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Automation

1. Semi-automatic or automatic material handlers, loaders, unloaders, and other labor-saving devices. 2. Automatic cycle control of machines or equipment by tracer, cam, plugboard, numerical control, or computer. 3. The application of machinery and equipment to perform and control semi-automatically or automatically and continuously allo operations in a manufacturing plant.

Automobile Competition Committee For The United States (accus)

With representatives of NASCAR, SCCA, IMSA, and USAC, the American affiliate of FISA, coordinating major United States racing events with the international calendar.

Automobile Emissions

Certain impurities that may enter the atmosphere during vehicle operation, such as hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and oxides of nitrogen (Nox).

Automobile Importers Of America (aia)

A professional organization of importers of cars and trucks into the United States.

Automotive Air Conditioning

The process of transferring heat from insider to outside the passenger compartment. The cooled air is also dehumidified, purified, and circulated.

Automotive Air Pollution

Evaporated and unburned fuel, and other undesirable by-products of combustion that escape from a motor vehicle into the atmosphere.

Automotive Battery

An electro-chemical device that stores and provides electrical energy for the operation of a vehicle.

Automotive Body Shop

A term often used for body shop.

Automotive Communications Council (acc)

A professional association of advertising, marketing, and communications executives.

Automotive Cooling System

The many components that operate to absorb and dissipate heat developed in the combustion process, thus maintaining the desired engine-operating temperature.

Automotive Cooling System Institute (acsi)

A Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association subgroup made up of cooling-system product manufacturers.

Automotive Desk

Designed for people who try to use a laptop computer or take notes in their vehicle. Several styles are available, including one that buckles into the front passenger seat and includes storage compartments inside and a large, flat work surface on top. Freestanding laptop stands also can be attached to the floor between (or just in front of) a vehicle's front seats. Another option is afold-down temporary desk or a laptop case that's designed to hang over a steering wheel.

Automotive Electrical Association (aea)

A trade association absorbed in 1991 by the Automotive Service Industry Association (ASIA).

Automotive Electronics Services

AES provides automotive electronics system diagnosis solutions to the automotive industry at large.

Automotive Emissions

Another term for automotive air pollution.

Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association (aera)

An association of machine shops and others dedicated to engine rebuilding.

Automotive Exhaust Systems Manufacturers Council (aesmc)

An association that provides technical information and lobbying efforts on behalf of the exhaust-system-replacement market.

Automotive Friction Material Edge Code (afmec)

A series of codes on the side of a brake lining material, and coefficient of friction. These codes are for lining identification and comparison; they do not indicate quality.

Automotive Industries Association (aia)

A Canadian aftermarket trade group of distributors, supplies, wholesalers, and retailers.

Automotive Parts And Accessories Association, Inc. (apaa)

A trade association for aftermarket retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and distributors.