ABSTRACT
So you want to design and build an automatic machine. Or at least your boss says
that you will. Either way, good for you! There is nothing as exciting, enlighten-
ing, and sometimes frustrating as going from the overall customer need to seeing
some equipment humming along, cranking out product after product. And since
this often takes many months, it is not unlike the process of giving birth
(although male automation designers would have to take their wife’s word on
this!!).
