Automation

Automation

A technique, method or system of operating a process by highly automatic means, in order to reduce human intervention and increase speed and efficiency.

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buffer

Automation; Industrial automation

1) In software terms, a register or group of registers used for temporary storage of data, to compensate for transmission rate differences between the transmitter and receiving ...

constant-horsepower range

Automation; Industrial automation

A range of motor operation where motor speed is controlled by field weakening. In this range, motor torque decreases as speed increases. Since horsepower is speed times torque ...

combinational logic

Automation; Industrial automation

Logic in which the state of each output is controlled only by the states of inputs and the switching-transition delays encountered in the logic path. Compare sequential logic

service factor

Automation; Industrial automation

When used on a motor nameplate, a number that indicates how much above the nameplate rating a motor can be loaded without causing serious degradation (i.e., a motor with 1.15 S-F ...