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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Applications, Automation Concepts, Contracting, Machine Builders and Integrators, Software & Programming, troubleshooting

More Startup and Debug

Frank Dec 22, 2013 Tagged with contracting, Debug, Evana, HMI, machine building, PLCs, standardization, startup, templates

After spending the last several months working on some of my entrepreneurial ideas and teaching PLC …

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Circuit Protection, Controls Design, Panelbuilding, Vendors and Manufacturers

Fuses

Frank Dec 15, 2013 Tagged with Bussman, circuit breakers, design, Ferraz-Shawmut, fuses, Littelfuse, panelbuilding

Continuing the topic on motor control circuit design I started a few weeks ago, today’s topic …

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Circuit Protection, Controls Design, Panelbuilding

Circuit Breakers

Frank Dec 8, 2013 Tagged with circuit breakers, MCP, Motor Control, MPCB, overloads

Today’s post continues a series on electrical design that I started last week. Saravanan asked a …

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Controls Design, Motors and Actuators

Motor Control Design

Frank Nov 29, 2013 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, circuit breakers, design, fuses, Motor Control, Siemens, starter, VFD

Today’s topic is in response to Saravanan who posted a request last week on my “Panel …

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Automation Concepts, Process

PID Control

Frank Nov 17, 2013 Tagged with p&id, PID Control, process

Well, I’m back from another automation training adventure, this time just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. …

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Controls Design, Guest Posts, Safety

The Importance Of Machine Safety And Hiring A PLC Programming Specialist

Frank Nov 10, 2013 Tagged with Automation Solutions, guest posts, PLCs, programming, safety

Today’s article is a guest post from Automation Solutions, a Melbourne, Australia-based company. If you would …

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Consulting, Process, Software & Programming, Travel

Denver and the World of Water Treatment

Frank Nov 3, 2013 Tagged with Denver, p&id, process, training, Water Treatment

Last week I mentioned that I would be traveling to Denver to do some work in …

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Machine Design, Product Development, Software & Programming

My Automation Software Project

Frank Oct 27, 2013 Tagged with Excel, software, templates, timing diagram, tools, VBA

Over the last couple of months I have mentioned that I am working on a pretty …

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Process

Things vs. Stuff: The World of Process Control

Frank Oct 20, 2013 Tagged with instrumentation, ISA, process, process control, stuff, things, trade shows

Next weekend I am flying out to Denver for another adventure in the automation world. This …

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Automation Concepts, Engineering, Machine Design

Simple Machines: The Origins of Automation

Frank Oct 13, 2013 Tagged with bearings, cams, gears, history, lever, mechanisms, pneumatics, pulley, ratchet and pawl, screw, simple machine, spring, wedge

Mechanisms or machine elements make up the basic components of mechanical systems. The primary purpose of …

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