PLC Photo Contest Winner!
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PLC Photo Contest Winner!

We asked you to submit a photo showing us why you could use more Productivity in your life for a chance to win a free Productivity2000 PLC starter kit. You could’ve shown us how PLC programming was getting in the way of your sleep, how you were spending too much time troubleshooting when you needed…
Guidelines to Successful Pneumatic Systems
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Guidelines to Successful Pneumatic Systems

Pneumatic actuators are a popular option for parts handling in automated systems. Whether it’s part transfer, positioning or clamping—pneumatics are a cost-effective choice for mechanical motion. However, without proper design, these pneumatic systems can experience problems. Fortunately, there are some simple pneumatic design guidelines to help ensure success. We’ll review some common issues with pneumatic designs,…
How to Control Enclosure Temperature
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How to Control Enclosure Temperature

Industrial facilities have lots of enclosures housing automation and electrical components, many of which need cooling and heating. We’re going to show you how to pick the right enclosure conditioning system from these leading options: Heaters Fans Heat exchangers Air conditioners Vortex coolers Thermoelectric coolers It’s simpler to heat than cool, so let’s discuss this…
DIY Halloween Pneumatic Props
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DIY Halloween Pneumatic Props

Halloween will sneak up before you know it. So have you started planning your creepy, scary, or horrifyingly haunting Halloween props yet? If not, take a look at our three Halloween YouTube videos that I’m sure will scare…I mean…inspire you. Each video below explains how to build a DIY Halloween pneumatic creation step by step….
Boy Scout Programming Merit Badge
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Boy Scout Programming Merit Badge

During the summer of 2015, while many Scouts were going to traditional summer camps, a group of Scouts from the Twin Rivers Council in New York spent a week at STEM Camp where they participated in Electronics, Engineering, Surveying, and Programming Merit Badges. The Scouts were thrilled to learn how to program the same PLCs that…
Linking Machines to IT Systems
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Linking Machines to IT Systems

Once upon a time, individual machines were stranded on an island, or just linked to other machines using a few discrete I/O and dry contact relays. Then came machine-to-machine data links such as a proprietary PLC-based network. Today, and certainly in the future, machines are being linked to IT systems.