Today’s post is in answer to a question from Josh: Frank, Thanks for the informative site and your passion for teaching. I have found a lot of useful information on here. I wanted to ask you if you could possibly…
Tag: design
Device Labeling Poll Results
A couple of weeks ago I started a poll on device numbering methods, here are the results. Responses came from comments on this site and five different Linked In forums. Method 1: Labeling the device based on the I/O point…
Posted in Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Machine Design, Process, Techniques Tagged with: design, device numbering, labeling, p&id, polls, process
Device Numbering Methods: A Poll
Recently I was involved in a discussion on the best method of numbering and labeling devices for systems and machinery. I have used several different methods in the past, depending on customer preference and the type of application; these methods…
Posted in Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Machine Design, Process, Techniques Tagged with: design, device numbering, labeling, p&id, polls, process
Fuses
Continuing the topic on motor control circuit design I started a few weeks ago, today’s topic is on fuses. Last week we discussed circuit breakers: these are circuit protection devices that can be reset when a fault such as a…
Posted in Circuit Protection, Controls Design, Panelbuilding, Vendors and Manufacturers Tagged with: Bussman, circuit breakers, design, Ferraz-Shawmut, fuses, Littelfuse, panelbuilding
Motor Control Design
Today’s topic is in response to Saravanan who posted a request last week on my “Panel Layout and Electrical Design” post of about a year ago. He asked “Thanks for the post. I want to learn about designing control circuits…
Posted in Controls Design, Motors and Actuators Tagged with: Allen-Bradley, circuit breakers, design, fuses, Motor Control, Siemens, starter, VFD
Raytheon Missile Material Handling Application
In my previous life as a project engineer at Wright Industries (a Doerfer company), I worked on some projects that I couldn’t talk much about, being either government-related or potentially breaching confidentiality agreements. The project discussed in this post was…
Excel – Automate your Automation
Probably the most useful tool I have in my arsenal when doing preliminary design is Microsoft Excel. In many of the projects I have worked on over the last couple of years since I left Wright, the company I was…
Posted in Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Engineering, Productivity, Software & Programming Tagged with: ActiveX, Allen-Bradley, design, engineering, Excel, HMI, ladder logic, OLE, OPC, software, tools
CAD and Wire Numbers
Today’s topic concerns an area that affects engineers, technicians and sometimes even office personnel and yes, management. A major part of building anything involves accurately designing and describing the thing that is to be built. If all of the required…
Posted in CAD, Controls Design, Panelbuilding Tagged with: CAD, design, engineering, panelbuilding, wiring
Product Development
Last week I had the privilege of sitting in a doctor’s exam room for about 45 minutes with nothing to do. Next to me was an exam table (not the one shown above…) that brought back some old memories. Back…
Posted in Engineering, Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Machine Design, Product Development, Vendors and Manufacturers Tagged with: design, OEM, product development
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