In the context of today's new era of technological development,the automation of power equipment in copper smelting processes has become a major pathway for improving production efficiency,reducing production costs,and ensuring production safety.This paper mainly discusses the background and significance of the automation of power equipment in copper smelting,as well as the current status of power equipment automation.It also provides an evaluation of the relevant technologies in power equipment automation and elaborates on the application of power equipment automation in detail.Finally,important suggestions are presented for the future development of power equipment automation.