Maintenance Industrial Center in France

The final decision of the evaluators of the SENA and ENIM (Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz), on the 24 trainees who will go to France as part of the privileged to participate in the internship ENIM nationally, resulted in a 5 elected from the Regional Santander, including two apprentices of SENA Pigs.

To achieve this important goal and Ricardo Andrés Pabón Castro Durán Sepúlveda Andrés Sotero, apprentices Manufacturing of Products Machining and Automation Design and Integration of Mechatronic respectively, each presented a PLM integration project (Managing Product Life Cycle) to a productive project.
“My proposal is based on the panela production automation, to improve the quality and production of this product, using the PLM, with the aim of improving production through industrialization of the process and thus supporting the development of Panelero sector in Colombia, “Sotero said Andrés Durán Sepúlveda.
ENIM The internship in France, would consist of training in industrial production and application of PLM (Production Lifecycle Management) Bachelor level and allows SENA apprentices complement technical training in Colombia and alternative forms of learning and skills development and basic social skills to the world of work and professional training.
will be held from June 16 to 22 December 2010 National School of Engineers of Metz – ENIM in France, with a maximum quota of 24 SENA apprentices who subsequently qualified professionals and will play as SENA instructors on their return, and with the support of their instructors and trainees of the area, implement their projects and support the development of new proposals productive.
“My goal at the end of the internship is to PLM Integration to CNC machining, machining module using CATIA, with the acquisition of a post-processor for FANUC controls, applying this technology production to the new machines come to the Center Integral Industrial maintenance from China, which arrive in mid-August (about 20), “said Ricardo Andres Pabon Castro.
Metz School specializes in Mechanical Engineering, and has agreements with different companies in the sector as the multinational Renault, and training institutions in different countries, and in our country with SENA.
“We felt the continued support of our colleagues, friends and family during the selection process, and we all sorts of advice given by all teachers, equipment and welfare of the learner undertaking the Centre, to make us the ideal bearers of the Training Centre of the Regional and General Metz SENA ” said Ricardo Andres Pabon Castro.
We are currently certifying the lingua franca of the convention by SENA and Alliance Française, training that is offered as part of their preparation for their performance in ENIM, which are taught so custom.

