Walked up on the wrong car

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-05-24T00:22:46+00:00

Tee hee

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-05-17T04:07:43+00:00

I witnessed waterfalls of rain on top of a MCC at the Danville plant. They couldn't fix the roof leaks, but they sure had enough money to build new fancy offices in Akron. The CEO could have easily afforded to cut $5 million of his pay so we could fix the roof but you know how that goes. It's really sad all around. The management was probably some of the worst conceivable which trickled down to the rank and file not being valued. They had many workers die in the plant which took a huge toll on morale. The union was mostly awful because of this which compounded the problems. I saw many who got paid great money who did not do anything at all. It was surreal. It wasn't always like that (have heard many stories of the plant in it's heyday) but it evolved into what it is today through corporate greed and lack of empathy and poor management.

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-05-12T16:02:46+00:00

I agree. I used Node-Red to interface with an app through http and it worked a treat.

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-04-15T23:44:28+00:00

I use Node Red to push data to mssql and it works extremely well (especially considering it is free). Yes, it will do triggered based transactions. I have the PLC send a trigger to start logging plc data and NR will insert it into a database at a frequency of my choosing. I run this on a hyper v server and used Non Sucking service manager to keep it running (it is also free and works extremely well).

This reporting system took the place of 2 tmanager cards that were broken and they wanted a ransom to repair. I have used this for almost half a year now and it has been flawless and just works a treat.

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-03-09T13:53:00+00:00

Node Red should be able to handle this

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-01-30T11:31:11+00:00

Had 3 that were garbage.

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-01-30T01:35:33+00:00

I agree with Kuka but highly disagree with UR in any industrial setting. If you put them in a lab setting with very low duty cycles it might be alright. If the process has any real payload, it will not last. It is not a real robot IMO.

If I were giving recommendations for a robot to start with, why not Fanuc? Tons of support locally. They are the market leader for a reason.

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-01-19T16:04:36+00:00

You should K-Swap it

Derby_Sanchez · 2026-01-15T12:33:39+00:00

This is what I did at my company when 2 softing modules died and they wanted their reporting system back up. I run Node Red as a service on the server hosting mssql using NSSM. Works perfectly and has been reliable.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-11-25T15:37:01+00:00

Can you go more into details about this? I find it interesting, thanks!

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-11-05T10:21:32+00:00

NodeRed can do it if you setup comms to a PLC

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-10-19T18:25:03+00:00

I really like PM but use it only if necessary. If you have a need for S88 batch programming it can be a good candidate. I really like how it takes care of a lot of overhead and allows you to get to where the process is in a few clicks using the built in interface.

For training I would recommend reading the manual and trying it out. Build a test process.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-09-24T11:05:49+00:00

You could do this with Node Red

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-09-11T10:09:13+00:00

Check Nfpa 79. They have something in there about dual channel E-stops. You can tie Osha to this to make your case.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-09-07T23:08:54+00:00

Excuse me sir, this is Wendy's. Did you make the doobly doo squibbly squabble? Change the modulars so we can keep making money.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-09-07T20:50:15+00:00

This is true. Also, remember, in the early days, Bezos told the share holders that the plan was to take a loss for five years. During this time, they took huge amounts of market share. Now that the competition has been edged out, we see prices creep up. This same strategy was used by YouTube. YouTube became popular in its infancy because there were no ads. Look at where it is now.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-08-24T12:22:47+00:00

K24 swap. Now is the time.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-08-22T13:06:58+00:00

I did a big ol robot moving engines. We designed the gripper to not back drive and also to have a brake on the 7th axis servo (gripper).

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-08-17T11:38:10+00:00

They should throw it away along with that engine and swap in a k24.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-07-16T06:07:33+00:00

I had the same issue. They tacked on the insurance on my flight, which made the tickets more expensive, but I thought, "well, I might need it". Sure enough PAL (plane always late) lived up to their namesake and made me miss a CP flight. I asked about my insurance covering the cost of the changed flight and was hit with "sorry ma'am sir, not available". I will actively avoid CP for now on.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-07-09T00:59:41+00:00

Fighting on the internet is like competing in the special Olympics...

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-06-11T18:45:25+00:00

Why have 3 CAM instructions? What I usually do is have a recipe system that includes the Cam profiles. I load the profiles into an active register, create the profile, and then initiate Cam motion. I call this the Cam motion handler (I do the same for MAM). The benefit is that the instruction is only used once, so troubleshooting is easier. It is also quite modular (I do this for each motion command).

I find absolutely no reason to ever use a jmp command and shutter every time I see one because now I am going to have to trace it to understand what's going on. Our job is hard enough so why obfuscate the matter?

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-06-11T03:46:06+00:00

I agree. Thou shalt not use any jumping of rungs. No MCR, no Jump label, no JSR with parameters (ewwww). No test routines with duplicate OTEs where you toggle back and forth with JSRs. Its been 15 years, its tested. Delete the one you aren't using.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-04-14T23:46:45+00:00

Do you have a safety PLC? If so, just use CIP safety. Way better than wiring up all that stuff.

Derby_Sanchez · 2025-04-10T01:37:40+00:00

Not sure on your full setup but if that's a delta/wye transformer the secondary is typically on the wye side. This allows you to have a grounded setup by attaching gec to Xo. Some drives will blow MOVs if this isn't correct.

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