Understanding Motor Controls - Hardcover

Herman, Stephen

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9781111135416: Understanding Motor Controls

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111113541X ISBN 13: 9781111135416

Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 2012

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Install, troubleshoot, and test electrical motors like the pros! UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, 2ND Edition uses a real-world systems approach to learning motor control devices. Starting with basic control circuits and components, thisbook covers all must-know applications and procedures to ensure your success in the more complex topics. From safety and development to operations and problem solving, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, 2ND Edition prepares you for a career as an industrial electrician with a solid foundation in basic control circuits, sensing devices, solid-state controls, variable speed drives, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and more.

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Preface. Safety. Section I: BASIC CONTROL CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS. 1. General Principles of Motor Control. 2. Symbols and Schematic Diagrams. 3. Manual Starters. 4. Overload Relays. 5. Relays, Contactors, and Motor Starters. 6. The Control Transformer. Section II: BASIC CONTROL CIRCUITS. 7. Start-Stop Pushbutton Control. 8. Multiple Pushbutton Stations. 9. Forward-Reverse Control. 10. Jogging and Inching. 11. Timing Relays. 12. Sequence Control. Section III: SENSING DEVICES. 13. Pressure Switches and Sensors. 14. Float Switches and Liquid Level Sensors. 15. Flow Switches. 16. Limit Switches. 17. Temperature Sensing Devices. 18. Hall Effect Sensors. 19. Proximity Detectors. 20. Photodetectors. 21. Reading Large Schematic Diagrams. 22. Installing Control Systems. Section IV: STARTING AND BRAKING METHODS. 23. Across-the-Line Starting. 24. Resistor and Reactor Starting for AC Motors. 25. Autotransformer Starting. 26. Wye-Delta Starting. 27. Part Winding Starting. 28. Direct Current Motors. 29. Single-Phase Motors. 30. Braking. Section V: WOUND ROTOR, SYNCHRONOUS, AND CONSEQUENT POLE MOTORS. 31. Wound Rotor Motors. 32. Synchronous Motors. 33. Consequent Pole Motors. Section VI: VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES. 34. Variable Voltage and Magnetic Clutches. 35. Solid State DC Motor Controls. 36. Variable Frequency Control. Section VII: MOTOR INSTALLATION. 37. Motor Installation. Section VIII: PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS. 38. Programmable Logic Controllers. 39. Programming a PLC. 40. Analog Sensing for Programmable Logic Controllers. Section IX: DEVELOPING CONTROL CIRCUITS AND TROUBLESHOOTING. 41. Developing Control Circuits. 42. Troubleshooting. Section X: LABORATORY EXERCISES. Appendix. Glossary.

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As a retired electrician and proficient instructor with more than 30 years of practical experience, Stephen L. Herman is known for his reader-friendly approach. A seasoned author, Mr. Herman has written leading books on electricity and mathematics that are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades Mr. Herman served as lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina, for nine years and helped pioneer an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS.

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