Life is too short for poor batch implementations. Many organizations are purchasing equipment—especially bioreactors—with an inappropriate batch philosophy, resulting in

Fixing $1M OEM crappy design with a little flair… Who mounts a fanless industrial PC upside down in a pendant

Not a flex, more of a Hail Mary in response to delayed shipping… I had engineers sitting around waiting for

GMP Automation’s Creed: “This is my hypervisor. There are many like it, but this one is documented. My infrastructure is my life. Without

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

Doing some switch characterization tests in the lab. Glad we starting making magnets over stickers. Helps with naming devices and

Putting together an order for two 19″ rack mounted Cisco IE-4000’s. This client is running out of wall space on

Finally got the go-ahead to upgrade a system I installed back in 2014, and the results are sweet. Zero downtime, more

GMP compliance is time-consuming, don’t make it harder with a bolt-on solution. A turnkey system designed for easy documentation, validation,

Is the Stratix 5200 an improvement over the old 5700? I’ve seen the early reviews from the folks preferring alternate

In GMP life sciences, upgrades are tricky with all the legacy validation to consider. Swapping out a reporting solution, the

Nobody reads them, but our case studies show one thing: when Process and QA engineers start with a blank slate,

GMP Equipment FATs, big issue… let’s talk about it. OEM’s have great sales teams, but we’ve been seeing the operations teams

https://www.automationworld.com/control/article/55279765/control-system-integrators-association-csia-ai-in-industrial-process-control-enhancing-the-pid-loop Wrote an article for Automation World about replacing PID loops with AI/ML outputs… Read link in comment before flaming

Surprised with this stack in the shop. We’re working on a large UL 508A HMI retrofit, and the new Thin

Great time yesterday at Solano Community College for their hashtag#Bioville event. The Lucid team was impressed by the facility tour.

Single-use systems get a bit of a bad rap. Not so much for the equipment itself, but because of the

It seems everyone has drunk the “Collect all the Data” kool-aid, but forgot the “Analyze and Report” chaser.  One more raw,

Dive into the heart of innovation with our latest video, “4 Strategies for Automation-Driven ISPE Facility of the Future.” Discover

The Lucid Automation team had a fantastic time meeting with the UC Davis Chemical Engineering AIChE chapter and talking career

Added second laser to the shop. So far, best application has been making dimensional-accurate cardboard cutouts for panel retrofit job

Friends? Probably not, but we’re pretty good making them play nice on a GMP factory floor. We just wrapped up

Oktoberfest was a great opportunity to introduce our new interns— Andrew, Kimberly, and Jordan—to the industry. The event was a

Proud sponsor of the first annual ISPE Women in Pharma Tennis Tournament! It was a fantastic event, well-executed at the

The Lucid Automation logo is now officially trademarked by the USPTO! For those considering the journey of securing a registered

No equipment exists on an island. Sooner or later, process data and audit logs must connect to your facility’s infrastructure.

Not sure if I dislike front-facing ethernet ports or those 6’ armored strain boots on some industrial patch cables more,

In the ever-evolving world of automation, particularly in biotech and pharma manufacturing, hands-on experience and continuous learning are invaluable. To

Our engineering team had a great time at ISPE Vendor Night. Not only highlighting the latest technologies, but served as

Elevating Your HMI Designs to Elite Status with my latest piece on Automation World . Discover the immediately actionable techniques we

Our latest PLC install, smartly nestled in a 19″ server rack. The image speaks volumes about Lucid Automation’s commitment to

Leverage the long equipment lead times with custom bioreactor automation to streamline your bioreactor processes. Regardless if you’re still in

Automation gains are often realized on the back end of a project. Having a strategy upfront increases the effectiveness, cost, and

You’re specifying new bioreactor equipment. Time to consider automation options: Should you buy the off the shelf automation package or

Functional PLC Structured Text Generation Using chatGPT: Yes, it Works Below, I detail how, within a few hours of learning

Automation gains are often realized on the back end of a project. Having a strategy upfront increases the effectiveness, cost, and

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuADSo-Lu1A/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MjAxZDBhZDhlNA== Big shout out to Marie and Haruka for participating in the STEM For Girls  event at University of California,

We’re proud to be expanding our GMP Life Science Automation operations in California. Our second office is up and running

Switching to Single-Use Down Stream Purification, either Chromatography or Tangential Flow Filtration, is not as straight forward as the marketing

Life is too short to suffer bad automation. Upgrading off-the-shelf chromatography skids is a cost-effective method to increase productivity and close

Automation World published my article on validating control system ML models. It’s an exciting new area for life science automation,

There is one optimal way to label a wire: length-wise, tight to insulation, and near point of termination. Yet in

Virtual machines are used at every level because of the value they provide in development, testing, backup, and recovery. But

Inevitably, we all run into a documentation gap.  Restarting the workflows to initiate the change, approve, test, and review can

How many nuisance alarms do you have active? Alarm management includes cheap alarms, ISA 18.2, code libraries, and release by

Retrofitting an OEM skid with a Stratix 5700. When buying new equipment be sure to specify, at a minimum, an

Do you have a Life Science manufacturing project combining GxP documentation, process control, and data integrity for mixed equipment? Simplify

The most satisfying report I ever wrote had one, plain-text “COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY, READY FOR RELEASE” line distilled from 5k+ batch