• Control Engineering Philosophy

    Control Engineering Philosophy

    Blog post by Howard Huffman, PE Although PLCs and other control equipment have evolved over the years, the approach to developing high-quality control systems programs has not changed.   During the […]

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  • Redundancy in Navigation for HMIs

    Redundancy in Navigation for HMIs

    Blog post by Mark Meelhuysen, Mechanical Engineer Most of us enjoy being able to click, type, and alt-tab our way around our computers without thinking twice. But what about Human […]

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  • It’s not broken, why fix it?

    It’s not broken, why fix it?

    Blog post by Keith Mandachit, Senior Engineer When I first started as a controls engineer, the year was 1996.  Allen-Bradley’s flagship Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) then was the PLC-5.  My […]

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  • Testing & Training Room

    Testing & Training Room

    By:  Justin Gilg, Electrical Engineer Co-Op Student In order to meet customer needs and requirements Huffman Engineering, Inc. has its own in-house testing and training room. Within this room, there […]

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  • The Importance of Defining an Automation Project

    The Importance of Defining an Automation Project

    By: Bernie Lyons, Shop Manager/ Senior Designer There are many components to a successfully completed automation project. One important step is determining exactly what the goal of the project is, […]

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  • Hawaiian Shirt Friday

    Hawaiian Shirt Friday

    Blog Post by Wendy Huffman, CFO/Business Manager Chris was a larger than life engineer.  His office walls had “Dogs Playing Poker” painted on velvet, as well as a severed-and-mounted toy […]

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  • Reduce Your Risk from Cyber Attacks

    Reduce Your Risk from Cyber Attacks

    Computer hackers are coming for everyone and recently have breached industrial and utility’s computer system and encrypted their records. Hackers have gained access to computer systems when an employee clicked […]

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