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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

Preface

This book is designed to provide what you need to know as an industrial automation engineer, from basic to advanced – beneficial for both beginners and professionals in the field of industrial automation. It is an indispensable book for industrial automation engineers or anyone that wants to start or build a career in industrial automation. This book is a valuable resource for both undergraduates and graduates in the engineering, physics, and computer departments of tertiary institutions as well as staff in electrical, mechanical, production, process control, and instrumentation engineering departments in the manufacturing, food processing, chemical, oil and gas, and other industries where automated machines are used. You will learn about and be able to use sensors, actuators, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) for industrial automation. The book is loaded with hands-on step-by-step guides on PLC wiring and programming, HMI design and development, SCADA system setup, and process control.

The book is organized into three parts. Each part contains several chapters on important topics.

Part 1 is devoted to the concepts and skills required to get started in industrial automation. This is an introductory part where you will learn what industrial automation is all about and how to identify electrical control components and wire them for basic industrial control operations. You will also learn how to draw a schematic/wiring diagram using CAD software.

Part 2 will take you through the major tools in industrial automation (PLC, HMI, and SCADA). You will learn by doing by following the step-by-step guide provided. Simulation is also possible in some of the steps, which makes it easy for those without the actual device to have an understanding of how it works. What seems complex is made simple using a hands-on approach.

Part 3 is devoted to process control, industrial networks, and smart factories, which you will gain fundamental knowledge about.