Sunday, March 12th, we'll 'spring forward' an hour on our clocks. Soon, Congress is going to vote to put to rest the yo-yoing of clocks twice a year. If and when it does become law, we will be staying this way "forever." But is this a good or a bad thing?
Topics: engineering, dan luna, technology, SCADA
When you retrofit Rockwell SLC Hardware that has reached it’s end of life, you transform old equipment to perform like new again.
Topics: control systems, PLC, engineering, dan luna, technology
With today’s ubiquitous device connectivity, protecting your building management and transportation system operations from cybersecurity attacks is imperative. Sophisticated criminals have developed the means to shut down and disrupt operations from anywhere in the world. Vice President of Engineering Dan Luna shares tips and three tools to maintain the security of your system.
Topics: dan luna, firewalls, cybersecurity, network monitoring
When one of EES' clients decided to do a capital upgrade of large motors, they planned to reuse the motor protection system that was in place. Our client was of the mindset that spending the additional money to replace the motor protection system that was still working was not necessary. Working as an advocate for our client, EES successfully argued that replacing the motor protection controllers at the same time would be an investment well spent. As is the case for many older controllers in the field today, the only way to get repair parts on old units is through a used/refurbished market. In addition to difficult part sourcing, this could cause unwanted extended downtime for our client.
EES had our client’s long-term well-being in mind and was able to convince them of the value and wisdom of upgrading the obsolete control system with Allen-Bradley’s newest technology for overload protection, the E300™ (networked) Electronic Overload Relays.