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Techniques

Guest Posts, Safety, Training

The Importance of Health and Safety Checks in Manufacturing and Engineering

Frank Sep 22, 2016 Tagged with maintenance, PUWER, safety, training

In any workplace, health and safety should always be the top priority. Regardless of whether your …

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Controls Design, Documentation, Software & Programming

Tag Structures and Dotfields

Frank Sep 11, 2016 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, AOI, dotfields, programming, Symbols, tag structure, Tags, UDT

Today’s post is in response to an e-mail I received asking for my thoughts on Tag …

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CAD, Controls Design, Machine Builders and Integrators, Packaging, Panelbuilding, Product Development, Vendors and Manufacturers

The IEM Dilemma

Frank Aug 14, 2016 Tagged with CAD, design, IEM, Industrial Equipment Manufacturers, OEM, panelbuilding

First I’d like to apologize for a term I’ve mis-used in the past, that of the …

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Contribute, Me, PLCs, The Book, The Course, Training, Travel

Update on Projects – “Why haven’t you written more posts?”

Frank Jul 31, 2016 Tagged with Automation Training, C#, education, educational software, One legged men, PLCs, travel

I have been asked by a lot of readers, friends and associates lately about where I’m …

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Software & Programming, Training

Why BCD?

Frank May 15, 2016 Tagged with 7 segment display, BCD, Binary Coded Decimal, hexadecimal, PLC Data Types, PLCs, programming, Siemens, Thumbwheel switch

Computers hate decimal. I mean, just because we have ten fingers and ten toes, we think …

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Training

Teaching the Teachers

Frank Apr 6, 2016 Tagged with aluminum extrusion, Automation Training, Hydraulic, Pellissippi, PLC programming, pneumatics, Siemens, training

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of teaching a Siemens S7 advanced class for …

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Consulting, Contracting, Me, Training, Travel

Teaching and Consulting

Frank Mar 20, 2016 Tagged with Automation Consulting, Automation Training, consulting, contracting, education, training

Four years ago I relaunched my old company, Automation Consulting Services, Inc. as Automation Consulting, LLC. …

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CAD, Guest Posts, Product Development

Rendering and Product Development

Frank Jan 14, 2016 Tagged with CAD, design, Pivot International, product development, rendering

This article is a guest post from Pivot International ******************************************************* How Can Rendering Amp Up Your …

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Guest Posts, Monitoring, Vendors and Manufacturers

Monitoring in Industrial Automation

Frank Jan 3, 2016 Tagged with BACNET, Monico, monitoring, SCADA, SNMP

This week’s article is a guest post from Doyle Taylor, President of Monico Monitoring, Inc. *************************************** …

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Software & Programming, Training

Advanced PLC and Industrial Training

Frank Dec 13, 2015 Tagged with Automation Training, education, PLCs, programming, training

I would like to make myself available to any company or group, worldwide, that desires truly…

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