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Ladder logic: motor start/stop seal-in

Classic three-wire motor start/stop PLC ladder logic with seal-in contact. The canonical PLC programming example — taught in every industrial automation course.

The canonical PLC program: three-wire motor start/stop with a seal-in contact that latches the motor ON until the stop button is pressed.

Motor Start/Stop PLC ladder logic diagram with 1 rung Motor Start/Stop Rung 001 — Seal-in circuit — Start Button START_PB IN 1.0 Aux Contact MOTOR_AUX BIT 3.0 Stop Button STOP_PB IN 1.1 Motor Command MOTOR_CMD OUT 2.0

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