Automation: ensuring success through maximum return

By admin July 22, 2014 6:19 pm IST

“In the manufacturing world, business success depends on your ability to employ your assets in a way that delivers maximum return for which automation is indispensable in today’s manufacturing environment,” says Himanshu Shaparia, Vice President-Sales, Jyoti CNC Automation.
Today automated machining processes are finding their applications in many fields on large scale.  Himanshu Shaparia talks about the same and also analyses the scope for Indian automation sector to establish itself in the said segment.
Different types of automation solutionsAutomation solutions entail a number of electronic and mechanical devices, out of which the most common types of automation are:• Feedback control, which is usually continuous and involves taking measurements using a sensor and making calculated adjustments to keep the measured variable within a set range• Sequence control, in which a programmed sequence of discrete operations is performed, often based on system logic.
Automated machining process can be performed through overhead gantry systems, robots, FMS (flexible manufacturing system), etc which can be integrated with various CNC machines such as turning centre, vertical machining centres, horizontal machining centres, 5-axis machines, etc. for all complex metal cutting operations.