
Analyze operating principles of devices in electrical automation, including electrical contractors, time errors and classes, electromechanical relays, thermal overlays, and single phase three, to enable circuit implementation in next section.
Explore how hardwired logic uses wired circuits of relays and contactors to control automation. Learn device operating principles and translate them into logical, dual-point switch schemes.
Explore manual electrical operation elements, including normally open and normally closed push buttons, a double push button, and a selector switch with a common terminal to start and stop circuits.
Explore electromechanical contactors and relays, wired as automatic switches driven by a coil, with main and auxiliary contacts, normally open/closed states, and category AC1 and AC3 load distinctions.
Explore how electrical timers in automation energize a coil, count time, and switch normally open or normally closed contacts, with switch-on delay and hourly timer applications.
Explore how electric motors convert electrical energy into rotating mechanical energy, and identify stator, rotor, bearings, and nameplate, plus single- and three-phase operation, start windings, start capacitors, and reversing rotation.
Thermal overload relays protect single- and three-phase motors by monitoring current and tripping to prevent overheating, while motor protection circuit breakers combine overload and short-circuit protection with magneto-thermal action.
Explore hardwired logic and automatic electric circuits, and engage with a practical simulation of industrial electrical automation to understand initial setup and control concepts.
Learn to download and run the Katsina program for electrical circuit simulations, using the official site, executable, and access code.
Use the Cade Simu electric simulator to capture electrical diagrams and test circuit designs in simulation mode, validating practical schemes before implementation.
Configure a direct-start three-phase motor circuit with a push-button start and stop, contactor, thermal relay, and self-retention. Demonstrate wiring, protection, and run and fault signaling to ensure safe operation.
Master the direct starting of a single-phase motor by wiring a start/stop circuit with thermal magnetic protection, thermal relay, and contactors, including fault simulation and three-phase comparison.
Learn to reverse a three-phase motor’s rotation using paired contactors, push buttons, and auxiliary contacts, with interlocks and thermal protection to prevent short circuits and provide status signals.
Learn how to reverse the rotation of a single-phase motor using pushbuttons, contactors, and a thermal relay, with interlocks, start/stop control, and fault indication.
Explore automatic water pumping using two floats to maintain high and low tanks, employing a 24-volt control circuit with transformer, contactor, and thermal relay.
Explore how a step relay replaces crossover switches to control lamps from multiple points. Press parallel push buttons to energize and latch contacts, and use a contactor for higher current.
Explore hardwired logic within industrial electrical automation, focusing on automatism electrica, sequential control, and electromechanical items.
Explore star-delta starting for three-phase motors, compare delta and star connections, 220 and 380 volt configurations, and how terminal-board bridges switch from star to delta to reduce starting current.
Start a three-phase motor with a star-delta system using three contactors and a timer to switch from star to delta. Use thermal-magnetic protection and interlocking to ensure safe operation.
Implement a three-phase motor sequence with wired logic: start motor 1, then motor 2 after six seconds using timers, stop motor 1, stop cycle with stop button; includes fault indicators.
Design and test a two-motor hardwired sequence with interlocks and timers, where motor 1 runs continuously and motor 2 starts after 6 seconds, then stops after 6 more.
Solve an advanced three-phase motor sequence using hardwired logic. Start motor 1, then motor 2 after five seconds, then motor 3 after two-thirds of five seconds, with a five-second restart.
Solve an advanced three-phase motor sequence using hard-wired logic, employing contactors, timers, and interlocks to sequentially run motors M1, M2, and M3 with self-retention and restart logic.
Learn to build an automated conveyor belt system using limit switches, timing controls, relays, and start-stop buttons to drive a motor in forward and reverse, with five-second pauses.
design automatic conveyor belt control using limit switches, timers, and contactors to reverse motor direction at limits, and enable stop at any time with s3.
Learn how to use hardwired logic with contactors, auxiliary relays, electromechanical relays, timers, and limit switches to control a conveyor belt, achieve safe stopping, and implement automatic reversal cycles.
Introduce a practical workshop that complements theory and simulation, guiding you to perform hands-on circuit work at your desk, with an attached materials list and an approximate eighty-dollar investment.
Identify electromechanical relays and timers, including coil, contacts, and normally open/closed states, and map their terminal layouts for reliable hardwired logic in this workshop.
