PLC

• A Retrospective on 35 Years in Automation

  A Retrospective on 35 Years in Automation Having recently celebrated my 60th birthday, as well as 30 years with Matrix Technologies, I thought the readers might just be willing to indulge me in a bit of reminiscing about the changes I’ve seen in the automation business. Depending on your perspective, you may say, “Hey, I […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Industrial Automation Engineering / Legacy Upgrades / Manufacturing Operations Management / Manufacturing Process Control / PLC / Upgrade / GE / IBM / Microsoft / Modicon / Modvue / dblaida /

• Converting Old PLC Code: Benefits and Pitfalls

  Converting Old PLC Code: Benefits and Pitfalls Sounds great, doesn’t it? Buy the new programmable logic controller (PLC) equipment, run the old PLC code through a translator program, and the new system is up and running. Now to give credit where credit is due, very few people would actually believe a control system upgrade would […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Automation Integration / Control System Upgrade / Conversion / CPU / Industrial Automation Engineering / Manufacturing Operations Management / Manufacturing Process Control / PLC / Source Code / Planning / Upgrades / dblaida /

• SCADA remains relevant for industrial automation

  SCADA remains relevant for industrial automation Embedded workflow, engineering model support, and auto-discoverable assets are among the technologies keeping SCADA alive. by: Kevin Paker Placing computer power onto “edge devices” as near to production as possible is a goal hotly pursued in today’s industrial automation circles. What’s more, in just the past few years, copious […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Distributed Control System / Edge Devices / Industrial Automation Engineering / Oil and Gas Engineering / PLC / Process Control System / ABB / Rockwell Automation / SCADA / dblaida /