Industrial Automation

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Industrial Automation : Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to

reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Automation plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and in daily experience. Automation has had a notable impact in a wide range of industries beyond manufacturing (where it began). Once-ubiquitous telephone operators have been replaced largely by automated telephone switchboards and answering machines. Medical processes such as primary screening in electrocardiography or radiography and laboratory analysis of human genes, sera, cells, and tissues are carried out at much greater speed and accuracy by automated systems. Automated teller machines have reduced the need for bank visits to obtain cash and carry out transactions

Industrial automation plays a very important role in the manufacturingindustry Automation devices using mathematical and organizational methods create complex systems for a huge range ofindustrial automation applications industrial automation provides manufacturing with efficiency for both new and retrofitted industrial machinery using automation and process control equipment Benefits of Industrial Automation Automation, robotics, industrial automation, process control, and numerical control is the use of control systems such as computers to control industrial machinery and processes. Some advantages are repeatability, tighter quality control, waste reduction, integration with business systems, increased productivity and reduction of labour. Some disadvantages are high initial costs and increased dependence on maintenance. A major benefit of industrial automation technology are the latest fieldbus developments. The most popular protocols are DeviceNet, Profibus and ASi and the emerging Industrial Ethernet. Implementation of industrial automation provides capital expenditure savings associated with cable elimination (multiple devices share wire-pairs and communicate over the bus network) and other savings are also available through speedier commissioning. A number of Ethernet-based industrial communication systems have been established recently. Industrial Ethernet has the potential to replace the traditional fieldbus in the long term. The issue preventing many Ethernet fieldbus implementations is the availability of device power. Many industrial measurement & control devices need to be powered from the bus and PowerOver-Ethernet (PoE) has votlage (48V) and power (350mA maximum per device) issues in it's current implementation. Industrial automation and process control greatly reduces the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Most complex industrial automation processes and systems can be automated. A major advantage of industrial automation and process control is the increased emphasis on flexibility and convertibility in the manufacturing process. Manufacturers are increasingly demanding the ability to easily switch from manufacturing a wide range of products without having to completely rebuild the production lines. Warehouses benefit from the marriage of automated guided vehicle technology and conventional industrial trucks. This system combines a very narrow aisle truck with guidance controls and software directed by the system controller. The driverless operation is capable of complete “lights out” operation from the warehouse receiving area to the shipping dock. Best of all, the vehicles can be introduced into current operations, using existing racking and floor. Managers have found that ongoing maintenance is reduced and process control system performances are very significantly enhanced by adopting industrial automation solutions as a major part of their investment.

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