. It provides digital communication and DC power over the same twisted pair. It is implemented using a bus or star topology. Its network can have up to 32 nodes per segment. It is used for communication between several sensors/transmitters and actuators (field devices) and a PLC...