Building Blocks of Industrial Automation
As with any field of study, industrial automation and system integration requires specific skills that need to be mastered to progress to the next stage of learning.
Category: Thoughts
Collector of Books
I am Phranc, Collector of Books. Many books have I, and many more have I read. Since I was a child, I have read every evening before bed. This is a habit; one I shall never quit. I read both …
Collector of Information
I am Phranc, Collector of Information. Much information do I have, I call it “Potential Knowledge”. But it is not real knowledge until it stays in my head. So much information do I have that I can not remember it, …
Collector of Things
I am Phranc, Collector of Things. Many things do I have, I call them “Stuff”. So many things do I have that I sometimes forget I have them. I may then search to find a thing that I think I …
Happy New Year! (Help Wanted?)
Wow, it’s been a crazy year! As with most years, I generally use the holidays to take stock of what the previous year or years have brought and make plans for the upcoming year. I have mentioned the changes that …
How To Design And Build A Small Controls Project
Today’s post is a response to frustration. Some times when dealing with potential customers you waste a lot of time trying to save them money. They may want you to cut corners, spend a lot of your time (for free) …
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Loving Your Automation
This week’s post is not really on automation, or anything technical. A couple of days ago I visited a local plant at the invitation of a consultant who is working with their management team to improve their processes. While this …
Happy New Year 2017!
Well, its that time again where people around the world review the last year and make plans for the new one to come. While this can be done at any time of year, people often choose this particular day to …
Ethics of Automation
Today’s post is inspired by some of the comments I have received on a previous post from a couple of years ago on the advantages and disadvantages of automation. In that post (and in my book), I listed some of …
Random Thoughts 2
Today’s post is written entirely out of guilt. I have been in Minnesota teaching a Siemens PLC class for the past week, but before that I was actually home in Nashville for two weeks straight. So there’s really no excuse …