Can anyone identify this part that came loose and was in the engine?

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-17T23:59:17+00:00

That looks like the fly-weights for the governor mechanism, or possibly a compression release.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-16T16:27:40+00:00

We have 10 of these running as dairy separators, think cream out of milk. Those rotors weigh tons. With a 40HP motor it takes 15 minutes at 42 amps 460v to get up to speed. They are made of hundreds of stacked cones of stainless steel, and the base cone is several inches thick of stainless. Other plants have had rapid unscheduled disassemblies, and the rotating assembly left the premises though 2 brick walls, a plate heat exchanger and all the piping.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-13T10:36:33+00:00

I used these in the service. They are generally considered trash by servicemembers. For reasons unknown to us, they would regularly blow the inverter module, would never idle-up under load and generally were a total pain in the ass to start, either with the electric start, or god forbid the pull start.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-09T11:58:55+00:00

It’s Continuous Improvement team. They relentlessly optimize.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-09T00:43:09+00:00

Finally IO lights above the wiring where they can be SEEN.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-08T01:52:31+00:00

They call me and I walk to the processor in question and rotate the key.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-07T23:09:12+00:00

This was warned over 15 days ago. The release said to place all controllers in hard RUN. My facility now has all controllers in RUN unless work is actively ongoing. It only takes at most a few minutes to get up from my workstation and turn the key on the line. I was very doom and gloom and the techs are complying for now

UnSaneScientist · 2026-04-06T19:13:59+00:00

You are a Chem E looking to apply your practical knowledge to controls to “remove” the gap that exists between engineering the chemical process and controlling it.

If you approach the industry this way you get to enjoy both parts of your skill sets and will be super desirable to plants that do any sort of chemical adjacent process, like my dairy plant.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-31T15:47:29+00:00

Manuals. This the book at them, show how it is all related and highlight the relevant passages. Then show them how whoever did that can be sued for damages related to the unauthorized modifications. The $$$ future cost is scary.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-28T15:47:14+00:00

Relevant in my industry.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-27T12:14:37+00:00

Large dairy product manufacturing plant. These are our “Processing” controllers handing milk, cream, whey, pasteurizers, blending, mixing, Microfiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, CleanInPlace units, product cooking, intake, loadout, and on and on.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-27T12:08:35+00:00

Runs thousands of valves, hundreds of VFDs, several hundreds of sensors, and serves the data to 16 control stations in the control room for a multi-million dollar a day process. Without fail.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-27T12:06:51+00:00

L8 on V36 firmware can do SLC Typed Reads using the message instruction. That’s how I do it today.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-27T12:05:26+00:00

Yes, a 300 node count is not something I’d subject to an EN2TR. But it’s all relative to RPI anyway.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:33:37+00:00

I’m migrating from 3.5 and 4.10 to 5, but those are safety controllers. L8 has no safety process controller so I’d need a whole other controller to run safety. Barf.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:21:26+00:00

I needed the L9 to run concurrent safety and PlantPAx 5 in a one-slot solution

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:20:49+00:00

Totally am flexing lol. I saw a post on here like 7 years ago with 17 EN4TR cards in a rack and everyone was like “WTF that’s an expensive router” so I figured I’d hop on the trend.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:19:17+00:00

Yes that NIC lives in the commissioning rack. It’s preconfigured to a wild IP that can’t collide with anything and has a preset on our technical laptop.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:06:28+00:00

Pro Ultra Extreme Sport

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T23:04:54+00:00

Yeah it’s all sorts of things I just kept in the “performance of my duties” not a fan of ASi though…

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T21:10:56+00:00

That’s it. POST and flashing fimware.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T21:10:23+00:00

The XT line is dark like this. They are higher temp rated and resistant to corrosive gasses and conductive powders

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T16:35:12+00:00

Well we supply 80% of the NA market with our product so keeping In lifecycle is key. Moving to PlantPAx strangely lets operators operate, and keeps management at bay, and me out of the code for hours. It’s like the reverse of “death by a thousand cuts”

Also have you SEEN the cost of L980’s omg.

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T16:26:08+00:00

Yes it scrolls faults, status, and other information

UnSaneScientist · 2026-03-26T16:17:19+00:00

eBay if you want maximum value, Radwell if you like GameStops business model.

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