Abstract
Industrial control systems are being implemented throughout the workplace performing simple functions such as maintaining the temperature of a grill at a fast food restaurant to complex functions such as automating large printing presses. They can be as simple as a single controller with one input and one output to a network of hundreds of controllers spread across a city with thousands of digital and analog inputs and outputs. In the field of printing, the demand for high quality prints is rapidly increasing driving a demand for coated substrates that require highly automated offline coaters to produce. This presents an opportunity to develop an advanced industrial control system that requires a multidisciplinary team to succeed. For this report, the design methodology of an industrial control system as it applies to an automated offline coater will be presented. Relevant national and international standards will be discussed and referenced with respect to how they apply to the design process. The engineering behind component selection for various control points such as motor speed and position control, power supplies, power control and regulation, circuit protection, sensors, and safety systems will be presented. These systems will be brought together to produce a fully automated offline coater.