Blog post by Nick Hobbs, Business Development When manufacturing facilities are discussing new automation, there is sometimes the perception that upgrading is too expensive. Many facilities tend to look at […]
Read MoreBlog post by Dave Foster, Vice President of Engineering It’s not a matter of if your equipment is going to go down, but when. The impact of this inevitability on […]
Read MorePatti 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 […]
Read MoreBlog 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 […]
Read MoreIt is with deep sadness that we learned Dick Morley passed away in New Hampshire Tuesday evening. Dick was best known as the inventor of the PLC, but he was also […]
Read MoreBeing CSIA certified has been perhaps the biggest driver of improvement for our business. CSIA certification is not just a box to check or another shiny gold plaque to hang on the […]
Read Moreby Ryan Goad, Controls Engineer and Nick Sadro, Electrical Engineer When manufacturing facilities execute a controls system project, they often debate whether to do the project internally or to hire […]
Read Moreby 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 […]
Read MoreThis article originally appeared in our August 2016 Newsletter. This month, we continue our celebration of 25 years in business by recognizing the partnerships that have allowed us to be […]
Read MoreEarlier 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. […]
Read MoreAs we head into our 25-year milestone, we are highlighting our history with some of the partners to whom we owe much success. Siemens is one of those partners. Eleven […]
Read MoreNext 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 […]
Read MoreBlog post by Steve Palmgren, VP of Texas Operations Exactly 6 years ago today, I found myself trying to “help” our cats in the parking lot of a gas station at […]
Read MoreIf you are an industrial end-user of automation technology – manufacturer, oil & gas company, water/wastewater plant, etc. – from time to time you may need to hire a control […]
Read MoreBlog Post by Steve Palmgren, VP of Texas Operations Marketing is necessary to any business. If you don’t ever “put yourself out there,” how will anyone know you exist? But […]
Read MorePatti Engineering has a long history with FANUC Robotics. In fact, Patti Engineering has been working with FANUC robots since the inception of our company in 1991. Now, we are […]
Read MorePenny wise, dollar foolish? Many of us remember this saying, perhaps as part of a lesson our parents taught us growing up. Sometimes we can go to such great lengths […]
Read More“A goal without a plan is just a wish,” Patti Engineering VP of Operations Ken Kutchek reverberates, from French writer and poet Antoine de Saint Exupéry, to his audience at […]
Read MoreBig 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? […]
Read MoreThe ARC Advisory Group’s 18th annual Industry Forum 2014, “Industry in Transition: The Information Driven Enterprise”, is in progress this week in Orlando, Florida. At this event industry executives come […]
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