Automating Manufacturing Control Systems; with PLCs

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are the predominant tool for controlling industrial and specialty systems. These computer based controllers provide a variety of programming options and easily configurable inputs and outputs. This book was written to support an engineering course that focuses on the design of these systems. For the purposes of depth the book focuses on a very popular PLC brand, Allen-Bradley, but the concepts are portable to other programming platforms.

Book Features

Detailed chapters addressing a variety of Allen Bradley hardware

Numerous problems including online solutions to support learning

Summaries of chapter contents

Asides and notes for noteworthy information

The book is licenced under the GFDL and is free to distribute

A focus on design methods leads the reader to design robust systems

Hundreds of figures and examples

Content

1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS
3. PLC HARDWARE
4. LOGICAL SENSORS
5. LOGICAL ACTUATORS
6. BOOLEAN LOGIC DESIGN
7. KARNAUGH MAPS
8. PLC OPERATION
9. LATCHES, TIMERS, COUNTERS AND MORE
10. STRUCTURED LOGIC DESIGN
11. FLOWCHART BASED DESIGN
12. STATE BASED DESIGN
13. NUMBERS AND DATA
14. PLC MEMORY
15. LADDER LOGIC FUNCTIONS
16. ADVANCED LADDER LOGIC FUNCTIONS
17. OPEN CONTROLLERS
18. INSTRUCTION LIST PROGRAMMING
19. STRUCTURED TEXT PROGRAMMING
20. SEQUENTIAL FUNCTION CHARTS
21. FUNCTION BLOCK PROGRAMMING
22. ANALOG INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
23. CONTINUOUS SENSORS
24. CONTINUOUS ACTUATORS
25. CONTINUOUS CONTROL
26. FUZZY LOGIC
27. SERIAL COMMUNICATION
28. NETWORKING
29. HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES (HMI)
30. ELECTRICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
31. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
32. SELECTING A PLC
33. Appendix A. COMBINED GLOSSARY OF TERMS
34. Appendix B. PLC REFERENCES
35. Appendix C. GNU Free Documentation License

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