Friday, May 7, 2010

Know About Automation

Automation is the use of technology in manufacturing machines that take over work normally done by humans. It is nothing but the manual operation done by computerized techniques and advanced technologies, usually electronic hardware.

It is in turn the use of control systems (programming logic control, numeric control and other industrial control systems).

Automation has had a notable impact in a wide range of industries beyond manufacturing. Automation plays an increasingly important role in improving the economy of the world. Typically automation replaces human workers by machines. Automation is a step beyond mechanization in Industrialization. Mechanization means providing machines for the human operators and assisting them at the physical requirements of work. Automation greatly reduces the need for human physical and mental requirements as well. It is the state of being operated automatically.

We come across many advantages like increasing the efficiency, increasing reliability, increasing world economy and even less time consumption using automation. It is a self control technique .No manual control is needed. It is used in different in kinds of industries for different purposes.

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