1. Automation
By Hassan Ali (11IN53)
Industial Engg & Mgt

2. AUTOMATION
 The term automation, inspired by the earlier
word automatic (coming from automaton), was not widely used
before 1947,
 Automation is the use of machines.
 Control system
 Information technologies.
 To optimize productivity in the production of goods and
delivery of services.
Automated
System
Periodic
Worker
Transformation Process

3. AUTOMATION TOOLS
 ANN - Artificial neural network
 BPM - Bonita Open Solution
 DCS - Distributed Control System
 HMI - Human Machine Interface
 SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
 PLC - Programmable Logic Controller
 PAC - Programmable automation controller
 Instrumentation
 Motion control
 Robotics

4. COMPUTER BASE AUTOMATION TOOLS
 Computer-aided design (CAD)
 Computer-aided engineering (CAE)
 Computer-aided industrial design (CAID)
 Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
 Computer-aided requirements capture (CAR)
 Computer-aided rule definition (CARD)
 Computer-aided rule execution (CARE)
 Computer-aided software engineering (CASE)
 Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
 Component information system (CIS)
 Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)

5.  computer numerical controlled (CNC)
 Electronic design automation (EDA)
 Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
 Finite element analysis (FEA)
 Knowledge-based engineering (KBE)
 Manufacturing process management (MPM)
 Manufacturing process planning (MPP)
 Material requirements planning (MRP)
 Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)
 Product data management (PDM)
 Product lifecycle management (PLM)
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7. 1. To increase labor productivity
2. To reduce labor cost
3. To mitigate the effects of labor shortages
4. To reduce or remove routine manual and
clerical tasks
5. To improve worker safety
6. To improve product quality
7. To reduce manufacturing lead time
8. To accomplish what cannot be done
manually
9. To avoid the high cost of not automating
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