Customer Reviews

Industrial Motor Control

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Well written electronic/electrical books are like finding gold nuggets. I have an electrical background and used this book as a refresher to study for a professional test. I found it was well written, accurate and to the point. The authors did not get bogged down in endless calculations, but did present what was necessary. The authors covered each subject completely with well selected words, illustrations, and pictures that conveyed the idea in a simple to understand format. I would recommend this book to anyone, beginner, or craftsman seeking review of subjects they have not worked with for some time. I liked the short unit concept of covering each subject. I will look to these authors first for other electrical titles in the future.

This book is loaded with informative and valuable essential
information that anyone in the field would find enteresting, and would be of extreme benefit to those entering the field.

I found each chapter well written, easy to understand, and not cluttered with useless information.

The Unit on "Synchronous Automatic Motor Starter" was of particular interest to me as I have operated these machines before.

The section on "Developing Control Circuits" was also exciting for me as I have worked on storm drain pumping stations, and sewage lift stations which utilized the two pump alternating scheme shown in Figs. 2 thru 6.

The solid state theory and circuits was excellent.

This book makes for great reading, and I recommend it for all hands.

Exellent study guide for beginner and journeyman Accompanying CD is articulate and the best I have seen.The author has done a fine job,both technically and artistically.

I teach a course for a manufacturing plant for a customer and reviewed many editions of this book. Upon the review I decided this 4th edition covered all the information necessary in teaching as well as the best delivery of the information.

I think that being a beginners course that it should have had two extra chapters. The first should have been an intro to the industrial motor field along with real world applications. The second should have gone over symbols and diagrams. I do like the DVD though. All in all, a good job.

For those who want to know the fundamentals of Automated Industrial Systems under the heading of Electrical Motor Control... This text of ISBN 0-8273-8640-0, I can not recommend. There maybe better text that I am not aware of, But ISBN 0-8269-1663-5 from 1987 is a text you can grow with. I'll be upgrading to ISBN 0-8269-1675-9 by Gary Rockis & Glen Mazur. Sincerely, Industrial Maintenance Electrician of 12+ years. I will post an additional review once I have viewed the upgraded edition. (I've wondered about these reviews... Are they posted by a PR / sales people???) Good Luck & Be Safe.

Our class is using both the fifth and sixth edition books. There are significant differences between the two including both chapter layout and content. In my limited experience the book has good information, but does not go as in depth as it should on several subjects. I am personally displeased with the use of graphics where the text and referenced graphics are usually on different pages. Where I have a fair amount of previous training, and some experience, the book is fairly easy to understand and follow, but I doubt that it would be for somebody new to the subject.

Very competently written text that covers all areas of traditional motor control. The author demonstrates his field knowledge by including typical characteristics of device failure and indications where inspection and possible maintenance would be prudent. Circuits and schematics are shown in standard ladder logic convention and in some instances even shows analogy to digital logic for those who are formerly trained electronics technicians.

My one criticism is the sequencing of some of the chapters. The author seems to have weaved in and out of some areas where I expected more complete coverage only to find the topics further toward the back of the text. This detracts from an otherwise well written and authoritative text for the 1st time and intermediate level learner.

This book is helping me so much in my class. Exactly what I expected.