In this PDF, we will see the various working levels of industrial automation. It is necessary to understand various levels of Industrial Automation. There are so many hardware devices, software, IT infrastructure, and networking involved; that it is a must to co-relate things between them and understand what the difference between them is. Suppose you are working in an office and are not aware of the level of the various employees. This will hamper your knowledge about the company working and will also not teach you what to speak with whom. For example, an engineer cannot talk directly to a director. He has to report to his immediate next higher level of team leader. Similarly, it is important to know what level in industrial automation can speak and co-relate things to the next level. Four Levels in Industrial Automation: Basically, there are four levels in industrial automation – starting from Leve 1. to Level 4. We will see each one of them in this Video and understand it’s basics. Level 1. Field Level: Level 2. Control Level: Level 3. Supervision & Production Control Level: Level 4. Information & Enterprise Level: The entire automation cycle for manufacturing a product goes very smoothly through this. It is thus important to understand each and every level of automation in industries. Thank u So Much for your precious time!

1. Hierarchy/
Levels of
Automation
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2. In this video, we will learn about various working levels
of Industrial Automation.
It is necessary to understand various levels of
Industrial Automation.
There are so many hardware devices, software, IT
infrastructure, and networking involved; that it is a
must to co-relate things between them and
understand what the difference between them is.
Hierarchy/Levels of Automation

3. Architecture

4. It is the lowest level of the Automation Hierarchy,
which includes the field devices like sensors and
Actuators.
It Contains AC/DC Motors, relays, Valves, Sensors,
Barcodes, etc.
The main task of these field devices is to transfer
the data of processes and machines to the next
Higher level for monitoring and analysis.
Field Level
1.

5. This level consists of various Automatic devices, like
CNC machines, PLC, Robots, etc which take the
process parameters from the various sensors &
perform the control technique.
2. Control Level

6. In this level, Automatic devices are monitored and
controlled by HMI (Human Machine Interface). In this
level various functions are Carried out like
supervising various parameters, setting production
targets , setting of machines like start or shutdown
etc.
In this level Mostly DCS (Distributed Control System)
or SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
are popularly used.
3. Supervision & Production Control Level

7. This is the top level of Industrial Automation, which
manages the whole Automation system.
The task of this level includes Production Planning,
Customer and Market Analysis, Orders and Sales,
etc.
4. Information & Enterprise Level