MFG.com has reported the latest MFGWatch survey results for the 4th quarter and they are both interesting and heartening in some areas. The survey represents a cross section of industries including consumer products, machinery tools & equipment, textiles, aerospace, automotive, medical, and defense.
Solar flares can cause damage to electronics as they did in 1989 but be reassured that both you and your electronic equipment are in no danger from this large and spectacular solar flare. It is big, but not that big. Those of you that live in higher latitudes may be […]
The answer to this question could be “it depends”, but I’m going to go right out to end of the tree limb and say the answer is “yes”, voltage regulators are necessary, even here in the United States where the delivery of power is pretty consistent. Consistent to the extent […]
Personally, I have never made a New Year’s resolution, at least not in January. Business-wise, however, that is another story. The turn of the New Year is a very good time to take stock of your business from all angles, not just from the IRS angle. It’s a good time […]
Is your industrial touch screen monitor misbehaving? Flickering? Not responding? Most resistive touch screens are designed to last for more than 35 million touches in one spot before failing, as much as 4 times longer lasting than the display. That sounds like a helluva lot of touches but that depends on the application. […]
Buying used industrial electronic equipment or reusing shelved or mothballed equipment can indeed save a lot of money, BUT it can also result in some costly problems. When you buy used you can end up buying someone else’s problems and if you dig out your own mothballed machinery, you can […]
Awhile back, in the best interests of your valuable servo motors, I wrote “Four Easy Ways to Keep Your Motor Up and Running”. Hopefully, since then your equipment has been humming along in perfect working order. But maybe things haven’t gone so well and maybe you didn’t keep that motor up […]
Just yesterday I was listening to a sports interviewer (who shall go unnamed) baiting Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens by suggesting the team was great but “stuck” with QB Joe Flacco. It made me think for a few minutes about why Joe Flacco does not seem to get the […]
At last, Automation.com has released the results of its annual salary survey and this year they collaborated with InTech. I anxiously await the results of this survey each year because it paints a unique picture of what’s going on in the engineering and manufacturing world. In a nutshell, job satisfaction […]
As of Monday, October 3, 2011, ACS will be ready to rock in their new digs. That’s right, ACS is pulling up their tent stakes, hitchin’ up the mules and moving…all of a half mile northeast! The new offices will be more efficient and sunnier too. More windows = even […]
