Machine Automation
Machine makers are continuously pursuing innovative automation solutions with higher cost/performance ratios as a result of ever-increasing cost challenges and requests for improved performance. Vendors must typically incorporate commercial off-the-shelf components and other technologies to give higher performance at cheaper costs in smaller form factors in order to meet these needs. The automation system of a machine is generally made up of power and control components. These may be contained on a single panel for a smaller machine, but larger machines may require multiple panels, frequently one for control and another for power. A machine automation system's primary subsystems and components are:
- Distribution of Power
- Drives and Motor Control
- Mechanism of Protection
- Programmable Controllers
- I / O, both discrete and analog
- Systems of Communication
- HMI
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