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Week 24 Update & Rule#5
Good afternoon automation nerds. Last week ACI was in Houston for an Opto22 controls upgrade at a top secret facility (well not really, just can't tell you). We removed an LCM4, many B3000s, handfuls of old SNAP-OAC5s & SNAP-IAC5s and other old hardware that was controlling a plastic extrusion machine. I would like to tell you that the control panels were clean with wires and cables nicely routed, labeled and secured inside the wire way but, as you already know, that is RARE

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Jun 113 min read










500hp Pump Motor Safety Monitoring using Moor Industries TCM and Opto22
500hp Motor Thermal Protection & Monitoring System

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Oct 10, 20221 min read


Tribometer Control Panel Rebuild
Tribometer Control Panel Rebuild

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Oct 4, 20221 min read


R&D Lab Process Control System For Two Reactors
Control System for Two Reactors

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Sep 29, 20222 min read


Reminder: Used, hard to find automation equipment for sale on Ebay.
Used automation equipment for sale!

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Sep 23, 20221 min read






BBQ Smoker Trailer Automation With Wireless Interface
Automated Smoker

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Sep 6, 20223 min read


Upgrading A Legacy HMI & Control System
Upgrading old control system to the modern era.

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Aug 29, 20222 min read




You bought a machine and it never worked?
Control system rebuild on a broken machine.

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Aug 28, 20221 min read


Used Equipment For Sale. Mostly Opto22.
Legacy Equipment For Sale

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Aug 22, 20221 min read


Industrial Grade Does NOT Mean Bulletproof...
When working with any mission critical electronics rule #1: Be careful. The saying "If it ain't coming off then your not trying hard...

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Aug 16, 20221 min read
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