APPROACH TO A HISTORY OF SENA PROGRESS

Ethics Instructor-SENA

On October 3, 1968 “date chosen by the SENA and the British Embassy,” was born Pilot Casting Center, now known as Comprehensive Maintenance Industrial Center. That was 40 years ago.
It’s funny, but this is not easy to find any record, there is hardly a mention in the record 270 of June 10, 1970, SENA Sectional Council, which warns that were present at the ceremony was Minister of Overseas England and Colombian government officials.
The track is lost after the September 25, 1968, when after inspecting the work, Rodolfo Martinez Tono, national director, declared that the opening would be on 3 October 1969 or January, with the presence of President Carlos Lleras Restrepo. The option was the first.
The Regional Santander Sena, or what was mentioned as a regional Bucaramanga and was 10 years old, was born on March 11, 1958 and this was perhaps his first great challenge.
It had been almost four years since Mr. Norman E. Langdale, head of the technical mission of England, a professional mechanical engineer and metal came to Bucaramanga to present the initiative of a school of casting, with an area of 2,700 meters, 15 workshops, classrooms, administration offices, cafeteria, social services and second effort in a sports area and a pool. The workshop separate classrooms to avoid the noise, as seen today.
“Bucaramanga requires a cast center, due to the state it is the metal industry, trying to move from light industry to heavy industry. Once the center is operating, there will be a great achievement for Bucaramanga. (166 minutes January 20, 1965 Regional Council SENA).
For this required the participation of the Division of Engineering and Architecture of the National and the entire team of professionals to design the award and of course the achievement of the land suitable for this work, in which effort was the national director and and was recognized: “The Council Sectional SENA Santander, places on record its appreciation for the magnificent reception given at the National Directorate of SENA, a pilot project for the sectional cast of Santander and is grateful to Dr . Rodolfo Martinez effective management tone that was good enough to advance to obtain the help of the government of England …. ” (166 minutes January 20, 1965 Sectional Council SENA).
The first land visited to erect the building were located near Trefilco Pigs and adjacent to the defunct company Funimag (today work-Transaxle Dana), but the purchase of land had to be done under the supervision of the National Directorate for which arrived in Bucaramanga Cediel engineers and Robertulio Heberto Gonzalez. The money needed to purchase was $ 1,500,000, would be sought by way of loan to the Bolivar Insurance Company “for the purchase of the lot to the Pilot Center of Foundry and to meet the initial costs of building and the same …” . (Act 172 of March 31, 1965).
None of the farms classified. On 12 May 1965 approved the purchase of one million pesos, a lot located “near the intersection of Highway Bucaramanga, Girón, with the road under construction Café Madrid-Floridablanca at a rate of $ 10 per square meter and a room approximately 10 acres, as proposed by Bernabé Angulo Prada and Evil.
After approval of the national delegates, the appraisal of the Institute Agustín Codazzi and the technical concept of the Comptroller General of the Republic, agreed to the delivery of deposit to vendors totaling $ 250,000 and gave powers to the director Sectional to advance relevant documents.
In June of that year Mr. Langdale returns to Bucaramanga to take charge of the project and in September received a visit from Secretary of the Ministry of Development English and the first secretary of the British Embassy, who bring the purpose of providing the name of his government the necessary equipment for the Center Foundry.
It is inevitable then hiring a mechanical engineer and a designer preferably as assistants Mr Langdale. Mario J. Peñas, then a recent graduate of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, who later became the first director of the Pilot Center Foundry, was hired for the job
The process was launched and in May 1966 and there were initial architectural plans, has since suggested channeling the stream of the Church. By October 1966 he was awarded the contract for studies and the structural calculations, Pedro García Arenas assigned a value of $ 6,930. Similarly needed hydraulic studies that would allow channeling of rain water, channeling of streams and sanitary facilities, which were assigned to Jorge Alberto Chacon, valued at $ 12,805 and performed by Jorge Chavez at a cost of $ 237,000
Everything was going so fast, so much that they even proposed the first floor staff, composed basically of a center director, a molding and casting instructor and a pattern shop, as well as a mecanotaquígrafa and a watchman.
Made the necessary processes, topographic maps known to the nod for the National Directorate of SENA is the adjudication process, being handed the work for construction firm Villalba Martinez & Co., whose proposal was the best fit to Final averages and announcing the arrival of a consignment from Inglatera machinery and equipment supplied. (Act 218, May 16, 1967).
Everything was ready … better, almost ready, all we needed was a bridge that would bypass the gorge of the Church, which until then with their large, limited any learning activity. For the construction of the bridge the town of Giron is declared without resources, which the Head of Valuation Departmental Santander offers to SENA alliance with foundry Funimaq to take forward the initiative, which had an estimated cost of $ 105,000, of SENA which would provide $ 35,000 (record 225, November 29, 1967).
Come sing the recruitment of the grid with the signing Gomez and Arango for $ 216.805.47 and the paving of the access awarded to Mr. Antonio Niño worth $ 26.83 per square meter, for a total $ 100,000 and one year warranty.
Thus, after this process, many comings and bickering, the effort and the management of many leading Santander, on October 3, 1968 created the National School of Foundry, now known as the Comprehensive Maintenance Industrial Center. That was 40 years ago …

Where do I find information About Automation?

One of the biggest advances in the field of automation in recent years was the change in the form of access to technical information. Until recently it was common to have large printed manuals for each computer that you wanted to handle. Imagine that a company typically handles three or four different brands of suppliers and within each brand a huge variety of products. This literally meant having a library in the workshop.

Then switched to digital format, taking one to purchase the manuals on CD for each team, or annual collections (eg. The Collection Manual Siemens). This was a breakthrough, saves space and most importantly allows you to search keywords in the text.
We currently have a myriad of technical information on the web, updated and available at any time. Not only manuals, we also find current news on certain products, specifications, firmware updates, and example programs. This great tool can become knowledge for those who are being initiated in a maze with no exit. Those who want to learn how to program a PLC running into an advanced manual can be daunting.
Here I leave some important links when searching for information:
CATALOGUES: download product catalogs SIEMENS
MANUALS: Manual SIEMENS products, always looking for more variety in English.
IMAGE BANK: A bank of images of SIEMENS products, useful in assembling the design or layout

Manila Bay Watch

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Automating with LOGO!

