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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Me, My Little Factory, Training

Automation Update December 2017

Frank Dec 17, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, Automation Training, My Little Factory, training

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. While things are going pretty well for me right …

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Business, Philosophies, Thoughts

Loving Your Automation

Frank Sep 24, 2017 Tagged with Loving Your Automation, pride in work, wiring

This week’s post is not really on automation, or anything technical. A couple of days ago …

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My Little Factory, PLCs, Trainers, Training

My New Trainers!

Frank Sep 17, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, education, My Little Factory, PLC Trainers, training

Well, its official. I have my first actual PLC trainers, in addition to the ones on …

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Training

Advanced PLC Training using Industrial Equipment

Frank Sep 10, 2017 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, AOI, PLCs, programming, templates, UDT

I just got back from teaching a class in California using the conveyor and training demo …

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Me, Sensing, Vendors and Manufacturers

Live Sensors Webcast for Control Engineering

Frank Aug 17, 2017 Tagged with Balluff, Carlo Gavazzi, Control Engineering, Frank Lamb, Sensor Webcast, sensors

Hey, this Frank Lamb from Automation Primer. I will be doing a webcast for Control Engineering …

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PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 208: System Routine 2

Frank Aug 13, 2017 Tagged with Auto Cycle, ladder logic, PLC Pulse Train, PLCs, programming

Today’s post is a continuation of the series on PLC Ladder Logic I started several years …

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Engineering, Machine Builders and Integrators, Training

Automation NTH

Frank Jul 23, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, conveyors, MTSU, PLC Trainers, training

Over the past six years I’ve written posts about a lot of different companies; machine builders …

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Automation Concepts, Conveyors, My Little Factory, Photoeyes, Sensors

Are Things too Complicated?

Frank Jul 9, 2017 Tagged with Banner, complicated, Keyence, My Little Factory, photoeyes

Today’s post is inspired by an ongoing adventure I have been having in the design and …

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Applications, gauging, Vendors and Manufacturers, vision

Super Vision!

Frank Jun 27, 2017 Tagged with machine vision, Mapvision

As some of you may know, especially those of you who have known me since the …

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PLCs, Vendors and Manufacturers

Unitronics

Frank Jun 11, 2017 Tagged with HMI, platforms, PLCs, Ryan McCarthy, U90 Ladder, UniLogic, Unitronics, VisiLogic

Today’s post, as promised last week, is written by Ryan McCarthy, a reader of this blog. …

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