| The use of control system or computers to control | | | | sometimes backfires. There is always a probability of |
| industrial process and industrial machinery is called | | | | affecting computers with a number of viruses turning |
| industrial automation or numerical automation. In the | | | | the whole system in fiasco. The potential danger |
| mechanism the human labor is replaced by | | | | always looms large over the industries. |
| sophisticated computers. It is different from | | | | Social issues involved in the industrial automation have |
| mechanization. In mechanization human operators run | | | | also wide ramifications. It raises many social issues |
| the machinery as per the requirements of the work. | | | | which are very much relevant for the populous |
| But in numerical automation most of the works are | | | | countries. Industrial automation affects employment |
| facilitated by the highly improved computers. The | | | | to a great extent. It is a sheer myth that it leads to |
| whole system and the processes of the industry are | | | | higher employment. The truth is that it affects |
| automated under the automated system. Industrial | | | | unskilled labors most. There is no space for those |
| automation requires several automation tools. There | | | | who are unskilled. This is because automated |
| are several automation tools that make industrial | | | | industries require only skilled labors. But this unleashes |
| possible. These tools include Distributed control | | | | a cathartic effect on the labor society. It forces |
| system, human machine interface, laboratory | | | | more and more people to take up skilled jobs or |
| information management system, manufacturing | | | | makes them try for it. Nowadays the automation is |
| executive system. In addition to it in manufacturing | | | | very much advanced. It has replaced even many |
| units some other tools applied are programmable logic | | | | skilled jobs also. It is advancing rapidly throughout the |
| controller, programmable automation controller, | | | | world. In future it may hamper more and more skilled |
| supervisory control and data acquisition, and | | | | jobs. |
| simulation and field bus. | | | | In spite of all these repercussions there is a greater |
| Industrial automation has got wide application in the | | | | emphasis on the industrial automation. Primarily its |
| today's economic world order. the automation | | | | main purpose was to maximize the production of the |
| engineers are playing a very important role in the | | | | industry. Now the focus has been shifted to enhance |
| maximizing the efficiency of industries. They create a | | | | the quality of the products which is the need of the |
| complex system of human computer interface to | | | | hour in the present scenario. Industrial automation has |
| facilitate a wide range of application. But industrial | | | | made workforce more flexible and now it is quite |
| automation is not flawless. First, it makes the industry | | | | feasible to switch over from one product to the |
| over dependent on the automation system which | | | | other product in an automated system. |