PNEUMATICS AND PLCs IN MECHATRONIC APPLICATIONS, LEVEL 1: METHODOLOGY OF SEQUENCE CONTROL

The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students studying in the field of mechatronic, mechanical, electrical, electronic and control engineering. Moreover, it may also be used by technicians, engineers and professionals to improve and update their knowledge in industrial design, manufacturing and controlling technology of electro-pneumatic machines and systems. The books (three books in three levels) offer a deep understanding and an integrated approach in ‘when’ and ‘how’ the right decision has to be taken by a P.L.C. programmer or by a designer engineer. The target of the books is that the reader discovers step-by-step all about the innovative and prototype methodology of P.L.C. program composition for sequential controlling of pneumatic systems and machines. Each project includes a detailed description of machine operation in accordance with the sequence in construction of P.L.C. program algorithm (languages: LAD, FBD). The reader is introduced and initiated to the conception, the composition and the positioning in the right space of all 3D mechanisms (pneumatic cylinders, grippers, pneumatic motors, suction cups, electro-pneumatic valves, conveyor belts, sensors, transducers, switches, pipes, nozzles, electric motors, electro-valves, electric resistances etc.) with the logic sequence operation of each one in order for the new electro-pneumatic machine to be able to produce the desired result. The book is practical, applied and gives a comprehensive and extensive knowledge in electro-pneumatic machines and systems construction and controlling. Additionally the book provides solutions for the exceptions which are present in the many different and interesting kind of machines. Readers of this book will be equipped with all the necessary knowledge to plan and implement a well-designed, electro-pneumatic machine or system. Read more