Industrial automation is method of handling systems without involving humans with the process,
Industrial automation uses both hardware and software to streamline a variety of physical processes. It’s commonly used in manufacturing settings like large factories and warehouses to streamline production, assembly, and material handling.
While some trace the origins of automated devices as far back as the 17th and 18th centuries, many believe the first use of automation technology in the industrial space was in 1947. That year, General Motors created an automation department that implemented mechanized controls to speed up production in their automobile assembly line. Shortly after, the manufacturing and digital revolutions merged when the first industrial computer system was built in 1959.
With the rise in industrial economy, the business strategies for industrial automation have also changed over time. Now-a-days, the fundamental motivations for implementing industrial automation are:
- Increase production
- Reducing cost, especially, human-related cost
- Improving the quality of the product
- Efficient use of raw materials
- Reduce energy consumption
- Increase business profits
- Fixed automation
- Programmable automation
- Flexible automation
- Integrated automation
layout of the industrial automation system
