Engineering and manufacturing control systems
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10.1 Principles and applications of control system theory.
- Input
- Process (logic gates (AND, OR, NOT), timer, comparator, pulse unit, counter, latch)
- Output
- Signal
- Feedback
- Open and closed loop systems
- Transfer function
- Summing points
- Analogue
- Digital
- Pulse width and amplitude modulation
- How control systems are represented in diagrams
- Applications - electrical
- Applications - pneumatic
- Applications - hydraulic
- Measured parameters (pressure flow, temperature, speed, position)
10.2 How sensors and actuators are used in automation control systems.
- Sensors and actuators – types (analogue, digital, active, passive)
- Applications (switches, proximity sensors, laser, vision systems)
- Power sources
- Uses in automation – Position and volume of objects being processed
- Mechanised lifting and moving of objects
- Measurement applications (electrical, mechanical, thermal, chemical, biological, optical, acoustic, radiation)
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