Esercizi Interattivi

1. Complete the map with the correct words.

WHAT IS AUTOMATION?
The term automation describe a wide range of technologies for 1. machineries in order to fulfil specific tasks.

How it works:
automated 2. cycle
• the input is given by a 3. or a sensor used to detect objects, signals, or physical 4.
• the input is sent to a 5. that has necessary programs
• the production of an output activates 6.
• stop 7. from the switch or the sensor breaks off the cycle

Applications:
• industry
• science and 8.
• agriculture
• military operations
• road safety
• domestic 9.

Advantages:
• rapidity and 10. in production
• fewer 11. and errors
• staff reduction
• goods in large quantities → 12. reduction
• simplified 13. with regulations and 14.

2.1 Translate the English terms into Italian.

1. Automation:
2. Machinery:
3. Task:
4. Switch:
5. Device:
6. Cycle:
7. Field:
8. Dangerous:
9. Sensor:
10. Regulation:

2.2 Write a sentence with the term automation. aperta

2.3 Write a sentence with the term machinery. aperta

2.4 Write a sentence for the term task. aperta

2.5 Write a sentence with the term switch. aperta

2.6 Write a sentence with the term device. aperta

2.7 Write a sentence with the term cycle. aperta

2.8 Write a sentence with the term field. aperta

2.9 Write a sentence with the term dangerous. aperta

2.10 Write a sentence with the term sensor. aperta

2.11 Write a sentence with the term regulation. aperta

3. Insert each sentence in its gap in order to rebuilt the text.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation

Workers’ safety is an important reason for automating an industrial operation, too.Advantages commonly attributed to automation include higher production rates, increased productivity, and better product quality.Another disadvantage of automated equipment is the high cost of the initial investment in automation.On the other hand, a main disadvantage often associated with automation is unemployment:Another benefit of automation is the reduction in the number of hours of work required per week.Apart from these issues, automation, if used correctly and effectively, can bring great opportunities for the future.

← Increased productivity has been one of the biggest reasons for the use of automation. Automated systems typically fulfil the manufacturing process with less variability than human workers, which means greater control and better quality.

← Automated systems often remove workers from factories, protecting them from the risks found in a factory environment.

← Mechanisation and automation have played a significant role in this reduction: the time required to complete a process in the factory is generally much less thanks to automation.

← the worker whose job has been substituted by a machine often suffers from stress; in order to find other work an individual may have to move to another location, which could be another source of stress.

← An automated system can cost millions of dollars to design, build, and install; a high level of maintenance is also needed and it generally has a lower degree of flexibility than human workers.

← It is possible to relieve humans from repetitive, dangerous, and unpleasant work and there is an opportunity for future technologies to provide a social and economic environment in which humans can have a higher standard of living and a better way of life.

Adapted from: https://www.britannica.com/technology/automation/Advantages-and-disadvantages-of-automation