INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Аннотация

Robotic is the main component in the industrial automation. Industrial work situations that promote the substitution of robots for human labor include: hazardous work environments; repetitive work cycles; difficult handling; multi-shift environments; infrequent changeovers; and part position and orientation are established in the work cell i.e. repetitive tasks. Robots are being used mainly in three types of applications: material handling; processing operations; and assembly and inspection. In material handling robots move parts between various locations by means of a gripper type end effector. As the global marketplace demands higher quality goods and lower costs, factory floor automation has been changing from separate machines with simple hardware-based controls, if any, to an integrated manufacturing enterprise with linked and sophisticated control and data systems. For many organizations the transformation has been gradual, starting with the introduction of programmable logic controllers and personal computers to machines and processes. However, for others the change has been rapid and is still accelerating.