Disadvantages Of Automation

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Automation or also called automatic control. It is the use of control systems for equipment operating such as processes in factories, machinery, boilers, switching in telephone networks, stabilization and steering of ships, aircraft and other applications. It reduces intervention of human. There are some processes which have been completely automated. The biggest automation’s benefit is that it saves labour, time and energy. It also helps in improving quality, precision and accuracy Types of automation 1. Discrete control (on/off) The simplest type of control is on-off control for example the thermostat used in household appliances. Electromechanical thermostats has a single provision for on/off control. Electronic controllers add multiple …show more content…

To control the processes and industrial machinery for reducing the need for human intervention we use these aided technologies. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a far ahead of mechanization. The mechanization provides the human operators with to assist them with the muscular requirements of work with the machinery. The automation greatly reduces human work and mental requirements as well. Processes and systems can be automated …show more content…

It is an electronic device. It records the data over time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. They are based on a digital processor. They are small in size and powered by a battery. They are equipped with a microprocessor. They have an internal memory for storing data. They also have sensors. The data loggers interact with a computer and use software to start the data logger to view and analyse the collected data, while others have a local interface devices such as keypad and LCD and can be utilised as a stand-alone

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