毕业设计内容 英中翻译——PLC.doc

PLC In the 1960s, electromechanical devices were the order of the day as far as control was concerned. These devices, commonly known as relays, were being used by the thousands to control many sequential-type manufacturing processes and stand-alone machines. Many of these relays were in use in the transportation industry, more specifically the automotive industry. These relays used hundreds of wires and their interconnections to effect a control solution. The performance of a relay was basically reliable-at least as a single device. But the common applications for relay panels called for 300 to 500 or more relays, and the reliability and maintenance issues associated with supporting these panels became a very great challenge. Cost became another issue, for in spite of the low cost of the relay itself, the installed cost of the panel could be quite high. The total cost including purchased parts, wiring, and installation labor, could range from $30~$50 per relay. To make matters worse, the constantly changing needs of a process called for recurring modifications of a control panel. With relays, this was a costly prospect, as it was accomplished by a major rewiring effort on the panel. In addition, these changes were sometimes poorly documented, causing a second-shift maintenance nightmare months later. In light of this, it was not uncommon to discard an entire control panel in favor of a new one with the appropriate components wired in a manner suited for the new process. Add to this the unpredictable, and potentially high, cost of maintaining these systems as on high-volume motor vehicles production lines, and it became clear that something was needed to improve the control process-to make it more reliable, easier to troubleshoot ,and more adaptable to changing control needs. That something, in the late 1960s, was the first programmable controller. This first revolution -ary system was developed as specific response to the need of the major automotive manufactures in