ARTICULO 5 (INGLES)

APPLICATIONS OF AUTOMATION IN MANUFACTURE PROCESESS

We refer to automation as a big systems variety and/ or processes that operate with almost any man intervention, in some cases almost null.

An automated system adjusts its operations in answer to changes in the external conditions in three stages such us: measurement, evaluation, and control.

This technology includes

-       -   Automatic tools to process parts.

-       - Automatic montage machines.

-       -  Industrial robots.

-       -  Automatic material handling and storage systems.

-       -  Automatic inspection for quality control

-       -   Re-using control and computer controlled process.

-       -   Computer systems to plan data collecting and decisions taking to support manufacturing activities.

Kinds of automation

Fixed automation

Is utilized when the production volume is very high, and thus, the specialized equipment high design cost can be justified economically to process the product with high performance and high production rates. A possible inconvenient of fixed automation is its life cycle that goes according to the product validity in the market.

Programmable automation

It’s employed when the production volume is relatively low, and there is a production diversity to obtain. In this case the production equipment is designed to adapt to the configuration variations of the product; this adaptation is realized by a software.

Flexible automation

Is the most adequate for a medium production range. This systems possess fixed automation characteristics and from programmed automation. The flexible systems are usually constituted by a series of work stations interconnected between themselves by storage systems and material manipulations systems, controlling its group by a computer.

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