Industrial Automation

• Making the Transition to High Performance Graphics

  More accessible and easier to read, high performance graphics are quickly adopted by process manufacturers The human machine interface (HMI) graphic world came into being about 30 years ago with basic interfaces displayed in black and white. A year or two later, color graphic interfaces were introduced, starting a trend  that would last for decades. […]

  Read MoreJosh Peeno, PE / Industrial Automation / Manufacturing Operations Management / Improvement / PlantPAx / jpeeno /

• An Asset Management Solution focused on your Automation System Can Reduce Downtime

  An Asset Management Solution focused on your Automation System Can Reduce Downtime If you are involved in the engineering, operation, or maintenance functions of your company, you probably have heard the term Asset Management System (AMS), often associated with monitoring and maintaining the equipment up and running, and helping a plant reduce downtime.  This article […]

  Read MoreVictor Bertorelli / Asset Management / Downtime / Industrial Automation / Process Control System / Smart Machines / FactoryTalk / Rockwell Automation / vbertorelli /

• Specifying Instrumentation Requires a Team Effort

  Specifying Instrumentation Requires a Team Effort The engineering design process for specifying instrumentation is a multidiscipline engineering team effort at Matrix Technologies. The manufacturing engineering consultants (process, piping, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and controls) must be in constant communication with each other, throughout the entire project regarding coordination, changes, updates and deletions. This article describes […]

  Read MoreBob Kurczewski / Control System Upgrades / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation / Instrumentation Engineering / Manufacturing Engineering / Multidiscipline Engineering / Planning / Upgrades / bkurczewski /

• Five Reasons for Hiring an Independent Control System Integrator

  Five Reasons for Hiring an Independent Control System Integrator As an independent control system integrator, Matrix Technologies has the ability — and the duty — to keep current on the best-in-class solutions for our clients’ industrial automation needs. By partnering with our clients and as engineering consultants, we bring years of experience to use in […]

  Read MoreCharles Sheets, PE / Control System Upgrade / Control System Upgrades / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation / Automation Integration / Improvement / Management / Integrations / csheets /

• Choosing an Automation Platform: Compliance with IEC 61131

  Choosing an Automation Platform: Compliance with IEC 61131 IEC 61131 was published in 1993 after over 10 years of development by IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission). The 10-part standard is an attempt to standardize programmable controllers. Each of the 10 parts addresses a different part of the programmable controller. Parts are identified by the number […]

  Read MoreJosh Peeno, PE / Industrial Automation / Industrial automation engineering / Manufacturing Operations Management / PLC Programming / system integrator company / Integrations / Rockwell Automation / Upgrades / jpeeno /

• Why Your System Integrator Should Embrace a Quality System

  How earning ISO-9001 or CSIA certification can impact a system integrator’s approach to quality management

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / CSIA Certification / Industrial Automation / ISO-9001 Certification / Quality Management System / System Integration / Quality / dblaida /