Redes industriales.

The advancement of applied technology to industrial processes has enabled the management of large amounts of information through different types of networks. Digital networks allow the quick management of information in different industry fields to monitor, supervise and control parameters and variables. This technological evolution has provided hardware and software tools necessary to centralize the data obtained by different collectors, sensors used in industry such as temperature, pressure, level, movement, pH, light intensity, distance, acceleration, tilt, force, torque, humidity, displacement, and others. This information is sent via a fieldbus to a control room where engineers and operators are responsible for monitoring and making decisions regarding the process. These responses may be automatic, if they are programmed into the system or manually depending on the degree of automation. This greatly simplifies installation, operation of machinery and equipment used in production processes to avoid wasting all kinds of resources and thereby making these more efficient and profitable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]