SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

POWER CONVERSION AND CONTROLS

ACTIVITY 1
MOTOR CONTROL DEVICES AND SYMBOLS

OBJECTIVES:

To be familiar with electrical/electronic devices used to put control over motors to function I
particular applications according to design and requirements

To have knowledge on diagrams needed in reading motor control circuitry for communication
between designer and installers and for maintenance essentials.

Familiarize yourselves with the following terminologies.

Component(physical appearance) Single Statement Description Symbol

SINGLE POLE SWITCH

THREE POLE SWITCH

FUSED SWITCH

OVERLOAD RELAYS, HEATERS OR

ELEMENTS

SINGLE POLE MOTOR STARTER

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THREE PHASE MOTOR

CONTROL TRANSFORMER

LIMIT SWITCH

PNEUMATIC TIMER

TEMPERATUE ACTIVATED SWITCH

PRESSURE AND VACUUM

ACTUATED SWITCH

SOLENOID

LIQUID LEVEL N.O.C.

FLOW SWITCH N.O.C.

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AUTO TRANSFORMER

SINGLE PHASE SOURCE

THREE PHASE SOURCE

THREE PHASE MOTOR

COMBINATION N.O. AND N.C.

MOMENTARY PUSHBUTTON