Industrial Automation is a process of operating machines and other industrial equipment with the help of Programming Logic Control(PLC), Computer Numerical Control(CNC), and SCADA systems to reduce human effort/intervention and manual operations results in obtaining precision operation with the help of mechanized equipment.
Goals
- Increase productivity
- Reduce costs solutions
- Improve quality
- Use resources efficiently
- Generate greater profit
Types
- Fixed automation systems
- Programmable automation systems
- Integrated automated systems
- Flexible automated systems