Terrance Brinkley's Bio
Michigan Director of Operations
With a natural affinity for control systems integration, Terrance Brinkley has been an asset to Patti Engineering since 2004 and now leads his team as the Director of Michigan Operations. A native of Pontiac, Michigan, Terrance graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.
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Siemens TIA Portal Simulation Software Terrance Brinkley, from Patti Engineering, is here to explore how Siemens TIA Portal's built-in simulation software, PLCSIM, and WinCC Runtime Advanced can be used to simulate PLCs and HMIs, enabling programmers to detect and fix...
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New Industry 4.0 Lab to Transform Education at Kettering University Upgrading to the latest industry trends doesn’t just happen in the field, but also in the new classroom lab at Kettering University designed by Patti Engineering. Kettering University places...
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Have you ever wanted to try some new ideas to improve your robot cell efficiency? Many people think of testing robot arm paths when they think of ROBOGUIDE simulation software, but there are a number of other changes and ideas...
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Blog post by Joe Palace, Senior Electrical Engineer Good common practices and tips when using a Siemens PID Temperature Technology object to control your heat device inside of your Siemens PLC program. Before doing anything, you want to pick the...
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Blog post by Joe Palace, Senior Electrical Engineer Having a robust system is having a system that recovers well after a system fault. It’s the difference between minimal downtime and significant downtime resulting in loss of production and loss of...
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Blog post by our Auburn Hills engineers Does the idea of working on your production equipment send a million-dollar-a-minute shiver down your spine? There are, of course, risks involved when working on equipment when it is in production. Proper planning...
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Blog post by Nick Sadro, Controls Engineer I was recently working on a large project where I was responsible for programming several Yaskawa Motoman robots for material handling and dispensing applications. Over the course of a few months and many...
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Blog post by Nick Sadro, Controls Engineer Networking is hugely important in industrial settings. Inside manufacturing plants, almost all machines are connected together, and most plants have data from the machines sent to servers or office networks for monitoring purposes....
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by Dan Bock, Controls Engineer Vision systems are tricky; they need to be reliable and accurate in any possible scenario. Even in a favorable environment for a vision system, without proper testing, it is possible for the vision system to...
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Blog Post by Joe Palace, Senior Electrical Engineer; Dan Teferi, Senior Electrical Engineer; and Matt Hayes, Electrical Engineer The Mitsubishi Electric GOT 1000 HMI offers the ability to create complex recipe data right within the HMI. It’s a great feature...
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What is worth my time? When programming onsite, what is worth doing: continuing to troubleshoot hardware or writing a new function? Anyone who has worked with technology knows that it sometimes grants you unexpected results. When working onsite, solving those...
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Blog post by Ryan Hibbert, Controls Engineer If you’re wondering what IO-Link is, check out our first IO-Link post, here. IO-Link is making waves in industrial automation because it makes integrating components so much simpler. We recently worked with Mitsubishi...
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Blog post by Ryan Hibbert, Controls Engineer You may have heard about IO-Link and have wondered what it is. We have recently been working with a new line of IO-Link devices and some ground-breaking enhancements which we will share in...
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Big or small, automation projects can slide off course with budget overruns, unanticipated technical glitches, miscommunications, and/or unwelcome downtime and delays. So, how does one avoid the unwanted project pitfalls? In our last blog post, Patti Engineering's Vice President of...
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With discontinuation of the S5 product series, maintenance of these control systems is becoming more difficult and expensive. Patti Engineering is providing the necessary engineering labor to provide Siemens program conversion services using the latest version of Siemens.
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We hear this MES System question a lot. "Is there a way for me to view my plant MES system from home or from my smart phone?" Senior Electrical Engineer's Response The easiest solution to viewing this data on a PC...
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Go Duane! Patti Engineering Senior Engineer, Duane Edgar presented a session on PLC Simulator Siemens Simatic S7-PLCSIM at the Technology Tip-Off today in Detroit. Duane provided valuable tips on using the tool to improve Siemens software development efficiency. Duane loves this...
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This Tips and Tricks article was written by Duane Edgar who is a highly valued Senior Electrical Engineer here at Patti Engineering. Duane graduated from Kettering University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. As of...
