PLC Hardware and Programming

About the Book

This course approaches PLC training from a generic viewpoint. Most PLC platforms have many things in common; before beginning the study of a particular brand of PLC, it is important to learn the things that are common to all platforms. This book does this, pointing out some of the exceptions and different ways of doing things along the way. Resources used in the preparation of this course include information from many of the major PLC manufacturers. Software examples are primarily drawn from Allen-Bradley RSLogix5000 and Siemens Step 7.

About the Author

Frank Lamb is an industrial automation consultant and advanced PLC programming trainer with more than thirty years of experience in controls and machine automation. From 1996 to 2006, Frank owned and operated Automation Consulting Services Inc. (ACS), a panel-building and machine-integration company in Knoxville, Tennessee. From 2006 to 2011, he worked as a senior-level project engineer for Wright Industries in Nashville, Tennessee, where he led the design and implementation of large, complex systems and custom machines for multinational corporations and government agencies. In December 2011, Frank re-established Automation Consulting LLC with a new vision: to use his experience in the field of industrial automation—from electrical, mechanical, and controls engineering to project management, training, and machine documentation—to provide expert consulting and training services to manufacturers. Frank is the president and owner of Automation Consulting LLC in Nashville and author of Industrial Automation: Hands On, published by McGraw-Hill Professional in 2013. He is a United States Air Force veteran, received his BSEE in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Tennessee, and has a Green Belt in Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma from Purdue University.