Industrial Sensors and Control


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Industrial Sensors and Control
Industrial Sensors and Control
<emphasis role="bold">Introduction</emphasis> Current manufacturing strategy defines manufacturing systems in terms of sensors, actuators, effectors, controllers, and control loops. Sensors provide a means for gathering information on manufacturing operations and processes being performed. In many instances, sensors are used to transform a physical stimulus into an electrical signal that may be analyzed by the manufacturing system and used for making decisions about the operations being conducted. Actuators convert an electrical signal into a mechanical motion. An actuator acts on the product an…
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Sabrie Soloman: Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing, Second Edition. Industrial Sensors and Control, Chapter (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010 1994), AccessEngineering Export