Table of Contents

Motion Actuators.

Sensors.

Introduction to Switching Theory.

Industrial Switching Elements.

Electric Ladder Diagrams.

Sequential Systems with Random Inputs.

Pneumatic Control Circuits.

Miscellaneous Switching Elements and Systems.

Semiflexible Automation: Hardware Programmers.

Flexible Automation: Programmable Controllers.

Flexible Automation: Microcomputers.

Introduction to Assembly Automation.

Robotics and Numerical Control.

Appendices.

Index.

About the Author

David W. Pessen is the author of Industrial Automation: Circuit Design and Components, published by Wiley.