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Discover 5 reasons to upgrade to Siemens SIMATIC S7 PLC for enhanced automation efficiency and performance.
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Five Reasons to Upgrade to Siemens SIMATIC S7 PLC

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  Reliability Sticking with a legacy system means taking a gamble that you can still rely on your system, its parts, and its maintenance. We had one customer who was […]

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Patti Engineering expert on water system monitoring with Phoenix Contact Radioline solution.
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Setting Up Reliable Monitoring for a Water and Wastewater System Using Phoenix Contact Radioline

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Blog Post by Patti Engineering Senior Engineer Nick Hitchcock, P.E Recently, we worked on a project to monitor and control equipment over distances.  In our case, we were controlling and […]

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O-O Approach For Industrial Automation Software Development

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Blog post by Shahrokh Yousefi, Controls Engineer, Patti Engineering Texas Office The Object-Oriented (O-O) approach to programming has long proven successful in software applications, but is not common in industrial […]

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Three Considerations for Programming a Control System Timer

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This week, several of us tackled programming solutions where timers were the linchpin.  On one project, a timer was extending cycle time, which caused a huge production back up.  Changing […]

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How to Save Time and Frustration When Configuring VFD Safety on Profinet

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Blog post by Nikhil Niphadkar, Controls Engineer, Patti Engineering Texas Office Industrial Engineering principle: “Do it right the first time”. I have seen people, including myself, struggle while configuring safety […]

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An Engineer’s Debugging Tip – No Packet Sniffing Hardware or RS232 Port Required!

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Blog post by Steve Palmgren, Vice President Texas Operations, Patti Engineering To the layman packet sniffing may sound a little suspect…drug related possibly??? But, in an engineer’s world using RS232 […]

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Real Ale Brewing Quadruples Speed on Bottle Line

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Real Ale Brewing Company is the home of a dedicated team of brewers producing high-quality handcrafted ales. The company has experienced consistent growth year over year, and is nationally ranked […]

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Going Green – Creating Sustainable Water and WastewaterSolutions

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Going green and identifying energy-efficient sustainable solutions is a hot topic of conversation across the globe. Advances in technologies are driving sustainable city development. Today, city governments are recognizing that […]

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An Inside Look: Major Mitsubishi Electric Control System Upgrade for Automotive Manufacturing Giant

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Quality built industrial equipment can often outlive the PLC and other industrial controls that make it operate. Patti Engineering has a long history of performing control system upgrades to keep […]

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Patti Engineering Hired to Convert Obsolete Siemens S5 PLCs to Latest Siemens S7 Control Platform

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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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Chrysler Siemens TRANSLINE 2000 & Mitsubishi Electric PLC/HMI

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Patti Engineering has been fortunate to be a part of Chrysler’s comeback.  Nicely recovered from bankruptcy in 2009, Chrysler has invested heavily in plant automation and modernization. Chrysler has been […]

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Providing Engineering Expertise for First 9-speed Transmission

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Thanks to our relationship with ThyssenKrupp System Engineering (TKSE), Patti Engineering is excited to be part of the TKSE team implementing the equipment to build the auto industry’s first 9-speed […]

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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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1984 Apple IIe Earns its Keep, Steve Jobs Would be Proud!

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Our nation mourned the death of Steve Jobs last year. As the co-founder of Apple, he brought many innovative products to life during his creative career. We wanted to share […]

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Industrial IT Security Can No Longer Rely on Fortress Building

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The Stuxnet Virus has opened our eyes. As more and more IT based devices have made their way into industrial settings, the protection of these devices from those wanting to […]

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Control Systems Upgrade Prove Huge Savings in Manufacturing & Distribution

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Patti Engineering upgraded the controls for the existing shipping sorter at The Men's Wearhouse Bellfort Village Distribution Center in Houston, Texas.

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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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