LOGO! is a mini SIEMENS PLC designed for simple automation tasks. It is usually seen in control lights for stairs, irrigation control or automatic gates. While these tasks seem simple mini PLC that allows to add analog inputs and a communications module.

Here I leave a link to an online course free of charge and most relevant links LOGO!.

Automating with S7-200

The S7-200 PLC is the low end of the line SIMATIC. Still this team is usually seen in machines of all kinds, from simple sequences of contacts for control of lights, to large positioning control machines and input / output high response. A PLC which allows communications of all kinds: MODBUS Master / Slave, GSM communication to send and receive SMS, PROFIBUS DP (slave only), AS-Interface, Ethernet with web server / mail server / FTP, and how to Freeport create our own protocols or adapt it to non-standard protocols such as for receiving data from a barcode reader.

Here I post a link to free online course and system manual. I am about to open a new blog dedicated to this team to study individually each one of the possible applications.
Free online Course S7-200
Manual S7-200
Example programs TIPS & TRICKS

Some Benefits of Diesel Engines

If you’ve owned a diesel powered vehicle in the

past or if you own one now, you no doubt appreciate

the qualities this engine provides you with.  More

torque, better fuel economy, and easier maintenance

are but a few of the attributes of owning diesel

powered vehicles.

However, there are some motorists that still

complain about the engine’s weak power, especially

when accelerating from a full stop.  What you

may not be aware of is the fact that a diesel

engine can be tweaked to give more power without

harming the fuel economy.

Diesel engines use air compression to create

combustion versus the fuel/air mixture that is

required by gas engines.  This attribute means

that diesel engines don’t require spark plugs

and therefore don’t need to be tuned up.

Diesel fuel has a much high fuel density than

gas, which results in fuel economy increases

of 20 – 30% over gasoline powered vehicles.

Diesel engines are also cheaper to maintain as

they have less parts than that of a gasoline

powered engine.  The life span of a diesel

engine is also much longer.

If you’re looking for torque, for pulling a

boat or other equipment, then the diesel

engine has the supreme advantage.  Diesel

engines are surely slower, especially when

starting from a dead stop, although when you

climb hills or go over bridges, the diesel

engine is surely up to the task.

With trucks, diesel is normally the leader

over gas engines in terms of performance and

miles per gallon.  Diesel trucks will get

more miles than gas trucks, and the price for

diesel is a bit cheaper than gas these days.

And with gas prices on the rise, diesel will

continue to dominate for a long time to come.

If you’ve owned a diesel powered vehicle in thepast or if you own one now, you no doubt appreciatethe qualities this engine provides you with.  Moretorque, better fuel economy, and easier maintenanceare but a few of the attributes of owning dieselpowered vehicles.
However, there are some motorists that stillcomplain about the engine’s weak power, especiallywhen accelerating from a full stop.  What youmay not be aware of is the fact that a diesel engine can be tweaked to give more power withoutharming the fuel economy.
Diesel engines use air compression to createcombustion versus the fuel/air mixture that isrequired by gas engines.  This attribute meansthat diesel engines don’t require spark plugs and therefore don’t need to be tuned up.
Diesel fuel has a much high fuel density thangas, which results in fuel economy increasesof 20 – 30% over gasoline powered vehicles.
Diesel engines are also cheaper to maintain asthey have less parts than that of a gasolinepowered engine.  The life span of a dieselengine is also much longer.
If you’re looking for torque, for pulling a boat or other equipment, then the diesel engine has the supreme advantage.  Dieselengines are surely slower, especially whenstarting from a dead stop, although when youclimb hills or go over bridges, the dieselengine is surely up to the task.
With trucks, diesel is normally the leaderover gas engines in terms of performance andmiles per gallon.  Diesel trucks will get more miles than gas trucks, and the price fordiesel is a bit cheaper than gas these days.And with gas prices on the rise, diesel willcontinue to dominate for a long time to come.

