UNDERSTAND HOW INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION IMPROVES THE WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES

Currently, there is a great concern with the safety, health and quality of life of workers. In this sense, did you know that industrial automation can be a great ally to improve the well-being of employees?

With industrial automation, processes undergo transformations that bring better working conditions to a company’s employees.

Despite this, many still see industrial automation and the use of technology as something negative, as they believe that machines can end up replacing people in the industry. However, this information is not true.

To prove that industrial automation provides several benefits and that it helps to develop professionals in the job market, we have prepared this special content. Continue reading to learn more about this subject!

Benefits that industrial automation provides for professionals

In addition to gains in the production process, such as greater agility and efficiency, residential industrial automation also provides advantages for employees.

Reduction of work and repetitive movements

In production lines, it is very common activities are divided into sectors. As a result, employees end up performing very repetitive tasks. They always need to do the same movements, which can cause serious complications for their health, especially musculoskeletal ones.

The work and repetitive movements generate overload in the parts of the body that are being used, such as the hands.

When performing the same movements over and over again continuously, the joints, ligaments and other tissues and structures involved in this movement overexert themselves. In this way, RSI (repetitive strain injuries) develop.

With the industrial automation process, we can leave the machines responsible for these tasks and movements that need to be performed in the same way and continuously. We save the worker’s excessive effort and protect his health.

Safer and more ergonomic production process

Ergonomics is also a topic that has been hotly debated these days. It consists of making adjustments in the work environment that offer the employee the right conditions, preventing the person from having to adapt to the space.

An example of ergonomics is the use of an office chair that can be adjusted in height, seat width, armrests and backrest.

All the actions adopted for that work be carried out in a more comfortable way involve ergonomics.

Industrial automation is a strategy implemented in the industry also with this objective.

When we use machines to carry out certain actions and tasks, we make the production process much more ergonomic, as said, preventing the employee from having to perform repetitive movements or else in risky or uncomfortable positions that impair the correct posture of his body.

At the same time, this makes working in the industry much safer. After all, the repetition of movements leads to body and mind fatigue, increasing the risk of accidents.

Lower risk of contamination

In some industrial segments, the production process involves handling hazardous substances and products that, when in contact with the skin or respiratory tract, can cause complications. However, with the use of automated machines these types of problems can be avoided.

One example is the cement and mortar bagging process for civil construction. Imagine an employee having to bag these products by hand, being in direct contact with these elements and breathing in the dust emitted from this process. Certainly some respiratory or skin health problem would affect you.

With the use of automatic bagging machines, employees can keep a greater distance from this process and are less exposed to these risks, preserving their health.

Therefore, automated equipment can be used to perform those steps in which it is necessary to handle dangerous or harmful products for humans. With this, professionals do not have contact with dust, odors, liquids, or any other substance that could pose risks to their safety and health.

Stimulation of professional development

With the advancement of technology, society needed to seek knowledge to keep up with the innovations that emerged. In companies the same process happens.

When an industrial automation system is adopted, employees are encouraged to develop skills and competencies.

As it is not necessary to carry out dangerous, risky or repetitive tasks, the worker is invited to learn new functions to control the machines, operate systems and coordinate the entire process behind the scenes, without the need to expose himself too much.

Thus, the space of the human being continues to exist within the industry, but now assuming different roles. People no longer need to work like machines, since the machines are there precisely to facilitate the work, and they are under the command of the human being.

More personal and collective security

You have seen that machines can provide security for workers for different reasons. We can take advantage of industrial automation to carry out tasks in which the human being would be highly exposed, thus preventing an employee from being forced to take risks due to his work.

In addition to these advantages, it is worth noting that the machines follow a schedule to always perform tasks with the same precision.

They don’t get tired like humans do, so the chances of mistakes happening are much lower. In this way, the entire production line becomes much safer, preserving the integrity of the entire team.

All the equipment used undergoes maintenance, receives calibration and all the necessary adjustments to guarantee its perfect functioning, and all this is defined by the human being, who knows how to identify what needs to be done for the machines to operate perfectly and safely.

Industrial automation: great ally of the industry

For all this, we can conclude that industrial automation, in fact, is a great ally, not only for the industry, but also for the professionals who work in it.

It is an opportunity for human beings to expose themselves to less risk and to work in a much more comfortable and safer way, exploring not their strength, but their intelligence.

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