Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Element

Automation; Industrial automation

Usually something that provides a logical function. 1) Relays and motor starters controlled by outputs (control elements). 2) Switches and sensors connected to inputs (feedback elements). 3) The ...

A mandatory hard-wired relay that can be de-energized by any series-connected emergency stop switch. Whenever the master control relay is de-energized, its contacts open to remove the power source ...

Macro

Automation; Industrial automation

An instruction set made up of several micro instructions.

I/O module

Automation; Industrial automation

1) In a programmable controller system, a module (interchangeable plug-in item within a larger assembly) that interfaces directly through I/O circuits to the sensors and actuators of the ...