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Our Partnership History with Siemens

June 3, 2016 | control systems integration, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, Siemens Certified, Siemens Solution Partner As 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 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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The Many Benefits of PLM Plant Simulation Software

May 8, 2018 | Newsletter, nick sadro, Patti Engineering, plant sim, Plant Simulation, Siemens, Siemens automation, Siemens Automation Solution Partner Siemens Tecnomatix® Plant Simulation is a valuable PLM software tool for engineers working at a manufacturing facility and for engineers building or modifying manufacturing machinery. Blog post by Terrance Brinkley […]Read More

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Tips for Learning New PLC Software

May 15, 2018 | Daniel Miller, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, PLC Programming, PLC Software, PLCs, Siemens Solution Partner, SIMATIC, training Blog post by John Shipley As system integrators, there are multiple times when you will be tasked to learn something completely new. There’s no other feeling like opening a project […]Read More

The Importance of Down Time from Work

May 22, 2018 | health, Newsletter, Patti Engineering, vacation, wellness, work Blog post by Barb Rausch, Human Resource Manager “Vacations help us change the view, which can spark an idea or kick start creative thinking.” – Rieva Lesonsky, CEO GrowBiz Media. […]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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O-O Approach For Industrial Automation Software Development

January 27, 2016 | control systems integration, industrial automation, Patti Engineering, PLC Programming, Project planning 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 […]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

What is a CSIA Certified Control System Integrator and Why Should Users of Industrial Automation Care?

March 30, 2016 | control systems integration, CSIA Certified, Patti Engineering If 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 More

Getting Started With Universal Robots – Safely

May 27, 2016 | Collaborative Robots, control systems integration, Industrial Robotics, Patti Engineering, universal robots Blog Post by Ian Mogab, Controls Engineer What are UR robots? UR robots, or universal robots, are collaborative robots, meaning that if they are configured correctly they can work alongside […]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

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Remote I/O: What and Why

September 21, 2017 | control systems integration, Patti Engineering, PLC Programming, Remote io Blog post by Marc Bourque, Electrical Engineer What is Remote I/O? Remote I/O is the ability to control inputs and outputs that are not near the PLC. Most remote I/O […]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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Sharing Solutions to Industrial Cyber Security Challenges

December 22, 2017 | CSIA Certified, cyber security, Patti Engineering 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 […]Read More

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