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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Controllers, Vendors and Manufacturers

PLC Manufacturer Rankings

Frank Oct 6, 2013 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Koyo, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Omron, platforms, PLCs, Siemens, vendors

After spending the last couple of weeks teaching PLC programming, I decided to do a little …

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Software & Programming, Training, Vendors and Manufacturers

Automation Training

Frank Sep 29, 2013 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, Automation Training, education, training

In a previous post I mentioned that I have changed the focus of my company from …

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Software & Programming

Generic Programming Rules

Frank Sep 22, 2013 Tagged with Excel, programming, software, VBA

I have covered a lot of material on ladder logic on this site, but not all …

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Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 103: More on Program Organization

Frank Sep 15, 2013 Tagged with ladder logic, programming, software

Today’s post covers a bit more on program organization and layout. A reader posted a question …

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Machine Builders and Integrators

ATS Automation

Frank Sep 8, 2013 Tagged with ATS, ATS Automation, custom machines, machine building, systems integration, templates

When I was at Wright Industries, one of the companies that we often competed against for …

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Consulting, Website

Automation Consulting

Frank Sep 3, 2013 Tagged with business, education, engineering, Industrial Automation Hands On, software, website

In several previous posts I have mentioned that my company is undergoing a radical shift in …

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Applications, Engineering

Munitions Disassembly Application

Frank Aug 27, 2013 Tagged with engineering, machine building, mortar disassembly, p&id, PCAPP

Munitions Disassembly As I mentioned a few weeks ago, sometimes I get to work on stuff …

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Automation Concepts, Me, Product Development, Software & Programming

Databases

Frank Aug 18, 2013 Tagged with databases, DBMS, entrepreneur, GemFire, MySQL, OODB, OQL, software, SQL, Versant

Before I get into today’s topic I’d like to mention a software project I am working …

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Applications, Engineering, Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Material Handling

Raytheon Missile Material Handling Application

Frank Aug 15, 2013 Tagged with Bradley Manning, confidentiality, design, Edward Snowden, ethics, Julian Assange, machine building, material handling, Raytheon, systems integration, WikiLeaks, Wright Industries

In my previous life as a project engineer at Wright Industries (a Doerfer company), I worked …

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Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Engineering, Productivity, Software & Programming

Excel – Automate your Automation

Frank Aug 11, 2013 Tagged with ActiveX, Allen-Bradley, design, engineering, Excel, HMI, ladder logic, OLE, OPC, quoting and bidding, software, tools

Probably the most useful tool I have in my arsenal when doing preliminary design is Microsoft …

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