Industrial Controls and Manufacturing (Academic Press Series in Engineering)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: June 15, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780123948502
First sentence: Manufacturing deals with the conversion of raw materials into finished materials or products.
Description: 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 first 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.