Industrial control electronics: devices, systems, and applications

This new edition continues to provide state-of-the-art coverage of the entire spectrum of industrial control, from servomechanisms to instrumentation. Material on the components, circuits, instruments, and control techniques used in today's industrial automated systems has been fully updated to include new information on thyristors and sensor interfacing and updated information on AC variable speed drives. Following an overview of an industrial control loop, readers may delve into individual sections that explore each element of the loop in detail. This logical format offers the flexibility needed to use the book effectively in a variety of courses, from electric motors to servomechanisms, programmable controllers, and more!

Includes index.

Previous edition: 2002.

Section 1. Industrial control overview -- 1. Introduction to industrial control systems -- 2. Interfacing devices -- 3. Thyristors -- Section 2. The Controller -- 4. The controller operation -- Section 3. Electric motors -- 5. DC motors -- 6. AC motors -- 7. Servo motors -- Section 4. Variable speed drives -- 8. DC drives -- 9. AC drives -- Section 5. Process control and instrumentation -- 10. Pressure system -- 11. Temperature control -- 12. Flow control -- 13. Level control systems -- 14. Analytical instrumentation -- 15. Industrial process techniques and instrumentation -- 16. Process control methods -- Section 6. Detection sensors -- 17. Industrial detection sensors and interfacing -- Section 7. Programmable controllers -- 18. Introduction to programmable controllers -- 19. Fundamental PLC programming -- 20. Advanced programming, PLC interfacing and troubleshooting -- Section 8. Motion control -- 21. Motion control feedback devices -- 22. Elements of motion control -- 23. Fundamentals of servomechanism -- 24. Functional industrial systems.