Explore essential industrial electrical components—normally closed and normally open push buttons, electromechanical relays, and various timers—tested, connected, and mounted on a panel with proper safety practices.
Explore hardwired logic by simulating a dual-point lamp control using pushbuttons and an electromechanical relay, with proper separation of control and power circuits and protection considerations.
Build and test a hardwired control circuit using thermal magnetic breakers, electromechanical relays, and two start/stop pushbuttons to control a lamp from two points.
Design a simulation of a hardwired control circuit for two lamps H1 and H2, using Q1 and Q2 relays and timer devices; start energizes H1 after five seconds, then H2.
Engage in a hands-on hardwired logic workshop, wiring a thermo-magnetic and electromechanical relay circuit with Q1, Q2, KA, and KV timer, then test continuity and observe five-second lamp actions.
Simulate a hardwired circuit with two relays h1 and h2 that cycle on and off every five seconds, using timers and an auxiliary relay for interlock and restart in kc.
Explore building and testing a hardwired relay and timer circuit that sequences lamps every five seconds, using normally closed and start buttons, with emphasis on wiring, troubleshooting, and logic.
Demonstrates a simulated traffic light sequence using three relays and timers, cycling green, yellow, red every five seconds, with start and stop controls and parallel wiring considerations.
Design and test a traffic light control circuit using hardwired logic with relay modules and timers, cycling three signaling lamps every five seconds and verifying continuity.
Explore simulating a traffic light circuit with a timer and relay. Compare normally closed and normally open contacts and evaluate real-world behavior versus the simulated operation.
explore building and troubleshooting a sequential relay circuit using timers and interlocks, testing in simulation versus practice, and refining wiring to ensure latching and proper power control.
Explore hardwired logic basics by introducing electromechanical devices used in automation, such as relays, contactors, timers, flasher relays, pulse generator, and poles counter, with hands-on practice.
Explore the bistable contactor, its coil energized by a pulse to set or reset with two inputs, switching normally open and normally closed contacts in low-current automation.
Explore the disconnect connection timer and how a multifunction timer combines connection and disconnect functions using normally open contacts. Learn correct wiring and timing settings to avoid damage.
Explore how a flasher relay, labeled K, uses two inputs and a normally open contact to intermittently activate and deactivate a circuit, with an adjustable timer.
explains the pulse generator timer in hardwired logic, detailing two adjustable times (on time and off time), actuation versus deactivation, and its use with electromechanical relays and contactors.
Explore how a pulse counter reads input pulses, counts them, and triggers contact changes at set limits using normally open or closed contacts, with direction and reset inputs.
Apply hardwired logic to a conveyor belt system with limit switches, timer, warning lamp, flasher relay, and pulse counter; start/stop controls enable continuous operation and auto-stop after three contacts.
Deliver a hardwired conveyor belt control using auxiliary relays, KC timer, flusher relay, and limit switches to run clockwise or counterclockwise with a five-second lamp sequence and three-cycle stop.
Learn to read and design industrial electrical diagrams from a plan, code cables from main distribution to breakers, and simulate before building for preventive and corrective maintenance.
Analyze how to size and assemble metal electrical panels, including ducting, busbars, terminals, and protective accessories, while ensuring safe grounding and compliance with local standards.
Explore the basics of electrical and industrial automation, focusing on operation principles and programmable logic controllers, plus pulses, home automation, and variable frequency drives.
This is a course translated from Spanish to English.
Do you want to learn the operation of timers, contactors, relays, counters, etc?
Do you want to implement these elements in an electrical automation circuit of the industrial type?
All this using wired logic?
If so, this course is waiting for you.
You will learn the principles of operation of the devices used in industrial electrical automation
You will learn when to use these devices and how to install them in basic circuits
You will learn when to use these devices in advanced circuits
You will learn to design and commission electrical circuits of any type using hardwired logic
You will learn to use the tools available to simulate automatic electrical circuits using wired logic
You will learn to interpret electrical control circuits both the control part and the force part
You will learn the principles of operation of the devices used in industrial electrical automation
You will learn when to use these devices and how to install them in basic circuits
You will learn when to use these devices in advanced circuits
You will learn to design and commission electrical circuits of any type using hardwired logic
You will learn to use the tools available to simulate automatic electrical circuits using wired logic
You will learn to interpret electrical control circuits both the control part and the force part