tag: Automation Technology

How to Plan Your First Automation Project

May 2, 2025 | Automation Technology, Collaborative Robots, Robotics For many manufacturers, automation is a game changer. The challenge? It has to be done right. Learn more about how to plan your first automation project.Read More

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From Baseball to Manufacturing, Data Analytics Win

August 4, 2025 | Automation Technology, CNC systems, Industrial Robotics Artificial intelligence-based tools provide remarkable insights leading to improvements in any domain that can be characterized with data. By investing in data integration strategies, industrial manufacturing stands poised to improve […]Read More

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Automating Engine Assembly Stations Yields a 170% ROI

March 11, 2025 | Automation Technology, industrial automation, Siemens Solution Partner Patti Engineering recently automated several manual assembly stations for a major automotive manufacturer, completing the projects with no disruption to ongoing production. Each project’s payback period is under five months […]Read More

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Coordinate System Frames in Industrial Robots

November 10, 2023 | Automation Technology, industrial automation, Industrial Robotics, Patti Engineering, Robotics Overview It’s easy to teach a robot if you know what frame to teach the points in. If not, it can be a nightmare! If you are having a hard […]Read More

Technology Highlight: Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500S Software Controller

August 15, 2023 | Automation Technology, control systems integration, Digitalization, industrial automation, Patti Engineering, PLC Programming, Siemens s7, Siemens Solution Partner Get insight into Siemens S7-1500S Software Controller from Patti Engineering expert Nick Hitchcock What is the Siemens S7-1500S Software Controller Siemens’ S7-1500S Software Controller is a virtualized PLC that runs on […]Read More

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4 Types of Collaborative Robots to Increase Productivity

September 21, 2016 | Automation Technology, Collaborative Robots, FANUC Integration, Fanuc Robotics, Industrial Robotics, Patti Engineering Blog post by Ian Mogab, Controls Engineer Often times you may hear of manufacturers opting to replace their human workforce with robots in order to increase productivity. However, there are […]Read More

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6 Things to Remember When Setting Up a Temperature PID in Siemens TIA Portal

November 6, 2023 | Automation Technology, Control System Integration, Patti Engineering, PID loop, Siemens Solution Partner When working with applications where precise temperature and humidity control are vital, such as paint shop air supply systems or industrial ovens, PID temperature tuning becomes a non-negotiable step. The […]Read More

Utilizing Engineering Studies to Deliver Crucial Insights and Find Solutions for Manufacturers Across the Country

November 21, 2022 | Austin Texas, automated assembly and control, Automation Technology, control systems integration, coonsulting, digital transformation, digital transformation solutions, engineering study, FANUC Integration, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, Plant Simulation, Robotics, Sam Hoff, Siemens, Siemens Automation Solution Partner, Siemens PLC Sometimes a client needs a solution to a problem, but does not know what or how to go about developing one. Patti Engineering offers engineering studies as a service to […]Read More

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The Days of Digitalization

August 1, 2022 | Automation Technology, d, Digital Twin, Digitalization, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, Sam Hoff, Siemens PLC, Siemens Solution Partner These are the days of digitalization – for manufacturers, digitalization means using digital tools such as IoT devices, AI, and edge/cloud computing to gain better visibility into their processes and […]Read More

Do I Need a Vision System for my Robot or Should I Fly Blind?

January 31, 2017 | Automation Technology, Industrial Robotics, Manufacturing vision systems, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, Robotics by Joe Palace, Senior Electrical Engineer When a robot performs an application, a process, or a validation check on a part, it relies on that part being the same size […]Read More

UHF RFID 101 [Infographic]

April 3, 2017 | Automation Technology, Industrial identification technologies, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, RFID, Siemens Solution Partner, UHF RFID What’s so great about UHF RFID? If you are looking for a way to collect more data in your manufacturing facility, you may want to look into UHF RFID. This […]Read More

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Strategies to Ensure Your UHF RFID Antenna Coverage is Sufficient

June 2, 2018 | Automation Technology, download, industrial automation, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, RFID antenna tuning, UHF RFID, white paper Blog post by Senior Electrical Engineer John Shipley Are you familiar with ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID)? UHF RFID is rapidly becoming the new standard for identification to […]Read More

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The Ever-increasing Need for Using Digital Twins

June 6, 2018 | Automation Technology, control systems integration, Digital Twin, Digitalization, industrial automation, Industry 4.0, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, Sam Hoff Blog post by Sam Hoff, CEO of Patti Engineering I was recently meeting with a client who has 200 manufacturing engineers working for him. Of those 200 engineers, he estimates […]Read More

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Minor Upgrades, Major Improvement

August 15, 2018 | Automation Technology, Controls upgrade, garment sortation, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, RTLS Tracking Blog post by Ryan Goad, Controls Engineer A couple of years ago, we completed a major retrofit of a database at a garment distribution facility. In the last few months, […]Read More

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Setting Up Reliable Monitoring for a Water and Wastewater System Using Phoenix Contact Radioline

March 8, 2016 | Automation Technology, control systems integration, Patti Engineering, PHoenix Contact integrator, water and wastewater 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 […]Read More

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Lessons Learned in Managing Time Onsite

September 29, 2016 | Automation Technology, control system integrator, Controls upgrade, Downtime, Patti Engineering 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 […]Read More

Tricky Parameters for a Vision System: A Case in Point

January 31, 2017 | Automation Technology, cognex, control systems integration, Machine vision system, Manufacturing vision systems, Patti Engineering 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 […]Read More

Tips and Tricks for Motoman Robots

April 25, 2017 | Automation Technology, control systems integration, Industrial Robotics, Patti Engineering, Robotics 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 […]Read More

New Office Mate: FANUC LR-Mate

November 3, 2017 | Austin Texas, Automation Technology, collaborative robotics, FANUC Integration, Industrial Robotics, Patti Engineering, Robotics We’ve had a new office mate this week in our Austin office! This FANUC LR-Mate is getting ready to inspect parts on an upcoming project. He’s got a payload of 7kg and […]Read More

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Why You Need MindSphere in Your Facility

November 9, 2017 | Automation Technology, Digitalization, IIoT Integration, Patti Engineering, Sam Hoff, Siemens MindSphere, Siemens Solution Partner Blog post by Sam Hoff, CEO When the iPhone came out on in the middle of 2007, it was an extremely disruptive technology. For the first time, we were carrying […]Read More

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