Building Automation and the Internet of Things (IOT)

A topic getting a lot of press these days (at least in the publications and on the websites I frequent) is the Internet of Things (IOT).  If this phrase is unfamiliar to you now, it probably won’t be for long.  We are headed toward a world of greater and greater connectivity and IOT will increasingly […]

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Need Help Retrofitting Pneumatics to Electric Actuators?

In the current economic times it can be difficult to convince a client that it is necessary to remove a working valve just to change out the pneumatic actuator controlling it.  Re-piping and draining the system alone means down time and extra labor that probably isn’t in the budget.  The obvious solution is to leave […]

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Kele Pieces Together the Component Hospital

One of the great perks of working for the nation’s leading supplier of building automation products is field trips to locations where there are interesting applications for our products. Case in point, I drove to Joplin on February 21st in my quest to learn more about Joplin’s “component” hospital. If you remember, Kele was Xcel Mechanicals […]

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