Programmable Controllers: Engineer's Guide, An 3rd Ed.

Description: Andrew Parr's "Programmable Controllers" provides a thoroughly practical introduction to the use of PLCs in industry, covering programming techniques alongside systems-level design issues. In the third edition a masterclass series of real-world case studies have been added to illustrate typical engineering challenges - and model solutions. New material also includes the new IEC-61508 functional safety standard, use of Windows-based software on programming terminals, an expanded section on Scada, and extended coverage of networks and fieldbus. Andrew Parr works at ASW Sheerness Steel where the plant control is based on approximately sixty programmable controllers. This is a practical guide to PLC applications for engineers and technicians. Systems-level design and control is covered alongside programming techniques in this book and the coverage is matched to introductory college programs.

Review: 'An excellent addition to the range of books on PLCs. If you want to be bang up to date with the latest practical guide on PLCs, this is the book to buy - and very good value too!' Control and Instrumentation 'Anyone about to use PLCs for the first time will find this guide a very good introduction to the subject...it is also a useful general source of information for anyone working with industrial control systems and instrumentation.' Electrical Review

Contents: Preface; Computers and industrial control; Programming techniques; Programming style; Analog signals, closed loop control and intelligent modules; Distributed systems; The man machine interface; Industrial control with conventional computers; Practical aspects; Smaple ladder logic; Appendix; Index.