Dean Bickerton
Happy #AutomationProDay! My journey in industrial automation started in January 1992. As a recent Electrical Engineering graduate of Auburn University, I was hired as an automation specialist for the Noland Company, the Allen-Bradley distributor in Montgomery, Alabama. The first applications I became involved with were primarily material handling. Montgomery, AL is the palletizer OEM capital of the world. Fast forward to today, and I have been involved in many applications in discrete manufacturing, process control, power generation and delivery, safety, cyber security, software visualization, alarming and analytics in many diverse industries. The picture above is from the Noland Company 1991 Annual Report where they wanted to highlight the growth and performance of our electrical and automation department. Some of you old timers will see in the picture a T3 terminal, PanelView CRT with Keypad, NEMA 509 Starters, and PLC-5. These were the days just before the SLC-500 and IEC components shrunk OEM panels and costs. Oh yeah, we wore a coat and tie to work back then too!
Dean Bickerton
Happy #AutomationProDay! My journey in industrial automation started in January 1992. As a recent Electrical Engineering graduate of Auburn University, I was hired as an automation specialist for the Noland Company, the Allen-Bradley distributor in Montgomery, Alabama. The first applications I became involved with were primarily material handling. Montgomery, AL is the palletizer OEM capital of the world. Fast forward to today, and I have been involved in many applications in discrete manufacturing, process control, power generation and delivery, safety, cyber security, software visualization, alarming and analytics in many diverse industries. The picture above is from the Noland Company 1991 Annual Report where they wanted to highlight the growth and performance of our electrical and automation department. Some of you old timers will see in the picture a T3 terminal, PanelView CRT with Keypad, NEMA 509 Starters, and PLC-5. These were the days just before the SLC-500 and IEC components shrunk OEM panels and costs. Oh yeah, we wore a coat and tie to work back then too!