Interesting facts Archives - Blog related to industrial automation - PLC, HMI, control systems https://automationtop.com/category/interesting-facts/ Blog about industrial automation and robotics. We share knowledge about the basics of automation, PLCs, HMIs, control systems and automation specialists' work Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:27:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 https://automationtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/favicon.svg Interesting facts Archives - Blog related to industrial automation - PLC, HMI, control systems https://automationtop.com/category/interesting-facts/ 32 32 AUTOMATION SPECIALIST’S WORKING RULES https://automationtop.com/automation-specialists-working-rules/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:10:00 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=247 In the group of specialists from the automation industry, there are certain rules that are not written down. They are only repeated in playful forms and transmitted verbally. I would like to quote a few rules and sayings here. The automation specialist never says “I cannot do it, I don’t know how to do it”. […]

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]]> ENGINEERING ETHICS https://automationtop.com/engineering-ethics/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:22:25 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=233 MSc Janusz E. – electrician walking around the plant. He replaces blown fuses with a nail, and he makes jumpers from uninsulated piece of wire. Our electrician graduated from the university of technology not so long ago. Although, he really blew off his whole education, he obtained a master’s degree… Master of Science. Immediately after […]

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]]> Inverter Energy Saving https://automationtop.com/inverter-energy-saving/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:15:46 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=418 There are growing concerns about environmental problems due to the increase in the average temperature around the globe, such as abnormal climate change, decline in crop productivity, impact on ecosystems, and habitat change resulting from rising sea levels. Energy saving actions are urgently needed to prevent global warming (to reduce CO2) emissions. The number of […]

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]]> MURPHY’S LAW IN MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT https://automationtop.com/23-murphys-law-in-maintenance-department/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:40:55 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=198 I’ve been working for a long time as a maintenance specialist. During work I had so many situations and I can talk about them for hours. There are always surprising conclusions from these situations. Someone will say that it’s coincidence, fait, destiny; other will call it Murphy’s law. Here is the collection of this law […]

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]]> SIEMENS LOGO!8 LITTLE BIG CONTROLLER https://automationtop.com/siemens-logo8-little-big-controller/ Mon, 11 May 2020 10:12:09 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=381 If you already had contact with controllers in industrial automation, you have certainly heard about the logic module – LOGO!8 from Siemens. If you haven’t heard about this controller, you should be interested in it and if you would like to learn how to program the controllers, start from this. In this article I would […]

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]]> EXPERIENCE DURING STUDIES – HOW TO GET IT? https://automationtop.com/experience-during-studies-how-to-get-it/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:50:49 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=224 I will ask you a question. Do you treat your studies as a compulsory duty, or rather as investment in your future life? If you study because you think that you’re supposed to do this and you just enter the title in your resume, unfortunately you’re just going to waste your time. If you have […]

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]]> AUTOMATION SPECIALIST IS NEVER TOUCHED BY THE CURRENT https://automationtop.com/automation-specialist-is-never-touched-by-the-current/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:02:05 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=239 Everyone knows the saying “electrician is never touched by the current” or “electricity doesn’t’ kill an electric guy” and how is it with automation specialists? It happens that sometimes we have to bury ourselves in the wires during modernizing some kind of control system. Sometimes we have to roll up our sleeves and take care […]

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]]> 8+ FREE SCADA VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS https://automationtop.com/8-free-scada-visualization-systems/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:43:53 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=402 Below you can find the list of free SCADA systems (Supervisor Control And Data Acquisition), which are completely free or have some limitations, but still allow for usage and tests. The list is open, which means that we can add another positions. Perhaps you have heard about SCADA, but you not quite feel it. I […]

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]]> 5S METHODOLOGY – CREATING AND MAINTAINING A WELL ORGANIZED WORKPLACE https://automationtop.com/5s-methodology-creating-and-maintaining-a-well-organized-workplace/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:04:00 +0000 https://automationtop.com/?p=116 We spend a lot of hours at work, it’s a fact, we all want is to work pleasantly on designing, programming, machine building, diagnostics, etc. But if we do not take care of our workplace, the time in work will get longer, work will frustrate us and our productivity will fall. And what follows this […]

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