If there exists a single term that summarizes the key to success in modern industrial automation, the obvious choice would be integration. Integration is critical to aligning all levels of an industrial enterprise and to optimizing each stratum in the hierarchy. While many books focus on the technological components of enterprise information systems, Integration Technologies for Industrial Automated Systems is the first book to present a comprehensive picture of the technologies, methodologies, and knowledge used to integrate seamlessly the various technologies underlying modern industrial automation and information systems. In chapters drawn from two of Zurawski's popular works, The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook and The Industrial Information Technology Handbook, this practical guide offers tutorials, surveys, and technology overviews contributed by experts from leading industrial and research institutions from around the world. The book is organized into sections for cohesive and comprehensive treatment. It examines e-technologies, software and IT technologies, communication network-based technologies, agent-based technologies, and security in detail as well as their role in the integration of industrial automated systems. For each of these areas, the contributors discuss emerging trends, novel solutions, and relevant standards. Charting the course toward more responsive and agile enterprise, Integration Technologies for Industrial Automated Systems gives you the tools to make better decisions and develop more integrated systems.

Industrial systems integration is a very diverse topic. It includes the primary technologies of industrial processes, industrial automation systems, industrial networks, industrial systems integration software applications, safety systems, energy systems, and manufacturing management software applications. Therefore, it is difficult to find literature that covers all the areas of industrial systems integration in a coherent manner. In addition, the new manufacturing paradigm of Industry 4.0 has increased the need for experts in industrial systems integration, because it is based on Industrial Internet of Things which is a product of industrial systems integration. This book is a result of lecture notes that the author has developed and refined over many years to cover the theory and practice of industrial systems integration in a coherent manner for those aspiring to become experts in industrial systems integration in particular and Industry 4.0 in general. Principally, the book is written for senior undergraduate and graduate students studying mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, automation and smart systems engineering, and computer science. The text is also useful to those in industry who are interested in the implementation of the Industry 4.0 manufacturing paradigm

The main subjects in this book relate to software development using cutting-edge technologies for real-world industrial automation applications. Explains key concepts through clear examples, ranging from simple to more complex problem domains, and all based on real-world industrial problems.

This book covers computer integrated manufacturing systems, analysis of automated flow line & line balancing, automated assembly systems, computerized manufacturing planning systems, CNC machining centers, and robotics.

The book begins with an overview of automation history and followed by chapters on PLC, DCS, and SCADA –describing how such technologies have become synonymous in process instrumentation and control. The book then introduces the niche of Fieldbuses in process industries. It then goes on to discuss wireless communication in the automation sector and its applications in the industrial arena. The book also discusses theall-pervading IoT and its industrial cousin,IIoT, which is finding increasing applications in process automation and control domain. The last chapter introduces OPC technology which has strongly emerged as a defacto standard for interoperable data exchange between multi-vendor software applications and bridges the divide between heterogeneous automation worlds in a very effective way. Key features: Presents an overall industrial automation scenario as it evolved over the years Discusses the already established PLC, DCS, and SCADA in a thorough and lucid manner and their recent advancements Provides an insight into today’s industrial automation field Reviews Fieldbus communication and WSNs in the context of industrial communication Explores IIoT in process automation and control fields Introduces OPC which has already carved out a niche among industrial communication technologies with its seamless connectivity in a heterogeneous automation world Dr. Chanchal Dey is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Instrumentation Engineering Section, University of Calcutta. He is a reviewer of IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Acta Press, Sage, and Taylor & Francis Publishers. He has more than 80 papers in international journals and conference publications. His research interests include intelligent process control using conventional, fuzzy, and neuro-fuzzy techniques. Dr. Sunit Kumar Sen is an ex-professor, Department of Applied Physics, Instrumentation Engineering Section, University of Calcutta. He was a coordinator of two projects sponsored by AICTE and UGC, Government of India. He has published around70 papers in international and national journals and conferences and has published three books – the last one was published by CRC Press in 2014. He is a reviewer of Measurement, Elsevier. His field of interest is new designs of ADCs and DACs.

Industrial automation is the technology which uses diverse control systems for handling different industrial processes and machineries with minimal human assistance. It facilitates production by increasing product quality, reliability, production rate and decreasing human error. It provides optimum cost of operation as the need of labor gets reduced. This field aims at replacing human decision-making and manual command-response activities with logical programming commands and mechanized equipment. Industrial robotics is a sub-branch of industrial automation. Industrial robots are the automated robot systems used in manufacturing processes. The use of these robots increases the safety level as it replaces personnel with machines in hazardous working conditions. Emerging technologies include automated mining, logistics automation and programmable logic controllers. The topics covered in this extensive book deal with the core aspects of industrial automation. The various sub-fields along with technological progress that have future implications are glanced at in it. This book will provide comprehensive knowledge to the readers.