- Industry: Automation
- Number of terms: 8432
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions.
An electronic method of limiting the maximum current available to the motor. This limit is adjustable so that the motor’s maximum current can be controlled. It can also be preset as a protective device to protect both the motor and control from extended overloads.
Industry:Automation
The performance of an operation that is accomplished through processing an instruction, a series of instructions, or a complete program.
Industry:Automation
1) A type of information transfer where the bits are handled sequentially. 2) Contrasted with parallel operation
Industry:Automation
A processor memory bit, controlled through firmware or a user program, used to signify a certain condition (e.g., battery low).
Industry:Automation
In a systems context, the environment is anything that is not a part of the system itself. Knowledge about the environment is important because of the effect it can have on the system or because of possible interactions between the system and the environment.
Industry:Automation
A group of sub-layers and/or entities in the OSIRM that provides services to the layer above and requests services from the layer below.
Industry:Automation
An enclosed channel used to hold and protect wires, cables or busbars. A raceway may be made of either metal or insulating material. Raceways include conduit, tubing, and wireways.
Industry:Automation
The physical size of a motor, usually consisting of NEMA-designed D and F dimensions at a minimum. The D dimension is the distance in quarter inches from the centre of the motor shaft to the bottom of the mounting feet. The F dimension relates to the distance between the centres of the mounting feet holes.
Industry:Automation
1) Adding, deleting, or changing the contents of records in a file. 2) reorganising the structure of a file to improve access to records or to change the storage space required.
Industry:Automation
A processor that controls all the I/O, but has a backup (secondary) processor to take over system operation in case it fails.
Industry:Automation
