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PLC HMI: this changed the production line into an automated line

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Labour is a very important thing when it comes to an industry. In fact if there are no workers then there would be no production in any industry. This was the case till a few years back. But now almost everything in every industry is automated. This means that machines have taken the role of workers. This not only reduced the labour requirement by a large margin but also the time required for the production would be less when compared to manual production. But in order to make sure that the production process goes on smoothly there needs to be a very good coordination between the machines and the people who operate them. This is where HMI comes in: The coordination: As mentioned above, the coordination between the machines and the humans is very important. This is because the machines would not know what to do. They need to be constantly programmed so that they can work efficiently. What makes this coordination possible is the human machine interface. In a producti...