Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Motor control centre (MCC)

Automation; Industrial automation

A floor-mounted assembly of one or more enclosed vertical sections having a horizontal common power bus and principally containing combination motor control units. These units are mounted one above ...

Fault zone

Automation; Industrial automation

An area in the programme that alters the operation if a rack fault occurs. Each fault zone is delimited by fence codes.

Signalling speed

Automation; Industrial automation

The number of discrete conditions or signal events per second (in baud).

Negative acknowledgment (NAK)

Automation; Industrial automation

An ASCII control character transmitted by a receiver as a negative response to the sender.

Node throughput

Automation; Industrial automation

The number of messages of a given size and/or type passing through the station per unit of time.

Interlock

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A switch or other device that prevents activation of a piece of equipment when a protective door is open or some other hazardous condition exists. 2) Software that inhibits execution of other ...