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Industrial Motor Controls Parts 1 and 2

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Drinking Water and Wastewater

Penn Foster - Workforce Development (formerly Thomson Education Direct)

Marianne Wowk

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Industrial Motor Controls, Part 1: This unit expands on the fundamentals of motor control by showing you how computers bring intelligence to control systems in the form of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). As you study programmable controllers you will see many similarities between them and personal computers as both are based on semiconductor microprocessors and memory circuits. PLCs can be defined as industrial computers that take input signals from field devices like switches, transducers, and encoders, make decisions based on control programs, and control output devices like motor starters, pilot lights, and valves. PLCs are rapidly becoming more sophisticated. This study unit introduces you to the basic concepts common to all programmable control systems. Industrial Motor Controls, Part 2: In this study unit we will show how a programmable logic control can be used to control a pick and place robot, a chemical mixing process, and a machine that feeds material into a corrugator machine that make boxboard. Although ladder logic development will be covered for each machine type, troubleshooting will be the main concern. Each application will have two troubleshooting examples. These examples will show how to efficiently troubleshoot PLC controlled equipment. The troubleshooting procedures will be based on both LED indicator and programming console type procedures. This unit will also cover PLC based motor speed control and PLC system troubleshooting.

Basic thru Intermediate

* Industrial Motor Controls, Part 1: * History of programmable controls * Number systems * The central processing unit * The input/output system * Special function I/O * Relay ladder logic * Industrial Motor Controls, Part 2: * PLC Fundamentals * Application 1: The pick and Place Robot * Application 2: The Mixing Vat * Application 3: The paper roll stand * PLCs in Motor Speed Control * PLC system troubleshooting and repair

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