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5 Tips for HMI Development
Although a Human Machine Interface (HMI) is often the last part of a control system integration project, the HMI is vital to the success of your automation system. There are countless guidelines, standards and handbooks covering HMI best practices and design including those published by ISA, ASM, and ISO to name a few. Nonetheless, with…
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The Legacy Equipment Challenge at a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Searching eBay to replace old parts for your legacy equipment? This article details how one customer successfully addressed this challenge. In the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing, downtime can be a very costly inconvenience. While it was “state-of-the-art” when installed, our customer’s 1993 liquid vial filling line and 1985 fluid bed dryer/granulator were starting to cause…
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Partnerships Make Us Successful
Blog post by Evan Kilgore, Senior Electrical Engineer, Colorado Successful projects are built on relationships. This fact is at the core of Huffman Engineering Inc. With the network of customers, manufacturers, distributors, and contractors, it is always important to treat interactions as partnerships. Having a teamwork mindset going into a project will help lead to…
