HMI Best Practices for an Effective HMI Every Time
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HMI Best Practices for an Effective HMI Every Time

There are many ways to develop human machine interface (HMI) screens for machine automation and related applications, but effective implementation requires discipline in design. The look, feel and ease-of-use of an HMI can vary widely with all the tools, object libraries, animation and colors available with modern HMI software—but there are some HMI best practices…
Newsletter: Volume 17 - Issue 1
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Newsletter: Volume 17 - Issue 1

In this issue of AutomationDirect.com’s newsletter you will find some exiting news about how we made it easier to access our educational videos. Also, read about the top 10 trends in industrial automation, how mobile phones are becoming a powerful tool in our industry, and learn about some of the benefits of tagname based controllers….
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Turkey Season... AutomationDirect Style

Engineers should be great cooks! Why? Because we are the masters of processes and cooking is just a process. So jump in, roll up your sleeves and volunteer for turkey duty this year. As the newly appointed Turkey engineer, your first hurdle is picking whether you are going to bake, fry or smoke your way…
Machine Maintenance Checklist
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Machine Maintenance Checklist

It is important to develop a routine maintenance schedule for your automated control system. Having a routine schedule for checking critical components and devices in the system will increase the longevity of the system and more importantly, it will help reduce future problems. Set up the schedule based on a monthly or quarterly time period,…
Thermal Management: Enclosure Cooling Tips
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Thermal Management: Enclosure Cooling Tips

You need to cool down – Heat inside an enclosure can decrease the life expectancy of controlling units such as your PLC, HMI, AC drives and other items. Excessive heat can cause nuisance faults from your electrical and electronic components: for example, overloads tripping unexpectedly. Heat will also change the expected performance of circuit breakers and fuses, which can cause whole…