Benefits of Automating Factories

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Currently, the world is all about integration. No matter where you turn there is somebody trying to discover how to make systems to do work in a way that a person no longer has to do it. We as humans are stuck on having things done for us. No matter what it is, we would like to have robots that would do it for us. In this day and age there are already a lot of things that require very little of us to get done.
The same is true of businesses the world over. To companies there is the matter of making more money and they are always looking out for ways to cut the costs to make the goods they offer. This is where factory automation comes into play. A business that relies heavily on automation has cheaper labor costs, making it less expensive for the business to build products thereby increasing profits in many ways.
There is some debate on whether or not an automated factory is a benefical idea. Automation relies on machines, like robots to perform tasks that were once performed by a human. One of the problems is the fact that these robots and machines cost in the million or more dollars range usually, which means a very high capital investment for the company. Now they could, in theory, win back the investment in only a few years by not having to pay an employee to do the job, but what if the product becomes unnecessary? This can mean that they spent a lot of money that was not needed.
In addition is the fact that robots do not have the ability to think or solve problems without assistance from outside parties, namely humans. Most observers would recommend that robots only do the most mundane functions in a factory so they have no need to think. possibly so but what if something goes wrong with the process. Does the robot know to stop? Will it be able to solve the problem on its own? The answer to both of those questions is of course NO. The robot must be programmed what to do by a human and has no thought process of its own.
The other factor is that using factory automation takes jobs away from the people who need them. This is the largest concern in the automation debate as it is known today. This is occassionally true and it does harm the economy because the more people that are unemployed the worse the economy is. Unless these people may be trained for higher level jobs, that are more interesting and stimulating. Who wants to drill holes in the same pattern, in the same part every minute of every work day!
It is a great process for all intents and purposes to fully automate production facilities. The debate about this rages on but it is impossible that machines will ever replace us humans completely.

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Pierre Basson is an author and project manager. More automation articles and control engineering resources like this at www.factoryautomation.com .

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