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Published inJun 2023
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ISBN-139781800569386
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Olushola Akande
Olushola Akande
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Chapter 1

  1. Industrial Automation
  2. Flexible
  3. Control
  4. Industrial Automation
  5. A production line or assembly line
  6. Fixed automation systems, programmable automation systems, and flexible automation systems
  7. Batch production
  8. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
  9. Field
  10. Actuators
  11. Sensors
  12. Computer Numerical Control
  13. Programmable Logic Controller
  14. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
  15. Human Machine Interface

Chapter 2

  1. Switches and sensors
  2. Sensors
  3. Sensors
  4. Manually operated switches
  5. Mechanically operated
  6. Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT)
  7. A level switch
  8. Inductive proximity sensor
  9. Temperature switch
  10. Limit switch
  11. Double Pole Double Throw (DPDT) switch
  12. Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) float switch

Chapter 3

  1. Electric actuator
  2. Stepper motor
  3. Pneumatic actuator
  4. Stator and rotor
  5. Hydraulic actuator
  6. Double Pole Double Throw (DPDT) relay
  7. Single-acting cylinder with spring return
  8. Contactor

Chapter 4

  1. AC motor and DC motor
  2. Synchronous AC motor
  3. Electromagnetic induction
  4. Slip
  5. Series wound
  6. Stepper motor
  7. Servo
  8. Direct On Line (DOL)
  9. Star
  10. Delta

Chapter 5

  1. The frequency of the voltage source and the number of poles
  2. A variable frequency drive, an adjustable speed drive, or an inverter
  3. A converter or rectifier, a DC filter, and an inverter
  4. A DC filter
  5. Harmonics
  6. The RPM
  7. A VFD parameter

Chapter 6

  1. Computer aided design
  2. Ladder diagram
  3. Pictorial diagram
  4. Survey window
  5. Program bar

Chapter 7

  1. PLC
  2. Programmable Logic Controller
  3. Power supply module, CPU module, Input module, Output module
  4. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
  5. Input module
  6. Output module
  7. Scan cycle
  8. Scan time
  9. Sinking and sourcing

Chapter 8

  1. Software or program
  2. A PLC user program
  3. Ladder Diagram (LD), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Sequential Function Chart (SFC), Instruction List (IL), Structured Text (ST)
  4. Ladder Diagram (LD)
  5. International Electrotechnical Commission
  6. Function Block Diagram (FBD)
  7. Instruction List (IL)
  8. Handheld devices and Personal Computers (PCs)
  9. Rungs

Chapter 9

  1. Latching
  2. Timer
  3. Counter
  4. Compare

Chapter 10

  1. Hardware, software
  2. Man-machine interface
  3. Operator interface terminal
  4. User interface

Chapter 11

  1. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  2. Remote Terminal Unit or Remote Telemetry Unit
  3. Field devices
  4. Master station
  5. SCADA software

Chapter 12

  1. Open-loop
  2. Closed-loop
  3. Feedforward
  4. Transmitter
  5. Setpoint
  6. Error
  7. Control element or final control element
  8. International Society of Automation
  9. Turbine flow meter
  10. Normalize
  11. Scale
  12. Proportional-Integral-Derivative
  13. Piping and Instrumentation Diagram or Process and Instrumentation Diagram

Chapter 13

  1. Industrial network
  2. Node
  3. Network topology
  4. Logical topology
  5. Star
  6. Network media
  7. Wireless
  8. Network connectors
  9. Registered Jack 45
  10. Managed switch
  11. Network protocol
  12. Process Fieldbus
  13. Highway Addressable Remote Transducer

Chapter 14

  1. second
  2. fourth
  3. Internet of Things
  4. Artificial intelligence
  5. Machine learning
  6. Cloud computing
  7. Cyber security
  8. Augmented reality
  9. Virtual reality
  10. Industrial Internet of Things
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
Read more about Olushola Akande