Control Techniques Drives and Controls Handbook

✍ Scribed by Drury, Bill

• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 532
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the first commercially published edition of this bestselling book by the Control Techniques company, a leading manufacturer of drives and control units to the electronics and manufacturing industries. The revised handbook has been extensively expanded and is well-written and illustrated. It is a very comprehensive guide to the technology underlying drives, motors and control units and contains a wealth of technical information for the practicing drives and electrical engineer. However, its practical approach will make it invaluable as a reference work on the shelf of every engineering department and library.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
• Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Industrial Motors
2. Power Electronics
3. Speed and Position Feedback Devices
4. Drive Control
5. Switched-Reluctance and Stepper-Motor Drives
6. Practical Drives
7. Position and Motion-Control Systems
8. Communications Systems
9. Supply Harmonics Due to Drives
10. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
11. Systems Design
12. Applications
Appendix A: Standards for Drives
Appendix B: Symbols and Formulae
Appendix C: Tables
• Appendix D: World Industrial Electricity Supplies (< 1 kV)
• Appendix E: Bibliography and Further Reading
Index