Industrial automation

Industrial automation

Industry: Automation

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Industrial automation

Layer

Automation; Industrial automation

A group of sub-layers and/or entities in the OSIRM that provides services to the layer above and requests services from the layer below.

Raceway

Automation; Industrial automation

An enclosed channel used to hold and protect wires, cables or busbars. A raceway may be made of either metal or insulating material. Raceways include conduit, tubing, and wireways.

The physical size of a motor, usually consisting of NEMA-designed D and F dimensions at a minimum. The D dimension is the distance in quarter inches from the centre of the motor shaft to the bottom ...

File maintenance

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Adding, deleting, or changing the contents of records in a file. 2) reorganising the structure of a file to improve access to records or to change the storage space required.

Primary processor

Automation; Industrial automation

A processor that controls all the I/O, but has a backup (secondary) processor to take over system operation in case it fails.

Immediate-access reply

Automation; Industrial automation

In a token-passing ring communication system, a station normally waits for the token before sending a reply. However, an immediate reply is sent while the station sending the command is still holding ...