Angela Schwartz: I was sitting there thinking, "Whose wife is pregnant?" I just couldn't think who it might be. Then, when John took off the hood and I saw it was my husband, all I could think was "How did they get him to wear that!" I probably sat there and wondered what had possessed...

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Several EPIC employees took advantage of an opportunity presented by ISA to tour the ethanol pilot plant facility located on the SIUE Campus and run by the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center. The ethanol pilot plant is 24,000 square-foot, and operates a 1/250th scale ethanol production...

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At EPIC Automation, every practical, beneficial and cost-efficient automation solution we develop is based upon industry research and trends.  Before any design or development takes place, our engineers take the time to research and gain a thorough understanding of the process.  In October of...

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Modular design platforms for machines are becoming increasingly popular. With motion control, manufacturer's can process and package products at high speeds, and switch easily between recipes. Yet, each manufacturer still has unique needs when it comes to handling product. This is where...

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Ed Rapp, a Missouri native and CFO of Caterpillar recently gave a talk on US competitiveness at the University of Missouri.  He started out by saying the world is not how is was 50 years ago. 50 years ago you worked hard and you earned what you worked for. The US was the hardest working...

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Machine Vision is a branch of computer science that has really grown over the last 20 years to become an important feature of manufacturing. Today machine vision systems provide greater flexibility and further automation options to manufacturer's, helping to find defects, sort products and...

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EPIC Modular Process Systems designs, fabricates and installs complete modular process systems. Many times, these modular process systems involve the use of valves. EPIC Modular Process hosted a lunch and learn on valves to refresh and expand our process engineers knowledge of this key piece...

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EPIC engineer, Wayne Jasper recently attended a webinar by Hagerman & Company on AutoCAD Plant 3D: Piping and P&ID. Jasper was investigating an intelligent plant piping and instrumentation modeling program that could make P&ID standardization and customization more efficient.

The program...

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How Gaming Technology Will Change Manufacturing

The gaming world has been revolutionized by games that track a player's natural body movements and translates them into the virtual environment. By using gesture and voice recognition, gaming consoles such as the Xbox Kinect allow players to...

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Can you survive on a government "I owe you"?

Contractors may be hit very hard if the debt ceiling problem does not get solved by Congress. According to the Washington Business Journal, if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, the federal treasury will have to start prioritizing who it...

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