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    Low Cost Automation

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    Low-cost automation (LCA) involves introducing simple pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical devices into existing production processes and machinery to improve productivity. This is done using standardized parts and devices to mechanized or automate machines, processes, and systems with a low investment so the payback period is short. LCA creates some degree of automation around existing equipment, tools, methods, and people using mostly standard components available in the market. It allows for operation by semi-skilled and unskilled labor with little training.

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    Low-cost automation (LCA) involves introducing simple pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical devices into existing production processes and machinery to improve productivity. This is done using standardized parts and devices to mechanized or automate machines, processes, and systems with a low investment so the payback period is short. LCA creates some degree of automation around existing equipment, tools, methods, and people using mostly standard components available in the market. It allows for operation by semi-skilled and unskilled labor with little training.

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    Low-cost automation (LCA) involves introducing simple pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical devices into existing production processes and machinery to improve productivity. This is done using standardized parts and devices to mechanized or automate machines, processes, and systems with a low investment so the payback period is short. LCA creates some degree of automation around existing equipment, tools, methods, and people using mostly standard components available in the market. It allows for operation by semi-skilled and unskilled labor with little training.

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    Low-cost automation (LCA) involves introducing simple pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical devices into existing production processes and machinery to improve productivity. This is done using standardized parts and devices to mechanized or automate machines, processes, and systems with a low investment so the payback period is short. LCA creates some degree of automation around existing equipment, tools, methods, and people using mostly standard components available in the market. It allows for operation by semi-skilled and unskilled labor with little training.

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    LOW COST AUTOMATION

    Low-Cost Automation (popularly known as LCA) is the introduction of simple


    pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical devices into the existing
    production process or/and machinery, with a view to improving their
    productivity. These would also enable the operation of this equipment by even
    semi-skilled and unskilled labor, with a little training. This will involve the use of
    standardized parts and devices to mechanize or automate machines, processes,
    and systems. LCA is a technology that creates some degree of automation
    around the existing equipment, tools, methods, people, etc, using mostly
    standard components available in the market with a low investment so that the
    payback period is short. The current financial crisis faced all over the world has
    posed tremendous challenges to the manufacturing organizations. Even at low
    volumes, and large variety, they have to be competitive with minimum
    investment. Low-cost automation can play an important role in this situation.

    Festo is a leading worldwide supplier of automation technology and the


    performance leader in industrial training and education programs. Our aim:
    maximized productivity and competitiveness for our customers.

    It is a technology that creates some degree of automation around the existing


    equipment, tool, methods, and people, using mostly standard components
    available in the market.This white paper looks at automation using an individual
    valve, a valve terminal.The world of bulk material handling seems easy at
    first glance: moving, filling, delivering.
    In today’s world for any industry to survive in the competitive market, must go
    for automation. Automation demands huge capital investment which requires
    mass production for quick return on investment. Hence Large Scale Industries
    can afforded and opt the option of automation, whereas medium and small
    scale industries find it very difficult adopt automation. Low cost automation
    (LCA) is one solution especially for medium and small scale industries.
    Automation demands replacement of conventional machines by CNC, VMC,
    SPM’s etc. manual material handling by conveyors, AGV’s and many more
    things.
    In contrast with the traditional approach of automating with the help of a
    systems integrator, the low-cost automation strategy relies on in-house
    resources that grow concurrently with the project and are ultimately integrated
    into the company infrastructure upon completion of the project and Building
    the system.
    Low Cost Automation is an effort to develop effective engineering solutions that
    eliminate wasteful manual effort on the shopfloor and address several aspects
    of performance such as safety, quality, productivity, environment, morale
    and cost, for manufacturing managers.
    LCA is a technology that creates some degree of automation around the existing
    equipment, tools, methods, people, etc, using mostly standard components
    available in the market with a low investment so that the payback period is
    short. The current financial crisis faced all over the world has posed tremendous
    challenges to the manufacturing organizations. Even at low volumes,and large
    variety, they have to be competitive with minimum investment. Low-cost
    automation can play an important role in this situation.

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