PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems - Automation Guidebook, Part 4 - a PDH Online Course for Engineers, Surveyors and Architects

PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems - Automation Guidebook, Part 4

Course Outline

This nine-hour online course is only an introduction of many practical concepts utilized in PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems, but even as a level course, therefore, covers the fundamental theory, tailored for beginners, students, engineers, technicians, contractors or anyone who would like to become an automation specialist or manage their manufacturing projects more efficiently.

This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will:

Understand the concepts and parameters used in PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems;
Understand the concepts and parameters used in ladder logic programs;
Understand the concepts and parameters used in human-machine interfaces;
Know the meaning and application of PLC input/output capabilities;
Be able to learn and recognize the importance of PLCs and fieldbus systems, due its huge use in engineering and industrial production;
Know the basic comprehension of the terms generally used by qualified personnel in every stage of automated operations, as PLC and Fieldbus Control Systems;
Be able to learn the concepts used in PLC programming and to increase the recognition of an PLC Engineer or a PLC Programmer as a career field;
Recognize the machine tools characteristics, and all types of control devices used in industrial automation, as a way to connect instruments in a manufacturing plant;
Know the minimum concepts of instrumentation control systems and Fieldbus network structures;
Be able to learn and recognize the importance of digital and analog instruments due its huge use in engineering and industrial production;
Know also the basic comprehension of the terms generally used by qualified personnel in automation and instrumentation operations;
Be aware of PLC types as bricks, racks, modules, cards and several types of PLCs application;
Be aware that instruments perform operations on input/output (I/O) values signals according to a given expression, and provide a resulting from the fieldbus control process;
Recognize the equipment characteristics, mechanical, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic using diagnostics and fieldbus communication interfaces;
Know the minimum concepts and the functions of physical layers to ensure the transfer of information bits from one node to all other nodes connected to a fieldbus;
Understand the meaning of the transmission medium by shielded twisted pair wire or optical fibers; and
Know and understand how to use the communication codes used in PLC, instrumentation and fieldbus control systems.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for everyone, women or men, begginers, students, technicians, engineers, contractors and professionals interested or working with automation, fluid power, electric, hydraulic or pneumatic instrumentation, or managing a manufacturing workshop more effectively.

Benefit to Attendees

Attendee of this course will be able to understand, specify PLC types, PLC programs and fieldbus process control operations in short or large fabrication processes since he (she) is a qualified professional or looking for qualification.

Course Introduction

The student will understand the terms, calculations, concepts and the basic principles used in PLC and fieldbus control systems.

Course Content

To become a good work shop manager, one needs to understand all aspects of PLC and fieldbus control systems, which involve many knowledge areas: supplies, production systems, planning, scope, time, cost, quality, materials, plans, risk and manufacturing processes. The course content is in a PDF file (~2800 Kb):

In this lesson, you are required to download and study the following course content in PDF format:

PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems - Automation Guidebook, Part 4

Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, download or print the document for your study. Because of the large file size, we recommend that you first save the file to your computer by right clicking the mouse and choosing "Save Target As ...", and then open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you still experience any difficulty in downloading or opening this file, you may need to close some applications or reboot your computer to free up some memory.

Course Summary

This course of PLC & Fieldbus Control Systems – Automation Guidebook, Part 4,, defines the selecting PLC instrumentation types and how to choose the best fieldbus control systems procedures. This study can also be used to give the main guidelines to choose the correct application using industrial automation according to class of operations or manufacturing activities.

Related Links

For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites:

LINKS:

http://www.isa.com/fieldbuses;
http://www.profibus.com;
http://www.fieldbus.com.
http://www.modbus.com/
http://pt.hartcomm.com/
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/2732/en/ (CAN Overview)
http://www.interbus.com/get.php?object=497
http://www.emerson.com/en-US/Pages/Default.aspx
http://www.schneider-electric.com/site/home/index.cfm/ww/
http://www.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/
http://www.geindustrial.com/
http://www.plantwebuniversity.com;
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/
http://www.mikroe.com/old/books/plcbook/chapter1/chapter1.htm
http://www.automationnc.com/
http://www.plcprofessor.com/
http://www.plcdev.com/

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm_xlqmPm0c&list=PLE98A38E00B457A81&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8DVa3SBu38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHpVcS_QDBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHpVcS_QDBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvMRxLfm8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvS_BuQlSXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5dMQlvwa4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-qojCgX8iw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95hIMjxwy8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k993tAFRLSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khvhi-O2uOI

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.