Automating manufacturing operations : the penultimate approach /
by William M. Hawkins.
- 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of figures -- Preface -- About the author -- Prologue -- Industrial manufacturing processes -- Process control -- Process operators -- Management -- Automation -- Communications -- Programming -- Engineering -- The future -- Appendix A. Classification of industries -- Appendix B. Artificial intelligence.
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Automation has gone from being a choice to being a necessity to manufacture today's intricate products at the required speeds. This makes automation increasingly a social issue, one that affects people outside the group that designs, controls, and uses smarter, faster machines. The title reflects the fact that it is going to be difficult and perhaps very dangerous, to reach the lights-out factory. Next to ultimate should be as far as we go. Automation systems should be designed to be operated by people.
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781606503690 1606503693
10.5643/9781606503690 doi
Automation.
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