Thanks to inventors and innovators who have designed and developed control systems for a broad range of applications. Industrial automation runs on these control systems, especially PLC and SCADA. Users enjoy key twin benefits of enhanced productivity and reduced operating costs.
PLC
Before the PLC was introduced, closed-loop controllers, relays, cam timers and scores of related devices were integrated and used as control systems, which were highly expensive, time consuming, and required regular maintenance. PLC has given controlling or automation of electromechanical processes a new dimension. Right from system expandability, input/output control to sequential/position control, effortless storing, timed counting, and more, features of the PLC are myriad. In short, it is a multi-tasking digital computer system. High flexibility, durability, and cost-effectiveness are the USPs of this industrial automation product.
SCADA
Another indispensable industrial automation product is SCADA or supervisory control and data acquisition. This industrial computer controlling system is regulated by PLC or RTU. Monitoring and controlling of industrial processes has never been so easy! Besides monitoring and controlling energy consumption related to lighting, HVAC, the scope of SCADA also includes industrial and infrastructure processes. The journey of SCADA architectures from ‘monolithic’ wherein computing was done by mainframe computers; ‘distributed’ that saw distribution of processes across multiple stations to ‘networked’ involving use of standard protocols and security techniques, has seen innovative additions and upgradations. Today, it is ‘internet of things’ involving cloud computing that implements more complex control algorithms, that is increasingly being used as SCADA architecture.
Motor Controllers
Industrial automation of any industrial space is again incomplete without Motor controllers. Right from controlling sprinklers, window curtains, door openings to other various kind of repetitive activities, a motor controller executes all according to set programs.
RFID
When it comes to addressing safety issues, especially tracking of inventory and assets, RFID is the solution. With workplace safety and discipline being the need of the hour today, RFID technology plays an effective role in maintaining the same. Whether it is enhancing security and visibility of shipments by exporters and importers or gathering ambient data of perishable products or tracking non consumable items in hospitals or patient tracking in all environments, the scope of RFID is vast.
Mentor Talk
“Increasing productivity, reducing costs, workplace safety, improving quality, and conserving energy through optimum power consumption are issues that industry bodies including hotels, hospitals, malls, institutes, factories, offices and other industrial units seek to address today. The answer is industrial automation. Use of this technology is gaining big impetus today,” says Mr. C P Singh, Founder and Chief Mentor of Smart Automation (a leading service provider of home automation solutions and energy saving products).
So as an industry owner, what are you waiting for? Automate your industrial space and avail the many benefits of industrial automation!
PLC
Before the PLC was introduced, closed-loop controllers, relays, cam timers and scores of related devices were integrated and used as control systems, which were highly expensive, time consuming, and required regular maintenance. PLC has given controlling or automation of electromechanical processes a new dimension. Right from system expandability, input/output control to sequential/position control, effortless storing, timed counting, and more, features of the PLC are myriad. In short, it is a multi-tasking digital computer system. High flexibility, durability, and cost-effectiveness are the USPs of this industrial automation product.
SCADA
Another indispensable industrial automation product is SCADA or supervisory control and data acquisition. This industrial computer controlling system is regulated by PLC or RTU. Monitoring and controlling of industrial processes has never been so easy! Besides monitoring and controlling energy consumption related to lighting, HVAC, the scope of SCADA also includes industrial and infrastructure processes. The journey of SCADA architectures from ‘monolithic’ wherein computing was done by mainframe computers; ‘distributed’ that saw distribution of processes across multiple stations to ‘networked’ involving use of standard protocols and security techniques, has seen innovative additions and upgradations. Today, it is ‘internet of things’ involving cloud computing that implements more complex control algorithms, that is increasingly being used as SCADA architecture.
Motor Controllers
Industrial automation of any industrial space is again incomplete without Motor controllers. Right from controlling sprinklers, window curtains, door openings to other various kind of repetitive activities, a motor controller executes all according to set programs.
RFID
When it comes to addressing safety issues, especially tracking of inventory and assets, RFID is the solution. With workplace safety and discipline being the need of the hour today, RFID technology plays an effective role in maintaining the same. Whether it is enhancing security and visibility of shipments by exporters and importers or gathering ambient data of perishable products or tracking non consumable items in hospitals or patient tracking in all environments, the scope of RFID is vast.
Mentor Talk
“Increasing productivity, reducing costs, workplace safety, improving quality, and conserving energy through optimum power consumption are issues that industry bodies including hotels, hospitals, malls, institutes, factories, offices and other industrial units seek to address today. The answer is industrial automation. Use of this technology is gaining big impetus today,” says Mr. C P Singh, Founder and Chief Mentor of Smart Automation (a leading service provider of home automation solutions and energy saving products).
So as an industry owner, what are you waiting for? Automate your industrial space and avail the many benefits of industrial automation!
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