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Industrial Automation from Scratch

By : Olushola Akande
Book Image

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 are questions to test your understanding of this chapter. Ensure you have read and understood the topics in this chapter before attempting the questions:

  1. __________________ is an industrial computer that consists of both hardware and software used for automating industrial processes.
  2. PLC is an acronym for _______________________________.
  3. The basic modules that make up a PLC are: ________________, _________________, ________________, and __________________.
  4. __________________ can be regarded as the brain of the PLC system.
  5. The module or part that connects all the input devices (switches and sensors) to the PLC is called _____________.
  6. The module or part that connects the PLC to the output devices or actuators is called ______________.
  7. _______________ is the cycle in which the PLC reads the inputs, runs the PLC programs, performs diagnostic and communication tasks, and updates the output.
  8. The time taken by the PLC to complete...