Beckhoff Video
This was last week’s Mastering the Machine video on the Beckhoff PLC platform and TwinCAT. I am working on the programming part, it should be out in a few weeks. If you want a copy of the document I showed …
Author: Frank
Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Maintenance and Troubleshooting Book
My new book is out! The title as you can see above is Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation, and it is for sale at Amazon and other bookstores. This is the fifth book I have produced that has an …
What Is Industrial Automation?
This is a guest post from PWR, a company located in Scotland and The Netherlands. Industrial automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to minimize or eliminate the need for human intervention in the production of …
Happy New Year!
I know it’s a week late, but I hope everyone is getting off to a good start this year. I had a couple of people join me the morning of New Years Eve for my Mastering the Machine webinar, you …
PLCnext Webinar
Friday, November 19, 2021 was the one year anniversary of the Automation Academy, my system integration training website! I do these webinars every two weeks as live Zoom events, part of the Academy’s events. This webinar was on PLCnext, Phoenix …
The Future Of Smart Sensors In Manufacturing
This is a guest post from Keyence, a manufacturer of sensors, gauges and control devices. ********************************************************************************************** We live in an increasingly data-driven world, and the manufacturing and automation industries are no exception. As businesses in these fields strive to keep …
Webinars and YouTube
This is the latest Mastering the Machine video on YouTube, I have been doing these every two weeks for almost a year now. The topic was Pi-Plates and NodeRED and as usual I learned a lot from my guest, Jerry …
The Art of Prototyping
It has been a couple of months since I posted here, some may have wondered if I am still keeping up this blog… Actually I have been actively posting on Linked In, YouTube and my Facebook group, but its a …
Content Creation
Wow, it’s been a while since I posted… That’s because I’ve been creating lots of content for the Automation Academy, and I am writing a new book on industrial maintenance and troubleshooting. Both require a lot of writing, pictures, and …
Is OEE Enough?
OEE, or Overall Equipment Effectiveness, is the percentage of manufacturing time that is productive. It is composed of three parts: Availability – The percentage of time the process is running during planned production time Performance – The percentage of production …