Automation

自动化

A: Is the factory fully-automated?

A:本工厂是全自动化吗？

B: Not completely. Our production process is partially-automated. We use robots on the production line for routine assembly jobs but some of the work is still done manually.

B:不是全部自动化。我们的生产流程部分是自动化的。我们在生产流水线对于常规安装工作使用机器人，但是有些工作仍然是人工的。

A: What about supply of parts to the production line?

A:那么生产流水线的补给部分呢？

B: Well, the parts are automatically selected from the store room using a bar-code system. And there is an automatic feeder which takes them to the conveyor belt at the start of the production line.

B:哦，这零件是使用条形码从储存间自动选择的。有个自动供料器把这些零件带到生产线头上的传送带上。

A: What about the smaller components?

A:那么那些小的零件呢？

B: They're transported to the workstations on automated vehicles - robot trucks - which run on guide rails around the factory.

B:它们是由机器人自动化运货车通过导轨运到工厂的工作站。