Articles by : Tony Ferguson

• Grain Hazard Monitoring

  Grain Hazard Monitoring Tony Ferguson discusses the purpose, standards and requirements and other tips and tricks for Grain Hazard Monitoring. This video will bring more awareness to hazards of handling grain as fires and explosions can be present if proper procedures are not followed. …Read More
  Tony Ferguson / Control System Upgrade  / Engineering Consulting Services  / Feed & Grain  / Food Manufacturing  / Grain Hazard Monitoring Systems  / Industrial Automation Upgrades  / Life Cycle  / Maintenance  / Matrix Moment  / Retrofit  / System Upgrade  / Improvement  / Planning  / Upgrade 

• Design and Implementation is Product of Automation Life Cycle Planning

  Design and Implementation is Product of Automation Life Cycle Planning After creating the roadmap during the automation life cycle planning process, the next step in the journey is the design and implementation of the plan. For smaller systems the design and implementation stages of a system upgrade can take weeks or m …Read More
  Tony Ferguson / Automation Planning  / Engineering Consulting Services  / Industrial Automation Upgrades  / Life Cycle  / Maintenance  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Pre-Engineering  / Process Automation Engineering  / Retrofit  / System Upgrade  / Improvement  / Planning  / Upgrade  / Improvement  / Upgrades 

• How Automation Life Cycle Planning Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity and Reduces Risks

  How Automation Life Cycle Planning Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity and Reduces Risks Every manufacturer is under pressure to reduce manufacturing costs and maximize asset utilization. Automation life cycle planning is a continuous process involving several steps that can help reduce expenditures, downtime, and inv …Read More
  Tony Ferguson / Automation Planning  / Engineering Consulting Services  / Industrial Automation Upgrades  / Maintenance  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Process Automation Engineering  / Retrofit  / Improvement  / Planning  / Upgrade 

• How Modern Grain Hazard Monitoring Control Systems Cut Risks

  How Modern Grain Hazard Monitoring Control Systems Cut Risks Grain hazard monitoring is a critical issue for the grain industry and food and agriculture companies. The accumulation of grain dust in a storage facility can produce a deadly explosion, such as the 2017 explosion at Didion Milling in Wisconsin that killed f …Read More
  Tony Ferguson / Arc Flash  / Control System Upgrade  / Food Manufacturing  / Grain Hazard Monitoring Systems  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Multidiscipline Engineering  / Estimating  / Planning  / Safety  / Integrations  / Upgrades