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Technology in manufacturing
- industry involves manufacturing products
- several procceses
- from raw materials
- manufacturing is a system, made of a number of stages
- Three main stages: input, process, output
- input- all the materials and tools you start off with
- process- what happens to the input to change it
- output- result of the system to get a finished product
- technology never stays the same, it always improves to be more efficient
- Automation manufacturing
- Is the use of machines to automatically do a task
- without much or any human input
- Key development, present in many factories
- can carry out just some processes or complete a whole product
- ADVANTAGES
- robots can increase speed of production
- robots work faster than humans and don't need rest
- cheaper to use than humans
- robots can work with high accuracy as preform the same task consistently
- humans can make mistakes
- which is costly
- robots increase quality of manufacturing and reduce cost
- robots can be used in dangerous situations where humans would be unsafe
- Disadvantages
- robots can replace human workers
- fewer jobs for humans
- robots can be expensive
- robots cant carry out tasks that require human judgement
- robots are constantly being developed. Can work more closely with humans
- easily programmed
- can 'learn' how top carry out task after being shown by a human
- human then supervises
- Is the use of machines to automatically do a task
- smart technology
- computerised machines can be connected with machines and sensors
- industry involves manufacturing products