April 5, 2023
ACS engineers and developers are expert in the design and development of custom data acquisition and control systems. We develop systems featuring modular, flexible architectures with multi-threaded profile execution, real-time calculations, data logging, and alarm monitoring.
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November 7, 2022
Designing and constructing a facility from start to finish involves many moving parts. Planning with collaborative, precise, and data-driven goals in mind ensures the facility delivers on scope, timeline, and budget.
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September 19, 2022
Everyone wants more for their money—especially when “money” represents six-digit or seven-digit figures. That’s often how much companies spend building and integrating test equipment. After making an investment like that, it’s natural to want that equipment to last as long as possible.
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July 13, 2022
Buying industrial equipment isn’t like buying an iPhone. You don’t upgrade just because a new model is available. Most manufacturing systems include expensive, bespoke equipment designed to last for decades. A controls system upgrade can give this equipment a new lease on life for a fraction of the cost of equipment replacement.
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June 23, 2022
The automotive and transportation industry shift from internal combustion to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) requires major changes in how R&D personnel perform testing. This white paper, “How Electrification is Changing Testing in R&D,” will help you plan for the changeover and gain a solid understanding of the new test protocols, how to plan, and ease the big shift.
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April 27, 2017
The famous American engineer, statistician, professor, author, and lecturer, W. Edwards Deming said “In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data!” I started my career as a Quality Engineer in the automotive industry and this popular quote from Deming was hung from the cubicle of one of my colleagues. As I think about it now, I realize that two words are missing.
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March 24, 2017
The complexity of a control system architecture requires careful consideration for current and future testing needs.
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October 6, 2015
HMI screens are used widely in industry as a means to control process or equipment, but there seems to be as many ways to design them as there are stars in the sky. In my nearly 20 years of doing controls.
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September 30, 2015
The beauty of modern control systems is that they are based on programmable controllers. We can take a programmable controller (PLC) from one application, apply some fancy programming to it and use it for a completely different application. Is it really that simple?
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