Analog automation involves blending and treating ingredients to create products like ice cream or water treatment, contrasting with discrete automation that assembles components for final products. The process of analog automation requires careful planning and advanced preparation for starting and stopping operations.

This chapter discusses analog automation in industrial production, focusing on the process of creating countable items or components that can be used in manufacturing final products. It also touches on discrete automation and its applications.

Analog automation involves treating and blending ingredients to create a final product, contrasting with discrete automation where components are assembled. The chapter explains analog automation through examples like ice cream production and water treatment processes, highlighting the complexities of starting and stopping analog automation systems.