INTRODUCTION:

General Principles of Electric Motor Control.
Fractional and Integral Horsepower Manual Motor Starters.
Magnetic Line Voltage Starters.

CIRCUIT LAYOUT, CONNECTIONS AND SYMBOLS:

Symbols.
Interpretation and Application of Simple Wiring and Elementary Diagrams.

CONTROL PILOT DEVICES:

Push Buttons and Control Stations.
Relays.
Contactors.
Timing Relays.
Pressure Switches and Regulators.
Float Switches. Flow Switches.
Limit Switches and Proximity Control.
Phase Failure Relays.
Solenoid Valves.
Temperature Switches.

BASIC CONTROL CIRCUITS:

Two-wire Controls.
Three-wire and Separate Controls.
Hand-off Automatic Controls.
Multiple Push-button Stations.
Interlocking Methods for Reversing Control.
Sequence Control. Jogging (Inching) Control Circuits.
Time-delay, Low-voltage Release Relay.

AC REDUCED VOLTAGE STARTERS:

The Motor and Starting Methods.
Primary Resistor-type Starters.
Autotransformer Starters. Part Winding Motor Starters.
Automatic Starters for Star-Delta Motors.
AC Solid-State Reduced Voltage Controller.

THREE-PHASE, MULTISPEED CONTROLLERS:

Controllers for Two-speed, Two-winding (Separate Winding) Motors.
Two-speed, One-winding (Consequent Pole) Motor Controller.
Four-speed, Two-winding (Consequent Pole) Motor Controller.

WOUND ROTOR (SLIP RING) MOTOR CONTROLLERS:

Wound Rotor Motors and Manual Speed Control.
Push-button Speed Selection.
Automatic Acceleration for Wound Rotor Motors.
Automatic Speed Control for Wound Rotor Motors.
Solid-state Adjustable Speed Controller for AC Wound Rotor Motors.

SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR CONTROLS:

Synchronous Motor Operation.
Push-button Synchronizing.
Timed Semiautomatic Synchronizing.
Synchronous Automatic Motor Starter.

DIRECT-CURRENT CONTROLLERS:

About DC Motors.
Use of Reduced Voltage for Starting.
Across-the-line Starting.
Compensating and Definite Time Control Starting.
Solid State Adjustable Speed Control.

METHODS OF DECELERATION:

Plugging.
Electric Brakes.
Dynamic and Regenerative Braking.
Electric and Electronic Braking.

MOTOR DRIVES:

Direct Drives and Pulley Drives.
Gear Motors.
Variable Frequency Mechanical Drives.
AC Adjustable Frequency Solid State Drives.
Magnetic Clutch and Magnetic Drive.
DC Variable Speed Control--Motor Drives.
Programmable and Motion Control.
Motor Startup and Troubleshooting Basics.

APPENDIX A Motor Types and Line Diagrams.
APPENDIX B Power Supplies and Circuits.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.