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A matter of weight, or how the pound survived

Some historical background In my last article, I mentioned the avoirdupois pound, but I avoided any side story about this measurement unit to focus on the horsepower story. But after researching its origins and evolution, I discovered, IMHO, a fascinating story. The avoirdupois system is a system for the measurement of weight developed in the …

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Watt is a horsepower?

Like everybody else with a broadband internet connection, I spend an embarrassing amount of time watching YouTube videos. Shame on me. The only redeeming factor of my worthless habit is that the videos I like to watch are usually about stuff I like; history, science, engineering, planes, cars, astronomy, space, computers, well you get the …

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10 factores para tener en cuenta cuando se realiza un diagnóstico de un sistema de bus de campo

Texto original por Mirko Torrez Contreras Hace un tiempo atrás, como parte de un viaje de capacitación y certificación sobre redes PROFINET auspiciado por la firma Indu-sol , tuvimos la interesante experiencia de participar en un trabajo de ampliación y montaje de nuevos segmentos de red PROFIBUS DP en una empresa ubicada cerca de Hamburgo, …

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PITC/PICC Argentina: An account of our first five months

The first PITC/PICC (PROFIBUS & PROFINET INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCE CENTER) located in Argentina started its operations in May 2017, with a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Engineer course. Since that first time experience we have hosted two Certified PROFINET Engineer courses, a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Installer course, a Certified PROFINET Installer course and finally, …

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Certifícate en PROFINET en Julio

Recientemente certificada por PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) como Centro de Entrenamiento y de Competencia (PITC/PICC) para las tecnologías de buses de campo PROFIBUS® y PROFINET®, la empresa AUTEX S.A. acerca al mercado latinoamericano un espacio destinado a brindar soporte técnico, capacitación, certificación, asesoramiento y servicios de diagnóstico preventivo y predictivo para redes basadas en …

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