- Industry: Automation
- Number of terms: 8432
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- Company Profile:
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions.
A digital or analog transducer (a device such as a limit switch, push-button switch, pressure sensor, or temperature sensor) that generates an electrical signal through an input circuit to a controller.
Industry:Automation
A diode that, above a certain reverse voltage (the zener value), has a sudden rise in current. The voltage across the diode remains essentially constant for any further increase in reverse current, up to the allowable dissipation rating.
Industry:Automation
Adjustment or alteration of a control system to improve performance. A compensator may be an electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.
Industry:Automation
Allows a computer to change or monitor the status of an interface module.
Industry:Automation
The means by which the control operator can manually enter data via the operator panel.
Industry:Automation
An action statement. Ladder logic has input and output instructions. Each time the program scan reaches a rung, its input instructions are executed to examine whether specific conditions are true. If this results in an unbroken path of true input elements, the output instruction is enabled.
Industry:Automation
