Last week, Kettering University honored Sam Hoff with its Alumni Service Award at its Evening of Distinction and Determination. “Kettering means so much to me. It’s such a unique school. […]
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Intro (Sam Hoff did a podcast interview with Bryan Powrozek, Sr. Manager, Industrial Automation at Clayton & McKervey, and discussed digital transformation. Here are some highlights of the podcast.) What […]
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Today marks 30 years of Patti Engineering. Back in 1991, three weeks before Sam’s wedding day, he founded a company named after his bride-to-be. Today, the company is more than […]
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Especially with visitor and safety restrictions over the last year, more of our customers have been requesting virtual commissioning on their projects. Find out why. Read about a project […]
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A customer was having a problem with their Profibus communication. The Profibus nodes were dropping out occasionally. This caused their ovens to stop working and required a system reset. This […]
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To our valued partners and customers, During these unprecedented times, I’ve been thinking about our industry. While things are changing every day, it is becoming clear that manufacturing will have […]
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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, […]
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On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 11:00 AM CT, John Shipley will be joining Automation World to present a webinar about a recent project. Summary In this webinar, Patti Engineering […]
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Virtually testing improvements in your plant allows you to test changes with just a few clicks. Siemens Tecnomatix® Plant Simulation is a great tool for generating reports on product flow, […]
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There are many factors to consider when deciding on a vision system in your automation system. Three of the biggest are hardware, lighting, and lenses. Hardware Machine Vision sensor resolution […]
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Note: In March 2018, Siemens acquired the leader in RTLS technology, Agilion. Have you ever spent hours searching your facility for a special piece of tooling that you know is […]
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Last month, we officially opened our brick and mortar office in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our Indiana presence has been based out of Kokomo since 2015. Since then, we’ve hired Nick Hobbs, John […]
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It’s one of the most recognizable icons in the world and, as part of a $30 million dollar renovation project, the Statue of Liberty had its obsolete, 30-year-old rescue elevator […]
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Our team will be visiting college campuses this fall near each of our three offices. Patti Engineering will also be conducting interviews on the second day of each event. Purdue […]
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Blog post by Lynn Minard, Director of Finance When thinking about replacing or completing maintenance on an obsolete system, the focus is often put on the cost of the new […]
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Earlier this month, participants at Manufacturing in America had the chance to kick field goals at Ford Field. We set up a tracking system using Siemens MindSphere that measured multiple […]
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Patti Engineering’s CEO Sam Hoff featured in CSIA’s Talking Industrial Automation podcast Sam Hoff spoke with Tony Veroeven of CSIA for the Talking Industrial Automation podcast series during Siemens’ Manufacturing […]
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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 […]
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Blog post by Marc Bourque, Electrical Engineer What is arc flash, and why should you be concerned about it? What is arc flash? Arc flash (also called a flashover) is […]
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In a recent Control Magazine multi-part series titled ‘You Can Be a Cybersecurity Badass,’ author Jim Montague explores how system integrators and end users are sharing best practices around cybersecurity […]
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