Proposals and Quoting
Our guest at Friday’s Mastering the Machine event at the Automation Academy was Doug Alward, Senior …
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Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Ladder Logic 309: Allen-Bradley DDE/OPC Link to Excel
It’s been a while since I’ve added to the Ladder Logic series, so this post serves …
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Covid-19’s Impact on the Machine Tool Industry
Today’s post is a guest post from Allied Analytics, LLP. Overview: The infectious coronavirus disease 2019 …
Mastering the Machine
In 2013, I created a document called Mastering the Machine, a 26 page e-book about planning …
The Case for Ladder Logic
Lately I have seen a lot of posts promoting Structured Text on forums and Linked In. …
What Is System Integration?
If someone asks me what I do and I answer “System Integration”, sometimes I get a …
More on Starting an Automation Business
Last week someone commented on a 2015 post on starting an automation related business, and I …
Career Steps and Action Plans
It’s interesting how careers evolve over the years. I am a big fan of Ken Coleman …
Automation Academy Grand Opening
After months of work I am happy to announce the formal opening of the Automation Academy …
Application 001: Man Crossing
As many of you know, I have been pretty focused on my Automation Academy project. Because …