Industrial automation is currently employed across a myriad of industries with automated systems doing everything from performing manufacturing tasks to operating an ATM. The level of complexity and human interaction with an automated system varies by application. While there are countless applications of industrial automation solutions, nearly all fall into 1 of 3 automation categories: fixed, programmable, and flexible. Here is a little more about each of these types of industrial automation.
2. WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
As automation deals with the process of
creating technologies to speed up the
delivery of goods/services with minimum
human touch, Industrial Automation handles
control systems and machines to
manufacture faster with the help of robots
that can replace a human being.
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3. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
FIXED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Flexible Industrial Automation
Its a fixed or rigid type
of automation.
Flexibility for product
changeovers.
Programmable Industrial Automation
Has a changeable
control program.
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4. FIXED AUTOMATION
Rigid Processes
The sequence of processing operations
is fixed by the equipment configuration.
Repetitive Task
This form of automation is often used to execute
repetitive tasks with dedicated equipment in order to
improve production efficiency and throughput rates.
Unable To Modify
Once a fixed automation solution is setup, it is
challenging to modify the process or reconfigure the
equipment.
Example:
Examples of fixed automation are assembly lines in the
automotive industry.
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5. PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION
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This type of automation is best
for batches of products where the
instructions for the automated
system change over time
depending on which product is
being manufactured.
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The control program can be
reprogrammed for each batch
with the given specifications and
the necessary processing tasks
and sequencing.
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This is often used for medium
volumes but can also be used for
low or high volumes when
economics are justified. Industrial
robots are one of the example.
Time Saving Reprogrammable
Flexibility Reconfiguration
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6. FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION
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Soft Automation Time Saving Applications
Conveyance
Highly effective for
multiple product
changeovers
Eliminates the time
required to reconfigure
the equipment in
between batches.
Changeovers are
conveyed via control
system & occur quickly
and automatically.
CNC machines are an
example of flexible
automation.
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7. HOW AUTOMATION IS CHANGING?
➔ Innovations create fresh surges of growth, especially
in Industrial Automation change is the only constant.
➔ When Relay logic needed a replacement in industrial
processes in the 1960s, programmable logic
controllers were invented by Dick Morley.
➔ The reason why PLCs became popular is that they
generated growth in applications, and they were more
reliable than relays, much easier to program and
growth was rapid especially in automobiles.
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8. ROBOT REVOLUTION
➔ Industrial Robots are automated, reprogrammable, multipurpose industrial
assets that are used as an alternative to human labor in order to perform
deadly and repetitive tasks without human intervention.
➔ This trend is the future of automation. While we continue to establish new
technologies like IIoT, robots will be given the ability to implement such
technologies so that they start learning things on their own.
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9. To Conclude:
With growing use of smartphones
and smart pcs, the manufacturing
sector needed an upgrade too, this
resulted in birth of a new version in
the sector - Industry 4.0.
Manufacturing has now done
through Industrial Internet of things.
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