PLC: Industrial Sensors

Learn about the operation principles, common applications, and programming of industrial sensors.

Introduction

• Understanding industrial sensors
• What you should know

1. Proximity Sensors

• Introduction to industrial sensors
• Proximity sensors
• Proximity sensors operating principle
• What are inductive proximity sensors?
• Inductive proximity sensors operating principle
• What are capacitive proximity sensors
• Capacitive proximity sensors operation principle
• Capacitive proximity sensors dielectric constant

2. Temperature Sensors

• Introduction to temperature sensors
• What are thermocouples?
• Thermocouple types
• Thermocouple reference tables
• What are RTDs?
• RTDs operation principle and wire configurations
• Connecting thermocouples and RTD to PLC

3. Pressure Sensors

• Introduction to pressure sensors
• Understanding range, zero, span
• Suppressed and elevated zero range
• Zero span calibration
• Pressure sensors measurement types
• Application examples

4. Level Sensors

• What is a level sensor?
• Analog digital level sensors
• Ultrasonic sensors

Conclusion

• Next steps