21-02-2012, 01:32 PM
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USING PROGRAMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
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INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
“Industrial Automation is controlling industry works in a terminal.”
Today all production units are looking towards more production by utilizing their existing assets and manpower.
This can happen when one can effectively utilize this present existence with modern facilities.
This can be easily achieved by implementing automation process in the industry.
WHAT IS AUTOMATION
Automation is basically the delegation of human control functions to technical equipment aimed towards achieving :-
High productivity.
Superior quality of end product.
Efficient uses of energy and raw material.
Improve safety in working condition.
HISTORY OF PROCESS CONTROL AND AUTOMATION:
Manual control
Hard wired logic control
Electronic control using logic gates
Programmable logic controller(PLC)
