Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Proportional, integral, derivative control (PID)

Automation; Industrial automation

An intelligent I/O module or programme instruction providing automatic closed-loop operation of process control loops. For each loop, this module or instruction can perform proportional control and ...

Proportional band

Automation; Industrial automation

The range of values of the controlled variable (such as temperature or shaft rotation) that corresponds to full operating range of the final control element (such as a valve or servo motor).

Intelligent I/O module

Automation; Industrial automation

1) An I/O module that provides some on-board processing of input values to control some output values without going through the data table for control by the ladder logic. An intelligent I/O module ...

Differential a

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Pertaining to a method of signal transmission through two wires. The transmission always has opposite states. The signal data is the polarity difference between the wires; when one is high, the ...

Accumulator register

Automation; Industrial automation

A register that accumulates the axis feed increments to indicate the current commanded position for the axis to follow.

Custom drawings

Automation; Industrial automation

Manufacturer’s drawing made to meet user custom requirements (as defined in NEMA Standard Pub. No. ICS 2, 1988).

Delta connexion

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A 3-phase connexion where windings are connected in series with the power applied to or taken from the junctions. 2) Contrasted with Y or star connexion