In recent years, the automation technology in industry has been significantly and rapidly developed, and the level of industrial automation has been significantly improved. Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence have also been widely used in the automation industry. However, with the development of robotics and artificial intelligence technology, the competition in the field of industrial automation is becoming more and more fierce. The future development prospect of the automation industry is also becoming brighter and brighter, and the application proportion in industrial production is also increasing. Promoting the development of industrial automation is not only conducive to promoting the reform of traditional industries, but also conducive to improving the degree of industrialization of China's industry, which has great development potential.
1、 Automation technology
Automation technology means that information processing and process control (such as measurement, operation, etc.) can be carried out automatically according to the expected objectives, without manual intervention of machine or production process in the process of control. Industrial automation control system usually integrates mechanical execution system, electrical control system and sensor measurement system. The industrial automation control system is designed based on the automatic control theory, and has certain relevance with the technology of machinery, information technology, electronic circuit, mechanical design, optical design, embedded software and system reliability design. At the same time, automation technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, biological industry, metallurgy industry, petroleum industry, chemical industry, non-ferrous metal industry, machinery industry, automobile industry, textile industry Paper industry, aerospace industry and many other modern industries. As the industrial automation industry has a strong driving force for other industries, the level of automation technology has become a symbol to measure the level of national economic development and modernization.
In the automation industry, the first generation of technology is mechanical control technology represented by mechanical instruments, the second generation is mainly relay control technology represented by electrical control technology and analog control technology represented by regulators, and the third generation is distributed control system for process industry and programmable controller for discrete industry. The fourth generation control system is open, which is the integration of process industrial control and discrete control. It is mainly integrated in the integration of digital processing technology and electrical programmable control technology.
2、 Development status of automation industry
China's automation industry started a little later than that of developed countries abroad, but the automation technology behind it developed rapidly and played a great role in China's economic development. At present, China has adopted automated assembly lines for industrial production in a large range. At the same time, automation technology has certain relevance with control technology and information technology in other industries. Therefore, technologies in other fields related to automation technology should be combined to promote the further development of automation technology. PLC is the abbreviation of programmable logic controller. At present, PLC automation control technology has been widely used in China's industrial automation control field, mainly because the control function of this automation technology is more practical, and the control function can be realized by using program statements. Programmable control technology is also one of the commonly used control technologies in the field of automation control. The key of automatic control technology is how to optimize the control algorithm according to the input quantity of the control model, so as to obtain the output quantity with better performance, thus playing the function of automatic control.
3、 Development prospect of automation industry
With the continuous development of information technology and computer control technology, the proportion of automation technology used in industrial production is also increasing, which plays an important role in reducing the production costs of various industries and improving the economic benefits of enterprises. In general, the adoption of automatic control technology is an important means to develop and improve the national economy, and also an important means to improve the technical level of many industries [3]. At present, the mainstream development direction in industrial production is automatic production. The realization of industrial automatic production can improve China's industrial productivity and speed up the process of industrial development. Therefore, automation technology will have a broader development space in the future.
3.1 The automation industry covers a wide range
Automation technology is widely used in commerce, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, medical treatment, agriculture, integrated office automation, transportation, process control, national defense, automatic instruments and meters, artificial intelligence technology, services, scientific research, and family [4]. With the widespread application of automation technology, people can no longer do repetitive and meaningless physical work, and automation technology can also replace a considerable part of mental work. It has greatly saved people's time, enabled people to engage in more meaningful work and research other technologies, and greatly improved production efficiency, improved people's ability to understand the world, and enhanced people's ability to transform the world. Therefore, automation technology plays an important role in the development of human society. For the whole industrial field, automation technology naturally connects traditional industry with modern industry, and becomes an essential key technology for transforming information technology and management technology into real productivity.
3.2 With the development of automation, it will be intelligent
Intelligent control theory is used to solve the control problems of complex systems. Today's society is a combination of information and intelligence, and artificial intelligence plays an important role. The development of artificial intelligence has greatly facilitated people's lives, and the development of artificial intelligence cannot be separated from automation technology. From the things around us, we can find that automation technology is widely used in commerce, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, medical treatment, agriculture, integrated office automation, transportation, process control, national defense, automatic instruments and meters, artificial intelligence technology, services, scientific research, family and other aspects.
3.3 Accelerate the development of modern industry
We can also speed up the development process of modern industry through automation, thereby saving more resources, reducing production costs and obtaining more social and economic benefits. Increasing investment in the automation industry can make China's automation technology develop faster, make the automation technology more mature, gradually narrow the gap with developed countries, and better serve the society and people.
The combination of standardization and personalization is more conducive to the development of the automation industry. The development trend of automation industry is to combine hardware and software. A unified standard for an industry can facilitate mutual communication and bring more opportunities. At the same time, enterprises should unify their personality and standards to promote their development.
3.4 Automation industry belongs to information industry
The information industry, known as the "sunrise industry", is the "engine" for us to enter the information era, has a good development prospect and is the trend of modern science and technology development. Therefore, as an important member of the information industry, the automation industry will also develop better and have a broad future.
3.5 Drive the development of automation specialty
In the field of automation, many processes are automatic and do not require human participation. But the maintenance of automation equipment needs professional talents. With the rapid development of automation technology, automation equipment is bound to become more and more sophisticated and complex, which requires highly professional personnel to maintain. Therefore, automation professionals will become more and more popular in the near future. The talents with rich professional knowledge trained by colleges and universities can not only promote the expansion of automation, but also promote the development of automation in new fields.
In short, the current automatic control technology has been applied in many industries in China. Automatic control has greatly reduced the labor burden, effectively improved work efficiency, and improved industrial production quality. The application of automation is the embodiment of the current development of advanced technology, which has promoted the adjustment and upgrading of China's industrial structure. In the future, the automation industry can promote the further development of the automation industry by integrating the professional content of other industries. With the advanced science and technology of the automation industry, the automation industry will continue to develop and move towards a more intelligent, networked and convenient road, which will play a positive role in promoting China's economic prosperity, continuously improving China's comprehensive national strength and improving its international competitiveness.
