The art of manufacturing overcome control challenges for increasing efficiency in manufacturing using real-world examples

What you will learn Understand the role of machines, factories, and plants in manufacturing a product Explore the manufacturing landscape and its continuous evolution Use practical applications to mitigate control challenges in manufacturing Resolve implementation challenges of various applications...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deshpande, Ninad
Other Authors: Pothukuchi, Sivaram
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham Packt Publishing, Limited 2023
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 7: The Interplay of Humans-Machines-Automation
  • Humans and machines
  • The need for interaction with machines
  • Interaction while in operation
  • Interaction while the machine is constructed
  • Interaction at the design and testing stages
  • Interaction at the supply chain and procurement stages
  • Programming platforms and programming languages
  • IEC 61131-3 languages
  • Various formats of the application software
  • Data from the process
  • values, alarms, and events
  • Elementary operator interface
  • switches, dials, and meters
  • Supervisory control
  • Plantwide information
  • An overview of textile applications
  • An overview of newspaper printing
  • Overcoming the control challenge (tension control)
  • Ways to measure tension
  • Varying the tension
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4: Level Control
  • Controlling the Level of Liquid to Avoid Drying Up or Spilling Over
  • The need for level control
  • Challenge and the need for level control
  • Control challenge
  • Overview of applications
  • Overview of the automotive application
  • Overcoming the control challenge of level control
  • Overview of a boiler application
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Motion Control
  • Control, Synchronization, and Interpolation of Axes for Accuracy and Precision
  • The need for motion control
  • Control challenges (motion control)
  • Overview of an application
  • Overcoming the control challenge (motion control)
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6: Material Dispensing Control
  • The need for quantity control
  • Control challenge (quantity control
  • weight or volume)
  • Overview of an application
  • Overcoming the control challenge (quantity control
  • weight or volume)
  • Summary
  • Part 2: Automation and Humans
  • Analyzing the elements of automation
  • components and structures
  • Control, automation, and data technologies
  • Automation components
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: The Art of Temperature Control
  • Highlighting the need for temperature control
  • The challenge and need for temperature control
  • The control challenge
  • An overview of an application (plastic)
  • Overview of another application (pharma)
  • Overcoming the control challenge
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3: Tension Control
  • Managing Material Tension
  • The need for tension control
  • Control challenge
  • An overview of an application
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Introduction to the Manufacturing Landscape and Innovative Automation in Everyday Life
  • Chapter 1: Automation Is a Part of Our Daily Lives
  • Understanding our daily rituals and the products we use
  • Probing how consumer demands and needs are drivers
  • Analyzing the elements of a factory
  • production lines and machines
  • Continuous process versus discrete process
  • Mass/batch production versus customized production
  • Inside a factory