Mastering the Machine webinar on the new Automation Academy community, I/O Central. As of this webinar the site is not branded yet and is a beta site, but people are already signing up and creating profiles. The community is open to anyone, but Academy members have...

Mastering the Machine webinar, my guest was Brennen Dugger of Blue Collar Automation in Memphis. Topics included current trends in SCADA and robotics, networking and entrepreneurship, and what's up in our region of the US. Brennan has a wealth of knowledge and...

Automation Academy webinar on advanced PLC and HMI techniques and machine simulation. Platform is Allen-Bradley Studio 5000 v.31, FactoryTalk View Studio v. 11, and an emulator. Takes a look at the inside of my Actuator simulation AOI a_ActSim.

Mastering the Machine webinar on the Beckhoff PLC platform and TwinCAT software. The document I showed in this webinar can be downloaded from the Library under PLC/General.

Mastering the Machine webinar, a continuation of the previous webinar on my project at American Beverage Depot. I discuss the machine vision test station I am building using a belt conveyor and extrusion. I am using various used components and "winging it", the goal...

Mastering the Machine webinar on designing a material handling and inspection system for a beverage company. This discusses how projects are concepted and begun including an initial spreadsheet and CAD.

Webinar on my new book, Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation. Today's topic was Pneumatics, from D03_FluidPower in the Library.

Webinar on my new book, Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation. Phil Scruggs also stopped by to say hello. Today's topic was Mechanical Power Transmission, from D02_Mechanical in the Library. 

Webinar on my new book, Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation. I also put a call out to panelbuilders and designers in the South Florida area. The main topics covered are the D01 and D02 documents found in the Maintenance and Troubleshooting tab of...

Webinar on my new book, Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Industrial Automation. It will be released this week at bookstores and on Amazon, but I have also separated it into sections and will be uploading them to the Library. Hit me up if you need a section early, it...