TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESS

TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESS There is a vast number of different manufacturing processes being carried out in industry today All processes can be grouped into three main categories in relation to the type of operations that take place within the process: 1. continuous production; 2. batch production; 3. discrete item production, Every process has individual […]
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DIGITAL (BINARY) AND ANALOG SYSTEMS

DIGITAL (BINARY) AND ANALOG SYSTEMS In the real world, most naturally varying quantities such as temperature, speed, position etc., change gradually and continuously across an infinite range of values; they are analog quantities. Fig. 1.2(a) shows an analog waveform with varying amplitude and frequency. Many sensors generate analog signals that vary either in frequency or […]
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AUTOMATION AND CONTROL

Introduction to Control Systems This chapter provides an introduction 10 control methods, strategies and systems. It examines the important developments and features of relay, electronic and com­puter control, introducing concepts and terminology to be used in the subsequent chapters on programmable controllers. AUTOMATION AND CONTROL In virtually all forms of industry, the route towards increased […]
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