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Automation specifications. Functional analysis

Author: Michel ROUX

Publication date: December 10, 2001 | Lire en français

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    1. Definitions and reminders about automation

    1.1 Definition of specifications

    Glossary

    Operating part

    All material resources physically operating on work materials or utilities to ensure production.

    Control panel

    All the information processing means used to control and monitor one or more operating parts.

    Preliminary design (APS)

    Also sometimes called Feasibility Study or Preliminary Study, this phase of a project must include the following tasks:

    • identification of plausible solutions ;

    • examine the two or three most attractive solutions;

    • comparison...

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