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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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Automation Concepts, Me, Product Development, Software & Programming

Databases

Frank Aug 18, 2013 Tagged with databases, DBMS, entrepreneur, GemFire, MySQL, OODB, OQL, software, SQL, Versant

Before I get into today’s topic I’d like to mention a software project I am working …

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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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Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 302: Data Tracking and Structure Data Type

Frank Jul 21, 2013 Tagged with data collection, ladder logic, programming, software, struct, structure, UDDT, UDT

Today’s post is the second “advanced” topic I have covered on PLC ladder logic, The first …

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Integration, MES, Software & Programming, Techniques

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Frank Jun 24, 2012 Tagged with data collection, ERP, Manufacturing Execution Systems, MES, MOMS, software, systems integration

As part of my job I have often been tasked with gathering information pertaining to machine …

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Me, Software & Programming, The Book, The Course, Vendors and Manufacturers

PLC Software and Templates

Frank Oct 16, 2011 Tagged with education, Industrial Automation Hands On, PLC Hardware and Programming, PLCs, programming, software

As I progressed through my automation career I was exposed to many different PLC platforms. My …

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Integration

Systems Integration

Frank Apr 14, 2011 Tagged with programming, software, systems integration

For the last twenty years or so I have worked in the controls, machine building and …

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Controls Design, Machine Design, Software & Programming

P&ID and Machine Design

Frank Feb 24, 2011 Tagged with design, software

The process industry has used P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) for many years as a method …

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Controls Design, Software & Programming

Ladder Logic 101: Where do I start?

Frank Feb 13, 2011 Tagged with ladder logic, programming, software

*Note: This post was written in February of 2011. Since that time I have written a …

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