IET 204 — Automated Motor Controls
Instructs students in lean manufacturing concepts which will encompass the instructional methodologies of this course. Introduces principles, applications, and elements needed for an integrated automated industrial control system. Integrates Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) with AC and DC electric motor speed control using variable speed drives, variable frequency drives, and soft starters. Includes installation practices, logic fundamentals, and numbering systems relative to PLC programming of inputs, outputs, timers and counters, comparators, basic data manipulation, and safety circuits as well as, programming practices for VFD and VSD systems. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Laboratory: 3 credits (90 contact hours).