Do subjects like high peak load capability and high voltage safety testing keep you awake at night? Worried about the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) requirements for efficiency and no-load power consumption? Confounded about why two seemingly-same power supplies can possibly perform differently?
Attention all Manufacturers: ABB is now promoting FUN! Fun? At work you say? Under the interesting news category we hear that ABB has teamed with tracermedia interactive to create an electronic game that entertains AND educates manufacturing plant professionals. Players have fun while experiencing how their reliability decisions will impact performance […]
Could smudge marks on your touch screen monitors leave you vulnerable to a security breach? According to a University of Pennsylvania study it’s true! Researchers took photos of the smudge trails left on various touchscreens, digitally increased the contrast and found they could unlock secure touchscreens 92% of the time!
Oh, the pain..the misery…the teeth gnashing and, oh yeah, the cursing! Your drive just alarmed out, your equipment has stopped, production has ceased, and you are wasting time and money. Can the drive be saved? The good news is…probably! Before it comes to that scenario, consider this: We all know HEAT is the […]
If you are like me, you are always looking for an incredible steal …the sale of the century…AND, you never pay full price for anything! A major exception to this rule is the purchase of a CNC machine or any component you add to it. You truly get what you pay […]
The bad news is the U.S. lost it’s number one spot on the annual competitiveness survey bySwiss based IMD Business School for the first time since 1993 to Singapore and Hong Kong, ranked 1 and 2 respectively. The good news is the U.S. has survived the risk of financial and […]
Not surprisingly, reliability ranked the most important criteria in purchasing industrial electronics and industrial electronic repairs according to a recent survey by Plant Engineering & Maintenance. Reliability was followed, in descending order, by quality, safety, maintenance, service, price, throughput, technology, noise, speed, and “green”.
It was just a few months ago that I wrote a blog on how to make a decision whether to repair or replace your industrial electronic equipment. It’s a question many of you probably face every day. With the economy just beginning to climb out of the basement, saving money is […]
There are a million and one iPhone apps out there but this one by Baldor Electric Company, www.baldor.com is way cool. Those smart cookies at Baldor have converted their BE$T desktop program for calculating and comparing motor efficiencies to an Apple iphone app. By calculating a motor’s annual electricity usage based […]
In a word, it’s all about … automation. Now that the economy is beginning to recover, most manufacturing companies report that they are planning to invest in more automation. For more than 30 years we have been using our trusty PLC’s because they are simple and reliable, if a bit quirky. […]