Automating with Step7 – S7-300/400

Time for the greats of the SIMATIC family. The S7-300 and S7-400. These PLC are scheduled from a single interface with the same language and same procedures.

These families are integrated into the SIMATIC Manager, a true project manager who not only allows us to create programs but also interconnect equipment, manage HMI panels, SCADA systems, variable speed, field instruments, and all types of equipment used in industry. All this is due to the Siemens TIA concept (Totally Integrated Automation).

It’s much there is to learn about and SIMATIC Step7 Manager, so I leave here some links to free courses Siemens. They are downloaded to the PC and are in English only.
1) The SIMATIC Manager
2) Architecture SIMATIC S7
3) programming languages LAD, FBD and STL
4) Communication with SIMATIC S7
5) Display – HMI integration
6) Functions test and operation
7) The language S7-SCL high (similar to Pascal)
8) The graphic language S7-GRAPH

Communicating with PROFINET

EVOLUTION OF A PROFIBUS PROFINET

Within the SIMATIC automation systems have existed various field buses. They have evolved over time into new technologies. For example, buses SINEC L1, L2 or SINEC SINEC H1.
In 1989, in order to allow users to interconnect equipment from different manufacturers Profibus protocol was developed through the work of fifteen companies and institutes, including Siemens company. Profibusprotocol is an evolution of SINEC L2, though unsupported each other. It is not uncommon to find operating IM308B communication modules for the S5-135U, S5-95U communicated with integrated port SINEC L2.
If we study the protocol Profibus according to the ISO / OSI modelfor communications protocols see that in the layer 1, physical layer, uses the standard RS485 . This is a two-wire differential bus is not twisted and shielded.
Profibus today has approximately 20 million nodes installed worldwide, and proved one of the best field buses.
INTRODUCTION PROFINET
Still, the market demands a step further and thus bringing the PROFINET standard: a bus Ethernet based industrial communication industry.

Learner MANZANARES INTERNSHIP

Learner MANZANARES INTERNSHIP
Manzanares Educational Institution, which is integrated with secondary education, has reached Automation Center to do their internship three days in Hardware Maintenance and Electronic Maintenance for Domestic and Small Equipment Industry, and 12.13 days 14 May.
In coming days, other educational institutions will be visiting us for this event.
The trainees undertake practical in environments where they demonstrate skills acquired during the training process they have developed since the previous year, the head of this event is the Ing Nestor Mario Murillo Alzate and support with the Sp Augusto García Tamayo, taking into account the group mail and Maintenance 600 189 Industrial Instrumentation has sponsored apprentices Manzanares electronics.

Training Centers National SENA

?QUALITY OBJECTIVES

1. Improve efficiency and productivity of our educational processes through project learning and the incorporation of various sources of knowledge, establishing methodologies that emphasize the solution of real problems, teamwork, strong and flexible relationship with the changing productive environment and the entry of new technologies.
2. Increase the level of satisfaction of our customers, through programs and services that they may become relevant and timely response to their needs (work and professional performance and production sector).
3. Ensure complementarity of technological capabilities for all training centers and the convergence of institutional resources (human, physical, technological, etc.), to generate innovation and sustainable development in the country.

QUALITY POLICY
SENA is committed to ensuring quality in the context of competency-based training and learning projects by promoting the acceleration and flexibility of the learning process, and providing an effective response in the provision of institutional services, contributing to the competitiveness country’s productivity and social responsibility and continuous improvement of its processes.
VALUE CHAIN
TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES.
* Technical consulting companies.
* Design of automation to improve industrial production.
* Rental laboratories.
* Production of teaching materials.
METALWORKING SECTOR TABLE

Sector RoundtableMetalworking is a space between government, unions, employers, employees, training institutions and SENA, which is conducted to identify competencies required for the productive sector to their Definition and Standardization.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
Recognition of a person’s ability to perform a job function with the specified quality at a competitive standard, regardless of how that competence has been acquired.
It is recognized by an evaluation process with an expert who acts as assessor, who collects the evidence on knowledge, product and an individual’s work performance, to determine whether it is competent or not yet, for a certain job function
KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Services for various local universities and other regions of the country to companies in the region and other Training Centers National SENA.

