Life is Too Short for Bad S88 Batch
Life is too short for poor batch implementations. Many organizations are purchasing equipment—especially bioreactors—with an inappropriate batch philosophy, resulting in
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Author: LucidEngineer
Custom Chromatography Cooling Fan Brackets
Fixing $1M OEM crappy design with a little flair… Who mounts a fanless industrial PC upside down in a pendant
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FactoryTalk View SE, Historian SE Development Sprint
Not a flex, more of a Hail Mary in response to delayed shipping… I had engineers sitting around waiting for
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VMWare ESXi vs Hyper-V
GMP Automation’s Creed: “This is my hypervisor. There are many like it, but this one is documented. My infrastructure is my life. Without
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Allen Bradley 6300 Thin Client Mounting Bracket
Needed a vertical, 90‑degree DIN‑rail mount to retrofit a machine from a crappy PV+1000 to FT View SE thin client. While I
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ITOT Switch Characterization – Lucid Lab
Doing some switch characterization tests in the lab. Glad we starting making magnets over stickers. Helps with naming devices and
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Rack Mounted Industrial Switches
Putting together an order for two 19″ rack mounted Cisco IE-4000’s. This client is running out of wall space on
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FactoryTalk Upgrade – Best of 2014 to Best of 2025
Finally got the go-ahead to upgrade a system I installed back in 2014, and the results are sweet. Zero downtime, more
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Stay Compliant. Automate Smarter.
GMP compliance is time-consuming, don’t make it harder with a bolt-on solution. A turnkey system designed for easy documentation, validation,
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Stratix 5700 vs 5200 – Lucid Thoughts
Is the Stratix 5200 an improvement over the old 5700? I’ve seen the early reviews from the folks preferring alternate
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