Human-Automation Manufacturing Industry System: Current Trends and Practice
The paper deals with the problems of introduction of modern automated solutions in a big industrial company located in the Wielkopolska region in Poland. It shows the inevitable role of human factor in such systems and the effects when no enough attention
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Abstract The paper deals with the problems of introduction of modern automated solutions in a big industrial company located in the Wielkopolska region in Poland. It shows the inevitable role of human factor in such systems and the effects when no enough attention is being focused on the design, installation, maintenance and other functions which are mainly done by the humans. In such systems there should be done a reasonable division of operational tasks between an operator and machine. Keywords Automation
Human factor Machine Manufacturing process
1 Introduction Recently, manufacturing industry has changed its focus from a supplier to customer-driven market. It leads to the competition between suppliers as a greater choice of products is available on the market. The customers are becoming more and more demanding but their commitment to staying with a particular product brand is decreasing. All these actions create the need for product innovation, low-cost customization and better service. In the consequence, the product life cycle is shorten, time-to-market and investment costs are reduced while maintaining the quality of products [1]. In order to adjust to all these changes the concepts of automation for supporting engineers can be applied [2]. The introduction of automation is supposed to increase system performance, flexibility and optimize utilization of resources [3]. However, the reliability and B. Mrugalska (&) M. Wyrwicka B. Zasada Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Strzelecka 11, 60-965 Poznan, Poland e-mail: [email protected] M. Wyrwicka e-mail: [email protected] B. Zasada e-mail: [email protected] © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 F. Rebelo and M. Soares (eds.), Advances in Ergonomics in Design, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 485, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_13
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validation of such systems are often questioned [4]. It is required to explicitly consider job and task design as the appropriate level for interaction between human and machine influences the desired outcome in the production area [5, 6]. It is predominantly visible when the intervention has to be done at the margins of safety [7]. This paper regards the importance of recognition of human role in automated systems. It shows that regardless how advanced the system can be it is crucial to pay attention to all its elements and allocate tasks in relevance to it. The results of the investigations showed that humans cannot be eliminated from the processes in automated systems. Introducing such systems into industry requires that the management should foresee the need of their control, utilization and maintenance which have to be done with the engagement of employees.
2 Automation Generally, automation is perceived as a very complex term in the manufacturing processes. It is defined as the “progressively transferring regulating and controlling functions from humans to technical systems” [8] which are ba
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