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Industrial Automation from Scratch

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1

Introduction to Industrial Automation

  • Introducing industrial automation
  • Exploring the types of industrial automation
  • Understanding the levels of industrial automation
  • Discovering the advantages and disadvantages of industrial automation
2

Describing manually and mechanically operates switches

  • Introducing switches and sensors
  • Describing manually operated switches
  • Describing mechanically operated switches
3

Understanding proximity sensors

  • Understanding proximity sensors (capacitive, inductive, and photoelectric)
4

Learning about electric actuators

  • Introducing actuators
  • Learning about electric actuators
5

Exploring pneumatic actuators

  • Exploring pneumatic actuators
6

Getting to know about hydraulic actuators

  • Getting to know about hydraulic actuators
7

Understanding AC motors

  • Understanding AC motors
8

Understanding DC, stepper, and servo motors

  • Understanding DC motors
  • Understanding stepper motors and servo motors
9

Introduction to Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)

  • An overview of a VFD
  • Wiring a VFD
  • Understanding a basic VFD parameter setting
10

Introducing a PLC

  • Introducing a PLC
11

Exploring PLC types

  • Exploring PLC types
  • Understanding the PLC scan cycle
12

PLC Wiring

  • PLC wiring (1) – Wiring of switches, lights, and actuators to a PLC
  • PLC wiring (3) – Wiring of photoelectric sensors (retro-reflective)
  • Wiring of the Siemens S7-1200 PLC (CPU 1211C AC/DC/Relay)
13

Video - Introduction to Open PLC

  • Introduction to Open PLC
14

PLC programming languages

  • Understanding software/program in PLCs
  • Introducing PLC programming languages
15

PLC programming devices

  • Introducing PLC programming devices
16

Understanding the basics of LD

  • Understanding the basics of LD
17

Types of process control

  • Introducing process control
18

Process control terms

  • Exploring process control terms
  • ISA symbology
  • Temperature measurement and transmitters
  • Pressure measurement and transmitters
  • Level measurement and transmitters
  • Flow measurement and transmitters
19

Understanding the process control loop

  • Understanding the process control loop
  • A practical example of single-loop process control
20

Exploring Smart Factory

  • Understanding Industry 4.0
  • Exploring the key technologies in Industry 4.0
  • The benefits of Industry 4.0
21

Internet of Things for Smart Factories in Industry 4.0

  • Basic steps for building a smart factory
  • The benefits of a 5G-enabled smart factory
  • Connecting your PLC or machine data to the cloud

1

Learning about electric actuators

  • Controlling a DC Motor Using L9110 H-Bridge Driver in Proteus
2

Getting to know about hydraulic actuators

  • Temperature Sensing System with RTD PT100
3

Understanding the basics of LD

  • Building Basic Ladder Logic Using the OpenPLC Simulator
4

Types of process control

  • Building a Ladder Logic Program using OpenPLC to Blink an LED

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