EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
  We consent to the inclusion in the current report on Form 8-K/A for PRI
Automation, Inc. (the "Company") and to the incorporation by reference in the
Company's previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8, Nos. 33-90702,
33-90726, 33-90732, 333-3408, 333-25217 and 333-41067 of our report dated
November 7, 1997 with respect to the combined financial statements of the
Equipe Combined Companies.
 
                                          /s/ Mohler, Nixon & Williams
 
                                          Mohler, Nixon & Williams
                                          Accountancy Corporation
 
Campbell, California
December 12, 1997