Automation the Key to Success
Cristian Craciun, Instructor and
Lab Engineer of Engineering
Laboratories
and
Paul P. Botosani, Ph.D., Professor and
Director of Engineering Laboratories
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut
Competition Laws
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Time is Money
Faster
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Better - Cheaper
Efficiency - Quality - Cost
Emerging Technologies
Microelectronics
 Telecommunication
 Embedded System
 Web
 Nano Technology
 Mecatronics
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Emerging Technologies
Smaller
 Smarter
 Sophisticated
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Need for Automation
Improving the customer services
 Ensuring the survival of the Company
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Automation
Software Automation
 Home Automation
 Automation in Industry
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Software Automation
Automation is a COM (Component Object
Model) -based technology that enables
dynamic binding to COM objects at run
time.
 Automation was previously called OLE
Automation and ActiveX Automation.
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Home Automation
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Home automation is a field within building
Automation specializing in the specific automation
requirements of private homes and in the
application of automation techniques for the
comfort and security of its residents.
As a very basic definition, we tend to refer to
home automation as anything that gives you
remote or automatic control of things around the
home.
Home Automation
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Audio
HVAC
Intercoms
Lighting
Security
Video
Home Automation Companies
Home Autom.ation Inc
 AMX Corporation
 Crestron Electronics
 Lutrox
 Etc.
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Levels of Automation
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There are five levels of Automation in a
production plant
1. Device level, the lowest level it includes the actuators,
sensors, and other lower devices.
2. Machine level, the hardware from device level is
assembled into individual machines.
3. Cell or system level, a group of machines or
workstations connected and supported by a material
handling system, computer, and other equipments
needed for a manufacturing process.
Levels of Automation
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There are five levels of Automation
in a production plant
4. Plant level, it receives instructions from the
corporate information system and translate
them into operation plan for production.
5. Enterprise level, the highest level it is
concerned with all functions necessary to
manage the company: marketing and sales,
accounting, design, research, aggregate
planning, and master production scheduling.
Factory Automation
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Example of an
Automated Warehouse
Management and
Control System
Testing Automation
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Software
– LabView
– Visual Basic
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Hardware
– Instrumentation
» PICO
» Digital Multimeter
– Sensors
Education
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Final Product
Conclusion
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Without Automation the Companies can
not succeed in the global economy.
Society, governments, education, and
economy need automation to compete in
global economy.
Questions