REPEAT THE CENTER OF AUTOMATION

AS A WINNER IN THE CREATON
On 29 and 30 April was held the second version of Creaton organized by Technopark Node Manizales. This year has had the participation of several schools to form groups with trainees of the Seine and to demonstrate their creativity by using electronic scrap.
learners Automation Design and Integration of Mechatronic, 600 202, participated Automation Center, created groups with college students and guests took first, second, third.
The group of winners, led by Felipe Martinez Danielstudent center, created a candy vending machine by using parts from an old VCR.
We congratulate the trainees for their talent, commitment and creativity.

Kempo Karate

Kempo Karate, which is also known as Kenpo, is among the most popular forms of karate, developed in the West. The word means kempo law of the fist, as well as this form of martial art has long been regarded as a combination art for the fact that it involves the use of hard fist (karate-do), soft fist (Ju Jitsu) and weapons ( Kobudo). At the most basic, teaches Kempo Karate sparring and sparring drills for a specific purpose to help students learn and understand the basic movements and the application of the kicking and punching combinations. This is actually where the Kempo Karate sparring techniques come in. Well, the sparring techniques are classified according to the intent of the program. As Ive mentioned before, is a combination art. It is often used primarily for self defense, self-control and protection against weapons. However, unlike other forms of martial arts, Kempo Karate style differs from the traditional Karate in several important respects. With this fact, the students who want to learn sparring techniques strongly encouraged to change and the ancient and modern techniques to adapt sparring. There are two major techniques involved in Kempo Karate sparring for self defense. The first is called Tuite or take the hand techniques, and the other is it essential? Le point attacks or Kyusho.

Both sparring techniques are highly regarded as they help students develop their skills by letting them practice using a variety of threatening situations. The basic self-defense techniques involve defenses against grabs, pushes, punches, holds, kicks, and weapon defenses. The vital points Kempo Karate sparring techniques as basically regarded as the most striking and sophisticated techniques in the martial arts. They well be used against selected anatomical points of the nervous system and circulatory system. Note that these vital points techniques that temporarily shut down an opponent than his ability to retaliate. As what most experts say this kind of self-defense technique, the key is precision, not strength. As the students progress in learning the techniques of self defense Kempo Karate sparring, they will be taught with the forms and katas, or the higher level of Kempo Karate sparring techniques. These techniques are considered to help students develop a sense of self-awareness and self-expression. As such, the movements involved in this level students to develop their reflexes and timing in a controlled environment, while exercising a sporting activity. This is actually where the advanced techniques and combinations, such as the front thrust kick, spinning heel kick, shoulder, throw off balance, roundhouse kick, Crescent kick triple jump, etc. Finally, Kempo Karate sparring teaches students how to use weapons. To my knowledge, this is strongly considered in any Kempo training to students to increase understanding of self-defense. So it is common for the defense techniques against knives and clubs are taught from the yellow band. The so-called empty hand sparring techniques such as Bassai, Tomari seisan, sai, kama, nunchaku, and others are herein? Introduced. Note that both the defense and the use of weapons techniques of Kempo round of training students in the first degree black belt, known as shodan.

PRIMARY GROUP AUTOMATION CENTER

On Wednesday 19 May, has developed the primary group, which covered the following topics:

• Educational assistance for those with children in Schedule A
• Training in the Technopark, May 20 at 2 PM, for those who were chosen as jurors for the presidential elections next May 30.
• On May 20, at 12 M, is the opening of the regional games will be launched TIS card, smart card of the Seine, which will serve to control the vocabulary of the trainees and to defend justice language. It seeks the cooperation of the instructors to assist all learners.
• The importance of running a second language.
• We remind the instructors the importance of cleanliness of the environment, and asked the collaboration of additional training apprentices as they have found the cans full of garbage.
• Instructors must set an example to trainees coming off the training process, otherwise it shall be written reprimands.
• Weaknesses in the assessment of the Centre.
• Order the elements of training.
• Using the Blackboard platform and support in the starting lineup.
• To inform the trainees defected and conditioned.
• It asked the instructors to hold periodic meetings with trainees to discuss issues other than academics, that is to support them from the standpoint of emotional and personal.
• It is suggested that instructors start this year, the certification process in ICT management skills.
• Never give bank account information on pages that are not of the institution concerned.
• Report nonconformities of the last internal audit.
• Not received additional training packages or events that are incomplete.
• Taking into account the number of apprentices to register before the closing date in SOFIA.
• Instructors must be alert to detect problems of drug use and prostitution in order to provide appropriate support to trainees.
• Since the records are being created to study and digital certificates of additional training courses in SOFIA.
• They are reminded to be pending instructor certification process this year.

