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    Polytron and KCF Technologies Collaborate to Deliver Innovative Machine Health Monitoring Solutions

    Polytron is excited to announce a strategic relationship with KCF Technologies, a leading provider of ...
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    Rande Allen, MBA, PMP
    May 7, 2025
    Machine Safety
    9 Min Read

    Every Worker Has the Right to Go Home Safe and Healthy Everyday

    If you are a bottom-line type of person, you should know that your business’ greatest asset is its employees, ...
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    Travis Holley, CMSE® (TÜV NORD)
    April 24, 2025
    Automation and Controls
    3 Min Read

    Your Guide to Justifying an Obsolete Technology Upgrade

    When technology goes beyond its useful life cycle, it becomes a business risk for a multitude of reasons ...
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    Scott Richards, PE, PMP
    March 12, 2025
    Automation and Controls
    2 Min Read

    4 Surprising Benefits of Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing

    Predictive maintenance (PdM) is revolutionizing manufacturing and is best known and sought out for benefits ...
    KCF Technologies
    February 5, 2025
    Process
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    Ensure Project Success with Proactive Start-Up Planning

    While start-up and commissioning may be the final phases of executing a manufacturing project, these critical ...
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    Damian Stahl, P.E., PMP
    January 28, 2025
    Process Packaging
    3 Min Read

    Mitigating Manufacturing Project Risk with 3D Modeling

    Whether you’re upgrading aging equipment or adding a new line to keep up with demand, we know you can’t ...
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    Lee Huynh
    October 9, 2024
    News & Events
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    Polytron Named Seventh on Atlanta Top Work Places List

    I am so proud to announce that Polytron has been named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 2024 Top Work ...
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    Ron Rich, P.E., PMP
    August 15, 2024
    Automation and Controls Obsolescence Management
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    Managing Obsolescence by Capitalizing on Planned Downtime

    Unless you’re operating a new plant, chances are you’re running a variety of PLCs, VFDs, DCSs, and HMIs that ...
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    Damian Stahl, P.E., PMP
    July 31, 2024
    Smart Manufacturing
    3 Min Read

    Best Practice for a Successful MES Strategy Part 4: Achieving Results

    In the first three parts of this series, we covered the following key parts of developing a successful MES ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    July 16, 2024
    Smart Manufacturing
    3 Min Read

    Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 3: Identifying a Trusted Digital Transformation Partner

    Multiple surveys have shown that roughly 80 percent of MES-type projects fail to move forward past the ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    June 6, 2024
    Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 2: Proper Planning for Implementation
    Smart Manufacturing
    3 Min Read

    Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 2: Proper Planning for Implementation

    You’ve taken the time to review and understand the business challenges you’re facing, and how, at a high ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    May 22, 2024
    Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 1: Understanding Your Business Drivers
    Smart Manufacturing
    3 Min Read

    Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 1: Understanding Your Business Drivers

    You need to push production to get more out of your existing assets. To do this, you’ve tried to optimize ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    May 1, 2024
    Polytron leadership after winning 2024 System Integrator of the Year
    News & Events
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    Polytron Awarded 2024 System Integrator of the Year

    “Being recognized and receiving this award is significant. It is tangible representation that our core values ...
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    Ron Rich, P.E., PMP
    December 13, 2023
    Improving Efficiency Through Algorithmic Production Scheduling
    Smart Manufacturing
    3 Min Read

    Improving Efficiency Through Algorithmic Production Scheduling

    Beginning in 2017, food and beverage manufacturer Farmer Brothers began its shift to Industry 4.0 by ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    October 31, 2023
    Is Ethernet Deterministic?
    Industrial Networking and Security
    3 Min Read

    Is Ethernet Deterministic? Does It Matter?

    Networks are a great modern convenience, and understanding them can be very important for engineers and ...
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    Polytron
    September 12, 2023
    Choosing the Right Safety Devices
    Machine Safety

    Choosing the Right Safety Devices

    Automation may take a few human workers off the factory floor, but remaining personnel—as well as all ...
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    Travis Holley, CMSE® (TÜV NORD)
    July 27, 2023
    Four Examples of Evolved Industrial Control Room
    Smart Manufacturing
    2 Min Read

    Four Examples of Evolved Industrial Control Room

    Programmable control systems such as PLC and DCS systems have been around for 50+ years with improvements ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    May 8, 2023
    Polytron Celebrates 40 Years
    News & Events

    Polytron Celebrates 40 Years

    Polytron, Inc. celebrates 40 years of delivering engineering excellence to Fortune 500 manufacturers across ...
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    Ron Rich, P.E., PMP
    January 13, 2023
    The Changing Face of Operator Interface
    Automation and Controls
    2 Min Read

    The Changing Face of Operator Interface

    Chris Parkinson is HMI technical lead at Polytron, a CSIA-certified member of the Control System Integrators ...
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    Chris Parkinson
    January 5, 2023
    Today's Connected Plant: A Unified Machine for Making Food
    Smart Manufacturing
    1 Min Read

    Today's Connected Plant: A Unified Machine for Making Food

    System integrators (SIs) often work with AEs and have expertise not only with industrial automation systems ...
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    Richard Phillips, PE, PMP
    October 11, 2022
    Food Maker Used Batch Processing to Boost Quality by 30%
    Process
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    Food Maker Used Batch Processing to Boost Quality by 30%

    A large global-brand snack baker suffered excessive production losses and inferior financials at one plant ...
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    Tony Parker, P.E. CAP, PMP
    July 19, 2022
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