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Machine Builders and Integrators

More On Custom Machine Building

Frank Feb 2, 2014 Tagged with custom machines, machine building, systems integration, templates, tools

Over the past several years I’ve had the privilege of working with quite a few machine …

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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, 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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Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Life

Misuse of Tools

Frank May 5, 2013 Tagged with design, Lean, tools

There has never been a better time to be an engineer when it comes to the…

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Panelbuilding

Panelbuilding

Frank Mar 27, 2011 Tagged with panelbuilding, tools

This picture is from about 1999 when my small company was primarily a panel shop and …

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Applications, Conveyors

Build your own Conveyor

Frank Feb 21, 2011 Tagged with conveyors, tools, welding

Usually it is not very economical to build your own conveyor but occasionally an application requires …

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