The magazine for industrial Automation. Process/Factory Automation news and information.
‘The future of factory automation’ the cover story of Texas Instruments highlighted the concept of Factory Automation, it was started in 1986, and dealt primarily with the automation of manufacturing, quality control and material handling processes. The idea was to employ automation to save up on the labor cost, reduce human error, save energy and materials and to improve quality, accuracy and precision. Various concepts & technologies like DCS, PLC, Industrial PC, Computer Numeric Control Network, Wireless sensor networks, Industrial Ethernet etc. have emerged and evolved over the years.
In the current issue, in-focus special sections are on Factory automation, Process automation, Mechatronics & Industrial safety & security instruments. Special industry feature are Automation for plastic, rubber, printing & packaging.
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