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Machine Design, Product Development, Software & Programming

My Automation Software Project

Frank Oct 27, 2013 Tagged with Excel, software, templates, timing diagram, tools, VBA

Over the last couple of months I have mentioned that I am working on a pretty …

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Automation Concepts, Engineering, Machine Design

Simple Machines: The Origins of Automation

Frank Oct 13, 2013 Tagged with bearings, cams, gears, history, lever, mechanisms, pneumatics, pulley, ratchet and pawl, screw, simple machine, spring, wedge

Mechanisms or machine elements make up the basic components of mechanical systems. The primary purpose of …

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Consulting, Website

Automation Consulting

Frank Sep 3, 2013 Tagged with business, education, engineering, Industrial Automation Hands On, software, website

In several previous posts I have mentioned that my company is undergoing a radical shift in …

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Applications, Engineering

Munitions Disassembly Application

Frank Aug 27, 2013 Tagged with engineering, machine building, mortar disassembly, p&id, PCAPP

Munitions Disassembly As I mentioned a few weeks ago, sometimes I get to work on stuff …

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Applications, Engineering, Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Material Handling

Raytheon Missile Material Handling Application

Frank Aug 15, 2013 Tagged with Bradley Manning, confidentiality, design, Edward Snowden, ethics, Julian Assange, machine building, material handling, Raytheon, systems integration, WikiLeaks, Wright Industries

In my previous life as a project engineer at Wright Industries (a Doerfer company), I worked …

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Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Engineering, Productivity, Software & Programming

Excel – Automate your Automation

Frank Aug 11, 2013 Tagged with ActiveX, Allen-Bradley, design, engineering, Excel, HMI, ladder logic, OLE, OPC, quoting and bidding, software, tools

Probably the most useful tool I have in my arsenal when doing preliminary design is Microsoft …

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CAD, Controls Design, Panelbuilding

CAD and Wire Numbers

Frank Aug 4, 2013 Tagged with CAD, design, engineering, panelbuilding, wiring

Today’s topic concerns an area that affects engineers, technicians and sometimes even office personnel and yes, …

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Consulting, Lean Manufacturing, Travel

Genba

Frank Jul 28, 2013 Tagged with Gemba, Genba, Japan, Lean

Have you ever been to Genba? Let me take you to a mystical, wonderful land that …

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Consulting, Contracting, Life, Me, Panelbuilding, The Book, Website

A Change of Direction

Frank Jul 14, 2013 Tagged with blogging, contracting, education, Industrial Automation Hands On, teaching, travel

For the past 20 years I have been involved in the automation and machine-building industry in …

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Trades

Your Career…

Frank Jun 24, 2013 Tagged with careers, education, engineering

So… what do you do? Whenever I travel and meet new people this is a question …

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