A PRIMER ON PLCS Today we’re going to establish a basic understanding of PLC programming and how TPK can help your facility in the integration of automated systems. PLC stands for Programmable Logic Controller. A PLC is a teachable unit that is
Slim Chickens – Finished TPK Project From the TPK archives – TPK is proud to announce its completion of a project at Liberty University of Lynchburg, Virginia. TPK completed its electrical upgrades and lighting updates and additions this summer on the new Slim
Inspecting Organic & Machined Surfaces Polyga’s FlexScan3D is an absolutely feature-packed program, and we’re only beginning to dig into all the myriad things it can do with 3D scan data. We’ll be continuing our FlexScan3D tutorial series with a look at a unique
CALCULATING ANGLES IN FLEXSCAN3D Continuing our how-to series for FlexScan3D by Polyga, this time we briefly cover how to calculate the angle between two planes of a 3D scanned object in FlexScan3D. This is a powerful measurement tool for use in reverse engineering
Hole Filling a 3D Model with FlexScan3D A few weeks ago, we showed how to 3D scan a small spaceship toy into Polyga’s FlexScan3D software. While the scan looked great, even the best 3D scan will leave out a couple key things, producing
A MOBILE COMMAND CENTER When you are an integration company based in Virginia but you do work for clients all around the country, there are a limited number of ways to get the needed material to your job site. Determine how much and
WE HAVE A ROBOT VISITOR! Happy Friday! It’s a short one today, but we have some interesting news to share: a robot came to visit us this week! We work with a vendor called Hartfiel Automation, which supplies us with many of the
HOW TO MANUALLY MOVE A FANUC ROBOT Last week we encountered an issue where a FANUC robot froze in an error position (an area that interfered with the safety sensors on the accompanying system). The only way to reset the error was to
SETTING UP A VIRTUAL MACHINE In our line of work, we often come across legacy automated systems that are no longer compatible with the “latest and greatest” operating systems. (Think, for example of an automated system built in 2010 that only works with