Introduction to Industrial

Automation & PLC

 Automation
• In Greek word:
– “Auto”(self) and “Matos” (moving)

• Automation = “move by itself”.

 Automation
• Definition
Automation is a set of technologies that results
in operation of machines and systems

without significant human intervention and

achieves performance superior to manual
operation
 Automation Vs Control
Automation Control system
• computing set points • to ensure that outputs
for control systems follow the set points
• monitoring system
performance
• plant startup or
shutdown
• job and equipment
scheduling
 Industrial Automation
Fixed Automation Programmable Automation
• High volume production • Batch process where
with dedicated job variety is low and
equipment, which has a product volume is
fixed set of operation medium to high

Flexible Automation
• automatically loads/unloads
required tools
• and carries out their
processing
Fixed Automation
Programmable Automation
Flexible Automation
Programmable Logic Controller
 What is a PLC ?
• Also Known as
– Automated Relay Box
– Industrial Computer
History of PLC
 History of PLC
• First PLC, designated the 084 because it was
Bedford Associates' eighty-fourth project
(Programmable Electronic Calculator)

• Dick Morley – 1968 MOdular DIgital CONtroller

(Modicon)

• Dr. Odo J. Struger (Allen-Bradley) coined the

term “Programmable Logic Controller”
Evolution of PLC
PLC

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 PLC ARCHITECTURE

POWER
SUPPLY

I M O M
N O
P D U O
U U PROCESSOR T D
T L P U
From E U L
To
SENSORS T E
OUTPUT
Pushbuttons, Solenoids,
contacts, contactors, alarms
limit switches, etc.
etc.
PROGRAMMING
DEVICE

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 Power Supply
• 24 Volt DC
• 120 V / 240 V AC