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Why You Should Set Up Network Redundancy- Correctly

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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 […]

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Why Study Engineering?

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by Sam Hoff, CEO Maybe you are considering a career in engineering but you really like people, or you like to read and write, or you like to do only […]

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What’s So Great about IO-Link?

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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 […]

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What We’re Thankful For

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There is a lot to be thankful for – whether it the well-being of our family, friends, clients and colleagues, the success of our business year after year. The success […]

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We’ve Been Named A Siemens Solution Partner

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We’ve been named a Siemens Solution Partner by Siemens Industry, Inc.  The partnership goal is for both companies to work collaboratively to capture additional market share. “We have found that […]

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UHF RFID: ROI

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This is a chapter in our eBook, Your Guide to Implementing UHF RFID and it was written by Ian Mogab, Controls Engineer. With UHF RFID becoming the new standard for […]

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Toasting 2013: Celebrating with Clients, Partners & Friends

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Last month, Patti Engineering celebrated our Control Engineering 2013 System Integrator of the Year award at an open house hosted in our home office in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Thank you to all […]

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Tips for Attending the 2016 CSIA Executive Conference

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Next week, several of us are headed to the CSIA conference in Puerto Rico. Sam, our CEO has attended every conference since 1996.  So we thought we’d share a few […]

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The State of US Critical Infrastructure Control Systems

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Just over a week ago, the United States’ Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech to business executives in New York City, sharing the government’s knowledge of “specific instances where […]

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Taking IO-Link to the Next Level

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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 […]

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Students Innovate Technology to Manage Stormwater Damage

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Is extreme weather becoming the new normal? Drought/deluge cycles lead to increased flooding and polluted water systems. Whether the result of man-made climate change or something else as yet unexplained, […]

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Siemens Statue of Liberty Rescue Elevator

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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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Should I Add Robots to My Facility?

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This article originally appeared in our October 2016 newsletter. Recently, we noticed that we’ve had an influx of customers asking about adding robots to their production line.  Maybe it was […]

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Sam Hoff Elected to CSIA Directors Board

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Congratulations to Sam Hoff, President of Patti Engineering, on his election to a three-year term serving on the Board of Directors for the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA). The Control […]

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Sam Hoff Quoted in Ethernet Impact Article

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Sam Hoff, president of Patti Engineering (http://www.pattieng.com) was quoted in a recent Control Design article written by Dan Herbert, PE, Control Design Senior Technical Editor. The article titled “An Undeniable Impact, […]

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Sam Hoff Chats with Tony Veroeven of CSIA During the Manufacturing in America Conference March 2018

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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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Recommended UHF RFID Applications

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This is the first chapter in our eBook, Your Guide to Implementing UHF RFID and it was written by Ian Mogab, Controls Engineer. What is UHF RFID? Many manufacturers are […]

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PLC Simulator Tips & Tricks

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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 […]

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PLC Simulator Siemens Simatic S7-PLCSIM Tips

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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 […]

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Phoenix Contact Helps Us Celebrate 25 Years

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Earlier this week, Jim Hopkins and Steve Newcomer from Phoenix Contact stopped in the office.  They surprised us by celebrating our 25th anniversary! We really appreciated such a nice gesture. […]

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