As always, we hope the collaboration of all staff in the preceding paragraphs.

Diesel Vehicles

Both diesel cars and light trucks are receiving a

lot of attention in the United States as a near

term strategy to achieve fuel economy and climate

change goals.

The renewed interest in diesel as of late stems

from its potential to improve passenger vehicle

fuel economy.  The best diesel passenger vehicles

of today are more efficient on fuel than their

gas counterparts, helping to reduce carbon

emissions by 30 percent or more.

There are some auto makers that are talking about

re-introducing diesel into light duty markets as

a solution for reducing global warming pollution

from both cars and trucks.  Another important

reason is that the higher efficiency of diesels

will provide a quick fix for manufacturers who

are struggling to meet federal fuel economy

standards for light trucks.

Even if the efficiency benefits of diesel do

yield real world improvements on the economy, the

potential climate change benefits are modest.

Even though diesel achieves more miles per gallon

than gasoline, many are concerned about the

impact that diesel passenger vehicles have on

the economy.  From time to time, the combustion

in the engine can cause black emissions to spit

from the exhaust, which is actually very bad

for the economy.

While gas is actually the worst, diesel is taking

strides to improve engines and the impact on

the economy.  Diesel is getting more and more

popular these days, as gas prices continue to

rise and rise.

Although diesel engines can have an impact on

the economy, they are the way to go for those

looking to conserve mileage.  Diesel vehicles

cost more than gas vehicles, although they will

offer you more than you can expect.  If you are

looking for a quality ride, diesel is the way

to go.

Diesel Passenger Vehicles
Both diesel cars and light trucks are receiving a lot of attention in the United States as a nearterm strategy to achieve fuel economy and climatechange goals.
The renewed interest in diesel as of late stemsfrom its potential to improve passenger vehiclefuel economy.  The best diesel passenger vehiclesof today are more efficient on fuel than theirgas counterparts, helping to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent or more.
There are some auto makers that are talking aboutre-introducing diesel into light duty markets asa solution for reducing global warming pollutionfrom both cars and trucks.  Another importantreason is that the higher efficiency of dieselswill provide a quick fix for manufacturers whoare struggling to meet federal fuel economy standards for light trucks.
Even if the efficiency benefits of diesel doyield real world improvements on the economy, thepotential climate change benefits are modest.
Even though diesel achieves more miles per gallonthan gasoline, many are concerned about theimpact that diesel passenger vehicles have onthe economy.  From time to time, the combustionin the engine can cause black emissions to spitfrom the exhaust, which is actually very badfor the economy.
While gas is actually the worst, diesel is takingstrides to improve engines and the impact onthe economy.  Diesel is getting more and morepopular these days, as gas prices continue torise and rise.
Although diesel engines can have an impact on the economy, they are the way to go for thoselooking to conserve mileage.  Diesel vehiclescost more than gas vehicles, although they willoffer you more than you can expect.  If you arelooking for a quality ride, diesel is the wayto go.

Diesel Engines Neglected Treasures

There are very few engine configurations that promise increased fuel economy and power.  There are few engines that offer this in addition to reliability. Today, those across the ocean are enjoying the

fruits of diesel technology revolution. Diesels have experienced a great history here in the United States.  I 1980, General Motors modified their 350ci gas V8 to run on diesel fuel.  The result however, wasn’t that god.  These engines offered better fuel economy but little else.  They werr very slow, and not very reliable.

Mercedes Benz on the other hand, had better luck in the 1980s with an array of vehicles available

with diesel engines.  These great vehicles offered

amazing durability although they were rough, noisy,

and smoked quite a bit.  Volkswagon offered diesel

as well, although they had a habit for spewing

blue smoke from the tail pipe.

