MEASURE AND CONTROL
Once some wise man said ‘you cannot control what you cannot measure’. And this thing cannot be more true in industries. Industrial measurement and control is one of the basis on which industrial automation is built. This is what has enabled the industries to grow so much.
Instrument engineering has evolved in an advanced science too. With all the advancement in technology, instrumentation engineering has also undergone a revolution. Computers are extensively used for designing and manufacturing now.
Anything to be measured. e.g., pressure, flow, temperature, density, or any of the various physical and chemical properties have to be measured very accurately. Everything has to be very precise as working on large scale a small error can result in a huge difference later on. Similarly the control is very vital too. When releasing something in greater quantity, when to cut off something, or when to let go just a bit, it all has to be always available. And that’s what control is all about.
Due to very demanding results expected from instruments, instrumentation design and manufacturing is done on computers, and later, they are applied to simulators which test the parts, making sure that they won’t fail in real-life. And not just this, everyday so many new ways are being devised to test instruments. After all, so much depends on the industrial outcome.