Electrical and Controls Specifications
Recently my wife took a job with a multinational OEM as a panelbuilder. This company recently …
Trades
Jobs in the automation field
HMIs and Operator Interfaces
HMIs (Human-Machine Interfaces) are used to allow machine operators to control a machine or system. It …
Filter Tester
In another post I described an air filter tester built with NAS in the late 1990s. …
Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing
As part of my preparation for moving back into the consulting world I recently signed up …
The Bite Too Big to Chew
This is the loading station of a machine that was one of the last jobs I …
Systems Integration
For the last twenty years or so I have worked in the controls, machine building and …
Panelbuilding
This picture is from about 1999 when my small company was primarily a panel shop and …
Hello from Tucson
As I travel on business I realized that it is more difficult to post when on …
How does my multimeter work?
Most people who work around electricity are familiar with multimeters. They have been around since the …