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BY
ROHIT GAUR
EC 4th YEAR
Industrial Automation
Automation is essential in every
walk of life.
Automation solutions are required right from
agricultural to space technology.
Plant Automation is the necessity for the
manufacturing industry to survive in today’s
globally competitive market.
What is Automation?
AUTOMATION is basically delegation of human control function to technical equipment :
to increase production
to reduce cost
to reduce manpower
to improve safety working conditions
to reduce power consumption
to improve quality
How can it be done?
There are many systems made for the automation process some of them are…
Programmable Logic Controller
Electronic Control using Logic Gates
Hard wired logic Control
Pneumatic Control
Manual Control
WHAT IS SCADA?
SCADA stands for Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition.
SCADA refers to a system that collects data from various sensors at a factory, plant or in other remote locations and then sends this data to a central computer which then manages and controls the data.