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3 Ways Tag Naming Standards Will Improve Development and Troubleshooting of PLC/HMI Systems
Blog post by Casey Oppegard, Electrical Engineer Whether you are developing a control system from scratch or making an addition to an existing system the use of a tag naming standard will improve development time as well as troubleshooting in the future. We have helped numerous customers develop tag naming standards. One such example is…
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Why We Attend the CSIA Conference
Blog post by Wendy Huffman In the early 2000s, Howard attended his first Controls Systems Integrators Association (CSIA) conference. He did it – even though we were struggling financially – because he was encouraged to go to be a better businessman. When we’re better at business, we’re better for our customers. We can service our…
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Huffman Hits the Road in Nebraska and Colorado
For the past several months Huffman Engineering, Inc. has been busy not only building our relationships with customers and vendors, but our team has been attending several conferences, seminars, and trainings. From the Colorado Rural Water Association (CRWA) conference to the recent CED/Rockwell Safety seminar we’ve had the opportunity to get out and interact with…
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Safety Risk Assessments
Blog post by Jason Weedin Safety is an important part of our lives. How do we determine if a machine is safe to operate or even safe to be around? Sometimes it is possible to simply look at a machine and determine whether it is safe just by watching it. However, when a new operator…
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Using Adept to Simplify Process Control Engineering Management
We recently talked to Synergis Software about why we chose their Adept software to manage our documents and drawings. While we’ve always made an effort to keep documents organized, the software makes it much simpler and has saved us significant time. You can read the details below! http://huffmaneng.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/synergissoftware-huffman-engineering.pdf
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Why Drawings Should Be Considered an Important Part of Project Documentation
Blog post by Amy Obst, Senior CAD Operator Drawings do not always get the recognition they deserve, even though they are a crucial part of documentation during a project. Drawings are important because they are used to communicate the technical details of a project in a common format. The drawings also become the foundation for…
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Huffman Engineering Continues Water Infrastructure Renovation Work for MUD on Minne Lusa Pump Station Improvements
Huffman Engineering continues work with the Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) to complete renovation projects on aging infrastructure critical to providing safe drinking water to 211,623 customers. MUD is a customer-owned public utility that provides natural gas and water services to customers located in the Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding communities. In 2016, Huffman Engineering completed a…
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Finding a Path to Harness the Power of IIoT and Big Data
In a recent Control Magazine article titled ‘Alternate Paths,’ author Jim Montague explores how going off road to move data from the field and plant floor to the enterprise level and cloud can include bypassing the usual control routes. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is evolving quickly; harnessing its power is becoming more of…
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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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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…
