The amount of knowledge an electrician must possess to be able to install and troubleshoot control systems in today’s industry has increased dramatically in recent years. A continuous influx of improved control components allows engineers and electricians to design and install even more sophisticated and complex control systems. Industrial Motor Control presents the solidstate devices common in an industrial environment. This is intended to help the student understand how many of the control components operate, such as solidstate relays, rectifiers, SCR drives for direct current motors, variable frequency drives for alternating current motors, and the inputs and outputs of programmable controllers. Although most electricians do not troubleshoot circuits on a component level, a basic knowledge.
