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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Applications, Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Machine Builders and Integrators, Me

The Big Toys

Frank May 17, 2015 Tagged with ABD, custom machines, design, machine building, Wright Industries

Hello from Atlanta, Georgia where I am about to teach a 4 day class on Siemens’ …

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Controls Design, Software & Programming, Touchscreens, Vendors and Manufacturers

Wonderware

Frank Apr 26, 2015 Tagged with HMI, InTouch, Invensys, MES, SCADA, Schneider, software, Wonderware

As many of you know from reading this blog, I spend about 40% of my time …

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Random Thoughts, Thoughts

Random Thoughts 2

Frank Apr 16, 2015 Tagged with random, travel

Today’s post is written entirely out of guilt. I have been in Minnesota teaching a Siemens …

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Integration, PLCs, Software & Programming, Vendors and Manufacturers

Non-Native Devices: .eds and .gsd files

Frank Mar 30, 2015 Tagged with Add-On Profile, Allen-Bradley, eds, Generic Ethernet Module, gsd, PLCs, programming, RTA, Siemens

When designing a control system, sometimes it becomes necessary or advantageous to communicate with devices that …

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Applications, Applications, Machine Builders and Integrators, Vendors and Manufacturers

Finding Project Resources

Frank Mar 15, 2015 Tagged with Automate 2015, consulting, design, engineering, project management, research, resources

When mapping out a new machinery or system project it is critical that the correct decisions …

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Integration, PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 303: PLC Forensics

Frank Feb 28, 2015 Tagged with ABD, Allen-Bradley, forensics, ladder logic, PLCs, process, programming

Today’s topic involves a project I have been working on over the last few months. The …

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On Site Panelbuilding

Frank Feb 15, 2015 Tagged with ABD, Allen-Bradley, Miami, Mieko, panelbuilding, red lines, wiring

Hello from Miami again! I do feel bad for all of you who are stuck in …

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Applications, Applications, quoting

Applications and Inventions

Frank Feb 1, 2015 Tagged with applications, brainstorming, inventions, PoP - Proof of Principal, quoting and bidding

This week’s post is intended to explain a little bit about the applications process machine builders …

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Software & Programming, Touchscreens

SCADA and HMIs

Frank Jan 13, 2015 Tagged with HMI, SCADA

I often get asked when teaching my Siemens and Allen-Bradley classes the difference between SCADA systems …

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Automate 2015

Frank Dec 28, 2014 Tagged with Automate 2015, trade shows

Back before I got into the integration and machine building business, I worked for a couple …

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