I’ve spent three decades working with industrial drive- and PLC-centric production processes. Much has been written and talked about replacing DC systems with AC drives and systems. However, your production process might require you to retain your DC system. If the DC motor is in good shape but you need to upgrade the drive, then...

From the I-IDM vaults comes this timely, 30-second classic from 2009. After all, No. 4 of our four Company Goals is to “Have Fun!”

“Beware, the Ides of March.” That was the soothsayer’s warning to his Emperor. And so on March 15, 44 B.C, Caesar was assassinated, shanked 23 times by his close friends. Caesar was 55. The words, “And you, too, Brutus?” have become Shakespearean symbolism for the ultimate betrayal. There is very little evidence of any industrial...