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AUTOMATION
INTRODUCTION
• Technological advancement is rampant in
every walk of life since the pioneering days of
Industrial Revolution.
• It was by way of this trend that processes and
production procedures were continuously
perfected to attain efficient productivity
through achievement of standardization in
quality by way of engaging human capital.
Manufacturing sector in India
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Food products,
Wearing apparel,
Wood and products of wood,
Paper and paper products, textiles,
Tobacco products,
Publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media,
coke,
Refined petroleum products & nuclear fuel,
Chemicals and chemical products,
Rubber and plastics products,
Manufacturing sector in India
• other non-metallic mineral
products,
•basic metals,
•fabricated metal products
•Machinery & equipment
•Office, accounting &
computing machinery
• Electrical machinery
•Radio, TV
• communication equipment
& apparatus,
• medical, precision &
optical instruments,
• watches and clocks,
• motor vehicles,
• trailers and semi trailers and
• furniture manufacturing.
Recent and emerging applications
• Food and drink
The food retail industry has started to
apply automation to the ordering
process; McDonald's has introduced
touch screen ordering and payment
systems in many of its restaurants,
reducing the need for as many cashier
Employees.[University of Texas has
introduced fully automated cafe retail
locations.Some Cafes and restaurants
have utilized mobile and tablet "apps"
to make the ordering process more
efficient by customers ordering and
paying on their device.[ Some
restaurants have automated food
delivery to customers tables using
a Conveyor belt system. The use
of robots is sometimes employed to
replace waiting staff.
Recent and emerging applications
• Stores
Self-checkout (also known
as Self-service checkout, or
a Semi Attended Customer
Activated Terminal (SACAT))
machines provide a
mechanism for customers to
process their own purchases
from a retailer. They are an
alternative to the
traditional cashierstaffed checkout.
Recent and emerging applications
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Robot welding is the use of
mechanized programmable
tools (robots), which completely
automate a welding process by
both performing the weld and
handling the part. Processes
such as gas metal arc welding,
while often automated, are not
necessarily equivalent to robot
welding, since a human
operator sometimes prepares
the materials to be welded.
Robot welding is commonly
used for resistance spot
welding and arc welding in high
production applications, such as
the automotive industry.