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- PC reliability?
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- PC reliability?
- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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The fly in the ointment of computer literacy.
The fly in the ointment of computer literacy.
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from the Mechanics+Instrumentation department...
Cranes
Measuring the weight lifted by a crane. The mechanics are those of a second class lever involving turning moments & angle of lift. The mains sensor is a pressure transmitter at the base of a lifting cylider. Has anyone done this before.... obviously someone has.
The drawings can be supplied ( basic lentghts etc )
The drawings can be supplied ( basic lentghts etc )
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