| Industrial Automation Technology refers to the control | | | | machines, and automated teller machines now make |
| of industrial machinery and its various processes thus | | | | money transactions much easier and help cut down |
| reducing the need for human intervention. Industrial | | | | visits to the bank. |
| automation technology makes use of various control | | | | Industrial automation is used in a wide range of |
| systems such as programmable logic control, industrial | | | | industries for many different types of application and |
| control and numerical control systems. These | | | | some of these can include:o Mechanical engineeringo |
| applications are usually used in concert with information | | | | Industrial controlso Electronic engineeringo Integrated |
| technology systems such as computer technologies | | | | circuit designo Motion control and fluid controlo Data |
| that control the automated machinery. | | | | acquisition software |
| Automation is a step up from mechanization because | | | | There are many advantages and disadvantages in the |
| it greatly reduces the human mental and sensory | | | | scope of industrialization and some of these |
| requirements, whereas mechanization assists human | | | | advantages are:o Economy improvemento Can be |
| operators with the muscular requirements for the | | | | used to carry out dangerous taskso Can replace |
| work. | | | | tedious human tasks |
| Industrial automation plays a large part in the global | | | | Some of the main disadvantages are:o Automation |
| economy, and engineers work hard to combine | | | | has its limits and at present is unable to replace all |
| mathematical tools with automated devices to produce | | | | human taskso Development costs can be |
| better and more complex systems for the expanding | | | | unpredictableo Initial set-up costs are usually high |
| applications and range of human activities. | | | | It is thought by some critics that automation will lead to |
| The automation of machines and other technologies | | | | higher unemployment, yet others argue that the |
| has a big impact on a wide range of industries, for | | | | opposite is true and that automation has led to higher |
| example; telephone operators have been mostly | | | | employment. |
| replaced by automated switchboards and answering | | | | |