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.
Tag: Industrial Automation
Maintenance and Troubleshooting Book
My new book is out! The title as you can see above is Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation, and it is for sale at Amazon and other bookstores. This is the fifth book I have produced that has an …
What Is Industrial Automation?
This is a guest post from PWR, a company located in Scotland and The Netherlands. Industrial automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to minimize or eliminate the need for human intervention in the production of …
The Automation Academy
As part of an effort to bring more students to my training facility in Lebanon, Tennessee (near Nashville), I have started a new training course that I believe is one of a kind. I have been teaching PLC and HMI/SCADA …
Industrial Education Ch. 1: Introduction
I have been writing this blog on and off for almost 9 years now. From the beginning my intent has been to provide a free source of information to people interested in Industrial Automation; the field has been very rewarding …
Free Book!
I have been asked by McGraw-Hill to find people willing to review my book on Amazon’s website. So far I have three people who have volunteered to do it, I still need 9 more. Tony? Gordon? The only requirement is …
Finally…
It took about three months from when I was told my manuscript was accepted, but I finally got my contract Friday. As you can see from one of the proposed covers, the title will now be “Industrial Automation: Hands On”…. …
The Book will be published!
I received some exciting news Friday… my book proposal was accepted! Here is the e-mail I received: “Good news. I just wanted to let you now that your proposal was approved with flying colors! Congratulations! I’m in the process of …