The emerging trends in process automation

Process automation is done by using computer technology and software engineering for helping power plants and factories in industries as diverse as paper, mining etc to operate more efficiently and safely.

The emerging trends in process automation are

1. Safety and security: As the operators are directly exposing to process accidents, there is an increased demand to improve human and plant safety. These can be done by using the requirements in industrial design like PED (pressure equipment Directive) and is by given the fuel through SIL (safety integrity Level) ratings. By usage of digital communication i.e. Web, Ethernet, field buses, there is a need of security.
2. Supply chain management and stock control: Stake holders are demanding increased rate of interest, which results in more production and reduced material. It leads to the supply chain management and raw material stock control.
3. Wireless networks across the plant: With the advancement of new low cost communication technologies such as Bluetooth and wireless Ethernet, the user is demanding to replace the hard wired system with wireless technology in order to increase its flexibility in doing its operations. So, a wireless network is provided instead of hard wire systems.
4. Regulating Industries: With the increase in the advancements and by the shift of many high technological production plants to low costs, consumer markets have increased their demands for processed products like food, water and pharmaceuticals.
5. Web Based Automation: It is also one of the present trends in process automation which is under usage. This is a three tier architecture which is used for making the process easier through the internet.
6. Utilization of less resource: The less number of resources are to be used for any system to increase the efficiency i.e. the input should be low for increasing the efficiency of any system.

Thus these emerging trends are very much useful for the growth of present process automation.