Quiz No.1: The Automation Industry

Automation derive from the Greek words.

• Auto and Matio

• Auto and Matos

• Auto and Machio

• Auto and Machina

Set of technologies that result in operation of machines and systems without significant human intervention.

• Revolution

• Automation

• Animation

• Technological Evolution

Identify the devices that detects machine states.

• sensors

• motors

• lamps

• buzzer

PLC stands for.

• Programmable Logic Circuits

• Programmable Logic Controllers

• Programmable Level Circuits

• Portable Logic Controllers

Field devices refer to

• input devices only.

• output devices only.

• power devices only.

• all kind of sensors and actuators that are physically wired to PLC input/output modules.

This is the top level of the industrial automation which manages the whole automation system. The tasks of this level include production planning, customer and market analysis, orders and sales, etc. So it deals more with commercial activities and less with technical aspects.

• Field Level

• Industrial Level

• Control Level

• Supervising and Production Level

This is the level where all the automation related programs are executed. For this purpose, generally, Programmable Logic Controllers or PLCs are used, which provide real-time computing capability.

• Field Level

• Industrial Level

• Control Level

• Supervising and Production Level

The tasks of this level include production planning, customer and market analysis, orders and sales, etc. So it deals more with commercial activities and less with technical aspects.

• Field Level

• Industrial Level

• Control Level

• Supervising and Production Level

A set of independent machines, processes and data, all working synchronously under the command of a single control system to implement an automation system of a production process.

• Integrated Automation

• Programmable Automation

• Flexible Automation

• Fixed Automation

It is usually used in continuous flow processes like conveyors and mass production systems.

• Integrated Automation

• Programmable Automation

• Flexible Automation

• Fixed Automation