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Industrial Automation Basics and Electrical Diagrams

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About This Course

This Industrial Automation Basics course is designed for individuals looking to understand the fundamentals of designing and implementing automation systems. It covers key topics such as reading electrical diagrams, configuring PLC power supplies, design standards, and working with control cabinet devices. Participants will also learn to integrate automation components like inverters, servo drives, and machine safety systems, enabling practical application of the acquired knowledge. The course provides a solid foundation for further development in the field of industrial automation.

Learning Objectives

Learn how to read electrical diagrams for industrial automation systems.

Understand the fundamentals of industrial automation and its key components through an introductory overview.

Learn how to join and utilize a professional support community, such as the Discord group for automation professionals and PLC programmers.

Receive and use the Automation Design Guide, a comprehensive resource to assist in project planning and execution.

Understand the design principles and assumptions for industrial machines, such as a pallet wrapper system.

Familiarize yourself with the standards (IEC 60204-1) and directives for machine design, ensuring compliance with industrial regulations.

Explore the functionality and operation of electric motors, including their role in automation systems.

Learn about machine supply systems, understanding how to design and configure effective power delivery solutions.

Discover the selection criteria for enclosures and measurements in LV switchboards, in compliance with IEC 61439 standards.

Understand the components and devices in a control cabinet, from relays to circuit breakers.

Learn the principles of power supply design for PLCs and control circuits, ensuring stability and efficiency.

Gain knowledge about overcurrent protection for 24VDC circuits, safeguarding systems from electrical faults.

Understand how to integrate PLC controllers into electrical diagrams, bridging the gap between hardware and software.

Explore digital and analog I/O systems, including inputs, outputs, and their connection to automation devices, as well as connecting inverters and servo drives for motion control.

Requirements

No special requirements. You will start with the basics of automation systems design, reading electrical diagrams and more!

Target Audience

PLC Programmers
Automation Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Industrial Engineers
Maintenance Technicians
Control System Technicians
Instrumentation Technicians
This course welcomes beginners, making it an ideal starting point for aspiring PLC programmers to build confidence and skills in automation.

Curriculum

72 Lessons8h

Introduction

How to Use the Course?00:4:51

How to get help? Join the Discord group for Automation Professionals and PLC Programmers!

Receive a PDF with the Automation Design Guide

Projects assumptions of a pallet wrapper machine

How To Read Electrical Wiring Diagram?

Standards and directives for machine design

Electric motors

Machine supply system

Selection of enclosure and measurements in LV switchboards in accordance with PN-EN 61439

Devices in the control cabinet

Power supply for control circuits

Description of overcurrent protection for 24VDC circuits

PLC controller in the electrical diagram

PLC digital inputs

PLC digital outputs

Configure PLC System for your project – TIA Selection Tool (homework)

Analog I/O

Connecting the inverter and servo drive

Machine safety system – in cooperation with Wieland Electric

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Industrial Automation Basics and Electrical Diagrams

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Requirements

Target Audience

Curriculum

Introduction

How to Use the Course?00:4:51

How to get help? Join the Discord group for Automation Professionals and PLC Programmers!

How to get help? Join the Discord group for Automation Professionals and PLC Programmers!00:2:00

Receive a PDF with the Automation Design Guide

Download electrical schematic in PDF file00:00:43

Receive a PDF with the Automation Design Guide00:00:55

Challenge: identify component symbol on the electrical schematic00:1:19

Challenge: identify the device in the cabinet00:1:18

Projects assumptions of a pallet wrapper machine

Projects assumptions of a pallet wrapper machine00:4:54Preview

How to read machine layout?00:4:23

How To Read Electrical Wiring Diagram?

Power Supply On Electrical Schematic00:3:38

Non-Energiezed State Of Symbols00:3:37

Wire Tags And Device Labels00:1:13

Pages And Columns – How To Navigate Through a Diagram00:2:46

24 V DC Power Supply00:2:23Preview

Challenge: Identify Symbol On The Part List00:2:15

Standards and directives for machine design

Standards and directives for machine design00:6:33Preview

Electric motors

Induction 3-phase motors – basic information00:10:06

Induction 3-phase motors – current, speed, torque characteristics00:8:04

Start-up methods – DOL, star/delta, soft-start, VFD00:4:04

DOL (Direct-On-Line) startup characteristics00:5:45

Contactors – selection criteria00:5:39

Challenge: Selecting a Contactor for a 4 kW Blower00:4:03

Motor circuit breakers – characteristics and coordination types00:5:27

Challenge: Select a motor circuit breaker for the project00:3:51

How to read nameplate for 3-phase induction motors – voltage and star/delta connection00:6:38Preview

How to read nameplate for 3-phase motor – duty cycles (S1 – S10)00:6:15

How to read nameplate for 3-phase motor – insulation classes (A-H) and temperature sensors00:5:27

Motor nameplate – quiz

Machine supply system

Disconnecting device00:1:37

Supply connection and areas of responsibility00:3:41

Construction of isolating switch00:4:05

Selection of enclosure and measurements in LV switchboards in accordance with PN-EN 61439

Selection of enclosures for control cabinet – catalog review00:10:56

Measurements in LV control cabinets according to PN-EN 6143900:7:56

Challenge: Enclosure selection00:2:15

Cooling/heating systems in the control cabinet00:3:34Preview

Climate control devices – theory00:3:53

Climat control – calculations00:2:53

Climate control – configurator00:3:30

Challenge: select a fan and air conditioning00:2:49

Solution – climate control challenge00:3:10

Devices in the control cabinet

Power sockets + residual current circuit breakers00:2:54

Documentation of socket and circuit breakers00:3:46

Connection of socket and circuits breakers in control cabinet00:1:30

MCB characteristics B, C, D00:4:45

Residual current device selection00:3:10

Power supply for control circuits

Power supply for control circuits according to IEC 60204-100:6:58

24V DC power supply – schematics and 3D model analysis00:6:56

PLC power supply according to Siemens documentation00:9:33Preview

24 VDC Switch-mode power supply for control circuits – schematics and documentation analysis00:18:02

Description of overcurrent protection for 24VDC circuits

Fuses – characteristics00:13:27

Circuit breakers for DC circuits00:4:17

Electronic protection – characteristics00:7:02

PLC controller in the electrical diagram

Connecting power to the PLC00:11:14

Presentation of PLC I/O channels in the diagram00:4:00

PLC digital inputs

Construction of digital input circuits00:9:10

Buttons in the diagram and connection in the 3D model (Part 1/2)00:8:39

Buttons in the diagram and connection in the 3D model (Part 2/2)00:7:45

Connection of Digital Input Modules: Sensors in the Diagram and 3D Model (Part 1/2)00:8:40

Connection of Digital Input Modules: Sensors in the Diagram and 3D Model (Part 2/2)00:7:40

Connection of Sensor and Sensor Multilevel Terminal Blocks00:14:54

PLC digital outputs