TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawkins,William M.
TI  - Automating manufacturing operations: the penultimate approach 
SN  - 9781606503690 (ebook)
AV  - T59.5 .H282 2013
U1  - 670.427 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Momentum Press
KW  - Automation
KW  - artificial intelligence
KW  - automation control systems
KW  - automation engineers
KW  - automation procedures
KW  - automation technologies
KW  - automation war stories
KW  - big data for automation
KW  - cloud computing for automation
KW  - evolution of manufacturing automation
KW  - future of automation
KW  - industrial control
KW  - intelligent machine
KW  - machine control communication
KW  - process automation
KW  - process examples
KW  - process management
KW  - process operators
KW  - virtual machines
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of figures -- Preface -- About the author -- Prologue -- Industrial manufacturing processes -- Process control -- Process operators -- Management -- Automation -- Communications -- Programming -- Engineering -- The future -- Appendix A. Classification of industries -- Appendix B. Artificial intelligence; Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP
N2  - Automation has gone from being a choice to being a necessity to manufacture today's intricate products at the required speeds. This makes automation increasingly a social issue, one that affects people outside the group that designs, controls, and uses smarter, faster machines. The title reflects the fact that it is going to be difficult and perhaps very dangerous, to reach the lights-out factory. Next to ultimate should be as far as we go. Automation systems should be designed to be operated by people
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