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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

Overview of AC and DC Motors

Electric motors are generally used to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. Mechanical energy can be used to move an electric car, rotate a fan, and so on. An electric motor can be referred to as an actuator that converts electricity into motion. Hence, it is an electric actuator. Electric motors are very common in our homes. You will find them in most appliances, such as ceiling fans, standing fans, washing machines, microwaves, electric blenders, electric can openers, toys, and so on.

In industry, they are widely used for pumps, blowers, mixers, agitators, conveyors, and so on. The use of electric motors in various equipment and machines in homes and industry has proven them to be among the most important electrical inventions of all time. Electric motors may be classified by their source of power, construction method, application, and the types of motion they produce. The following block diagram shows a simple classification of electric...