Introduction to Industrial Automation

3.7   Implementation of Automation Circuits

After the initial stage of designing an automation circuit for satisfying specific operations or func-

tionalities for a machine, independently of their size and complexity, the next stage concerns the 

implementation of this automation circuit and, in general, the appropriate manufacturing of the 

whole automation system. In general, the implementation of the automation circuit cannot be 

considered a different task from the implementation of the power circuit. Both circuits are imple-

mented and operate at the same time and inside (in most cases) the same industrial panel or rack. 

In Figure 3.30, a representative implementation of the simple automation circuit for a motor of 

direct start and with a START-STOP button (such as the one in Figure 3.3) is presented. Such 

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