Industrial Controls and Manufacturing (Engineering) [Hardcover]

Edward W. Kamen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0123948509 | ISBN-13: 978-0123948502 | Publication Date: June 22, 1999 | Edition: 1

This book is intended for individuals who wish to take advantage of the growing opportunities that exist in the controls field with applications to manufacturing. The book contains an introductory treatment of the essential topics including process control, disrete logic control, ladder logic diagrams, manufacturing systems, and production control. The required background for reading the text is prior exposure to the concepts of signals and systems. This book is written at a level appropriate for junior or senior level engineering students in industrial, mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering. The text can also be used as a technical reference for professional engineers who wish to obtain some exposure to the fundamentals of industrial controls and manufacturing. Features of the book are:

* Covers both analog and digital control using P/PI/PID controllers and discrete logic control using ladder logic diagrams and programmable logic controllers
* Contains a brief introduction to model predictive control, adaptive control, and neural net control
* Covers control from the device/process level up to and including the production system level
*Contains an introduction to manufacturing systems with the emphasis on performance measures, flow-line analysis, and line balancing
* Contains a chapter on equipment interfacing with a brief introduction on OLE for process control (OPC), the GEM standard, fieldbuses, and Ethernet
* Material is based on a course with a lab project developed and taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology
* Coverage is at the introductory level with a minimal amount of background required to read the text

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Introduction to Industrial Controls and Manufacturing is an ideal book for individuals who wish to take advantage of the growing opportunities that exist in the controls field with applications to manufacturing. The book contains an introductory treatment of the essential topics including process control, discrete logic control, ladder logic diagrams, manufacturing systems, and production control. Although each of these topics can be found in existing texts, this book is the firstT to contain an integrated presentation of these topics with the emphasis on controls. The book also introduces advanced control techniques including model predictive control, adaptive control, and neural net control. There is a chapter on equipment interfacing and communications with a brief introduction of OPC, the GEM standard, fieldbuses, and Ethernet. The required background for reading the text is prior exposure to the concepts of signals and systems. This book is written at a level appropriate for junior or senior level engineering students in electrical, mechanical, chemical, and industrial engineering. The text is also an invaluable technical reference for professional engineers and scientists who wish to obtain some exposure to the fundamentals of industrial controls and manufacturing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (June 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0123948509
• ISBN-13: 978-0123948502
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Edward W. Kamen was born in Mansfield, Ohio on October 2, 1945. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1967, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. minor in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1971. From 1971 to 1981 he was on the faculty at Georgia Tech, where he carried out basic research on the study of infinite-dimensional systems and linear time-varying systems. In 1981, Dr. Kamen moved to the University of Florida where his research centered on two-dimensional systems and adaptive control. In 1986, he became Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Pitt, part of his research focused on the development of the SME filter approach to multiple target tracking. In 1991, Dr. Kamen returned to Georgia Tech to assume the Julian T. Hightower endowed professorship. While at Tech, he was an Associate Director of the Manufacturing Research Center and the founding director of the Center for Board Assembly Research (CBAR), which dealt with both education and research involving printed circuit board assembly. In 2002, Dr. Kamen retired from Georgia Tech (where he is now Professor Emeritus) in order to focus on developing techniques for trend analysis of time series data in real time, including financial data such as stock prices. Dr. Kamen is author/co-author of over 100 journal and conference papers and six textbooks in the areas of signals, systems, controls, and manufacturing. For a listing of his major research publications, go to the website http://www.edwardkamen.com. Dr. Kamen was General Chairman of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and he is a Fellow of the IEEE. During his 31 years as a university professor, he was the Ph.D. advisor of 28 students. For a list of the names of the graduates and their dissertation titles, go to the website http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=63601