Alistair Hartley
Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Noron Engineering & Consultancy Inc
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Location:
Los Angeles
Industry:
Engineering
Year Founded:
2008
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
Automation design and energy solar system (URL removed)
Automation design is the use of control system such as computer to control industrial machinery and processes, reducing the need for human intervention. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the physical requirements of work, automation greatly reduces the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Processes and systems can also be automated
Specialized hardened computers, referred to as programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, are frequently used to synchronize the flow of inputs from (physical) sensors and events with the flow of outputs to actuators and events. This leads to precisely controlled actions that permit a tight control of almost any industrial process.
Human-machine interfaces (HMI) is usually employed to communicate with PLCs and other computers, such as entering and monitoring temperatures or pressures for further automated control or emergency response. Service personnel who monitor and control these interfaces are often referred to as stationary engineers.