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Factory Floor Automation

Article Category: Computers and Technology

Author Name: Michael Garza

Factory floor automation is a standard development process in companies switching from manual and mechanical production to partial or full automation. In the process, the whole factory floor is redesigned or renovated to accommodate the new changes brought on by the installation of new automation hardware and software.

The process

The process begins with the decision to automate the production facility. This is decided by the CEO or owner of the company or factory. Once the decision has been made, experts are called up to draw plans and designs for the planned automation and teams discuss the best way to go about automating the factory floor. A systems engineer draws the plans for the system to be put in use, while hardware engineers are consulted on the best hardware and machinery to use to complement the system being designed by the systems engineer. These plans are integrated and then installation begins.

Automating the factory floor

A timeline is established as to how long this process will take. In order for production to continue while the automation is being done, a separate production floor must be running and completing orders.

Factory floor automation is a costly process, and as such, all aspects of the automation are studied in full detail before plans are carried out. Each hardware and software implemented is assessed, with costs estimated, before being installed in the new system.

Projections for the improved efficiency and productivity of the new system is graphed and modeled by the automating team. The maximum possible cost to benefit ratio is targeted and the team works on achieving that goal.

There's no easy answer or definite figure to predict just how much automating the factory floor will cost the company and later once in operation, will earn the company some profit. Everything is assumed on a predictive scale. While most predictions are only a scale of what might be, they are more or less an truthful prediction of what might happen based on past studies and results gleaned from the experiences of other companies and factories.

Success in Automation

The success of the project depends on a number of factors. One, it depends on how much the team can avoid unnecessary expenditures. Two, it depends on whether the team is able to maximize the whole area of the floor to desired levels of functioning and whether the tasks assigned to automation fully fits the design made by the team. Three, is successful installation, which means qualified technicians are standing by ready to operate the technology which is newly installed once the system is ready. For this part of the project, employee training is necessary. Whether the company decides to hire new workers that are familiar with the operation of such systems, or they hire the installation team to teach their existing employees to operate the new hardware and software.

Factory floor automation is a long term process, and it is expected that even after successful installation, the process does not stop until full integration of the system as well as the newly trained employees begin to take root.

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