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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

Questions

The following questions have been provided to test your understanding of this chapter. Ensure you have read and understood the topics in this chapter before attempting these questions:

  1. The _________________ industrial revolution involves mass production through the use of assembly lines consisting of machines that are powered by electricity.
  2. In the _____________ industrial revolution, industrial machines can think, make decisions, and communicate with each other over the internet with little or no human intervention.
  3. The _________________ refers to a network of physical objects or devices that collect data with the help of sensors and communicate with each other via the internet.
  4. With ______________, machines can now learn, think, and act like humans.
  5. ______________ is a method used to train a computer or machine to learn from its inputs without explicit programming it for every situation.
  6. _________________ involves storing data on the internet...