Throughout the 90s, Benz and Volkwagon offered

diesel vehicles in the United States, with each

generation becoming cleaner, smoother, and more

powerful than the last.  Overall, they were a

tough sell as they still lacked the horsepower

that many were seeking.

Today, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Volkswagon, Ford,

and many other manufacturers are offering diesels

to many markets throughout the world.  To put it

simple, forget everything you know or think you

know about diesel engines in the United States.

These newer engines benefit from hundreds of

technical innovations.  There are several diesels

in Europe that offer better acceleration than

their gasoline counter parts.  BMW’s 120d has

163bhp, goes 0 – 60 in under 8 seconds, and

achieves 49.6 miles per gallon.

Benz offers the C320 CDI SE that has 224bhp, and

over 360 lb foot of torque.  This car gets just

under 48 mpg on the highway, with an acceleration

of 0 – 60 in under 7 seconds.  Throughout North

America, you won’t find a gasoline engine that

offers this unique blend of fuel economy and

excellent performance.

The reason why diesels haven’t caught on in

North America comes down to one word – sulfur.  We

have too much sulfur in the diesel here in the

United States.  This cheap grade of diesel fuel

will run havoc on the more sophisticated diesels

offered overseas and cause an increase in

emissions.

There is hope however, as refiners will soon be

producing what is known as ultra low sulfur

diesel fuel.  This will help to reduce the sulfur

content from 500ppm to 15ppm.

Diesel Engines Forgotten Treasures
There are very few engine configurations that promiseincreased fuel economy and power.  There are fewengines that offer this in addition to reliability.Today, those across the ocean are enjoying the fruits of diesel technology revolution.
Diesels have experienced a great history here in theUnited States.  In 1980, General Motors modified their 350ci gas V8 to run on diesel fuel.  The resulthowever, wasn’t that god.  These engines offered better fuel economy but little else.  They werevery slow, and not very reliable.
Mercedes Benz on the other hand, had better luckin the 1980s with an array of vehicles availablewith diesel engines.  These great vehicles offeredamazing durability although they were rough, noisy,and smoked quite a bit.  Volkswagon offered dieselas well, although they had a habit for spewingblue smoke from the tail pipe.
Throughout the 90s, Benz and Volkwagon offereddiesel vehicles in the United States, with eachgeneration becoming cleaner, smoother, and morepowerful than the last.  Overall, they were a tough sell as they still lacked the horsepowerthat many were seeking.
Today, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Volkswagon, Ford,and many other manufacturers are offering dieselsto many markets throughout the world.  To put itsimple, forget everything you know or think youknow about diesel engines in the United States.
These newer engines benefit from hundreds oftechnical innovations.  There are several dieselsin Europe that offer better acceleration than their gasoline counter parts.  BMW’s 120d has 163bhp, goes 0 – 60 in under 8 seconds, and achieves 49.6 miles per gallon.
Benz offers the C320 CDI SE that has 224bhp, andover 360 lb foot of torque.  This car gets justunder 48 mpg on the highway, with an accelerationof 0 – 60 in under 7 seconds.  Throughout NorthAmerica, you won’t find a gasoline engine thatoffers this unique blend of fuel economy and excellent performance.
The reason why diesels haven’t caught on in North America comes down to one word – sulfur.  Wehave too much sulfur in the diesel here in theUnited States.  This cheap grade of diesel fuelwill run havoc on the more sophisticated dieselsoffered overseas and cause an increase in emissions.
There is hope however, as refiners will soon beproducing what is known as ultra low sulfur diesel fuel.  This will help to reduce the sulfurcontent from 500ppm to 15ppm.

Entering the world of automation

The purpose of this blog is to share my experience in the vast world of industrial automation. In particular we discuss issues related to the products of the German firm Siemens , a world leader in this area of technology.

It is always good to know how were the origins and evolution of the technique before going into the details of programming and systems design. This allows a better understanding of why the existence of graphical programming languages such as Ladder (Logic contacts) or typical questions such as who started as: Would not it be easier and cheaper to build a dedicated circuit to solve this application? Here I leave some useful links.