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Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
The Electrician's Guide To Industrial Sensors
A Field and Classroom Guide for Technicians and Engineers
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34844857
EAN: 9798187854462
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Zustellung: Do, 08.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 67.50
Beschreibung
The part in the bag is almost never the problem. The signal path is. Every maintenance electrician has met the photoeye that "goes bad" every Monday morning, and the proximity switch that's been swapped four times and is about to be swapped a fifth. Five innocent parts - and one question nobody asked. The Electrician's Guide to Industrial Sensors. is the book that teaches you to ask it. Written by Stan Turkel - factory-automation engineer, instructor, and founder of Sensor Technologies Unlimited - from more than forty-five years on plant floors, this is a field-and-classroom guide for the technician who has to make the machine run and doesn't have the luxury of guessing. It's not a catalog and it's not sensor physics for its own sake. It's how to select the right device, install it so it survives, and find the real root cause when it "fails. ". Inside you'll learn:. How every sensor family actually works - and where each one gets misapplied: inductive and capacitive proximity, ultrasonic, photoelectric, mechanical and magnetic switches. The analog world done right: temperature (RTDs, thermocouples, thermistors), pressure, level, and flow, and motion feedback from encoders, resolvers, and LVDTs. The signal path that makes or breaks every install: wiring, grounding, shielding, and the noise that turns a good sensor into an intermittent nightmare. Mounting, alignment, and surviving washdown, vibration, coolant, and heat. Talking to the PLC: sourcing and sinking, scaling analog to engineering units, IO-Link, and smart-sensor diagnostics. Safety sensing without shortcuts: light curtains, interlocks, and why you never defeat a safety device. A complete seven-step troubleshooting method. , a full-color diagnostic mind map, and symptom-driven first-response flow charts. you can run right at the machine. Every chapter is anchored by real Case Files. from Stan's career - the shampoo tank, the sunlight through the window, the ground loop hiding in the plumbing, the bypassed vibration switch that should never have been bypassed - along with Field Hacks. and shop-proven fixes you won't find in any datasheet. Three ideas run through the whole book: know whether you're detecting or measuring. ; remember that the sensor rarely lies - the signal path does. ; and always choose the application before the part number. For industrial electricians, maintenance technicians, mechanics, and automation students who are tired of changing parts and ready to find the fault. Stop replacing the innocent part. Learn to read the signal path. Part of Stan Turkel's Troubleshooting Series.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Stan Turkel
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 178