The Evolution of Automation Systems (DT104) is designed to provide context to the industrial internet of things and Industry 4.0 by providing an overview of the evolution of automation throughout previous industrial revolutions. It will highlight how productivity, organizational structure, and general manufacturing operations have evolved.
Students who take this course will learn how manufacturing arrived at its latest revolution and how current automation systems are built upon those that came before them.
Course Benefits
- Explore each of the various industrial revolutions and where industry developments are headed in the future
- Learn the separate parts within the ISA95 manufacturing hierarchy, the various technologies present within each specific industrial revolution
- Explore a use case that examines how automation implementation impacted manufacturing operations as a whole
Who Should Take DT104?
Those that are interested in learning more about the history of automation and its evolution throughout the ages, including:- Engineers
- Technicians
- Managers
- Business Leaders
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Classroom (DT104)Length: 1 day |
Virtual Classroom (DT104V)Length: 1 day |
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Learning Objectives
- Section 1: Introduction
- Define automation
- Match the five levels in ISA95 to the levels of the manufacturing process
- Recognize the high-level characteristics of an industrial revolution
- Section 2: Automation in the First Industrial Revolution
- Identify the beginnings of technological automation
- Recognize the limitations of early technological automation within the organization
- Describe an effect that the First Industrial Revolution had on society
- Section 3: Automation in the Second Industrial Revolution
- Identify the major technological advancement that marked the start of the Second Industrial Revolution
- Identify the manufacturing method introduced during the Second Industrial Revolution
- Section 4: Automation in the Third Industrial Revolution
- Describe the effect that microprocessors had on Level 1 applications
- Describe how the Third Industrial Revolution disproportionately affected higher levels within the automation hierarchy compared to past revolutions
- Identify a major issue that these new machine-to-machine communication methods introduced
- Section 5: Automation in Industry 4.0
- Describe a major difference between the electrical communication methods of the Third Industrial Revolution and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Identify a major concern that began with more advanced networking
- Describe data democracy
- Section 6: The Future of automation
- Analyze how new sensing methods could impact manufacturing
- Describe how new manufacturing methods could impact society
- Describe what the future of manufacturing could look like
Topics Covered
- 1st Industrial Revolution
- Level 1: Process Instrumentation and Controls
- Level 2: Process Automation
- Level 3: Line Automation
- Level 4: Organizational Automation
- 2nd Industrial Revolution
- Level 1: Process Instrumentation and Controls
- Level 2: Process Automation
- Level 3: Line Automation
- Level 4: Organizational Automation
- 3rd Industrial Revolution
- Level 1: Process Instrumentation and Controls
- Level 2: Process Automation
- Level 3: Line Automation
- Level 4: Organizational Automation
- 4th Industrial Revolution
- Level 1: Process Instrumentation and Controls
- Level 2: Process Automation
- Level 3: Line Automation
- Level 4: Organizational Automation
- The Future of Automation Systems
Recommended Reading
- The Road to Integration: A Guide to Applying the ISA-95 Standards in Manufacturing, Second Edition by Bianca Scholten and Dennis Brandl