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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
Employment, Integration, Machine Design

What You Need to Know…

Frank Aug 16, 2020 Tagged with Employment, skills

What do you need to know to make a career in industrial automation? Do you need …

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Guest Posts, Manufacturing

Five Benefits of 3D Printing for Prototyping

Frank Aug 2, 2020 Tagged with 3D Printing, Inoventive 3D, prototyping

Today’s post is a guest post from Inoventive 3D Solutions, a full service architectural scale model …

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Employment

Want a Job?

Frank Jul 26, 2020 Tagged with Employment, Ken Coleman, Linked In, Resume

Spoiler alert: I am not offering a job here and am not hiring. I am a …

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Motors and Actuators, PLCs, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 404: VFD Encoder Control/Siemens

Frank Jul 19, 2020 Tagged with ladder logic, PLC programming, Siemens

Today’s post doubles as a Ladder Logic series post and an introduction to the last videos …

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Guest Posts, Vendors and Manufacturers

Automation Increases Productivity and Safety

Frank Jul 16, 2020 Tagged with Advantages of Automation, Automation, Numina, WCS

Today’s post is a guest post from The Numina Group, a Warehouse Automation and Software Solutions …

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Motors and Actuators

PLC Drive/VFD Control

Frank Jul 12, 2020 Tagged with encoder, VFD

Over the past few days I have received a lot of questions about drive or VFD …

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Me, The Course

Grand Reopening/Virtual Tour

Frank Jul 5, 2020 Tagged with industrial Education, My Office

Well, it’s official! I have moved into my new business location, and have already had my …

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HMIs, Industrial Education, Vendors and Manufacturers

Advanced HMI

Frank Jun 28, 2020 Tagged with Advanced HMI, HMI, Microsoft Visual Studio

Typically I don’t do unsolicited free advertisements for companies or websites, but I really need to …

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Sensors

Piezoelectric, Electromagnetic, and Electrostatic Devices: A Comparison

Frank Jun 25, 2020 Tagged with electromagnetic, electrostatic, piezoelectric, ultrasonic

Today’s post is a guest post by SensComp, a manufacturer of ultrasonic sensors. They also provided …

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Industrial Education

A Video on Videos

Frank Jun 23, 2020 Tagged with video

This is a video I made on how to study my other videos. I plan to …

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