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The Automation Podcast covers industrial automation products and solutions

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Shawn Tierney meets up with Drew Allen of Grace Technologies to discuss Automation, Safety, the history of Grace, and more in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 256 Show Notes:
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Until next time, Peace ✌️

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Shawn M Tierney

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Drew Allen of Grace Technologies on Automation, Safety, and More (P256)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Erik Nieves of Plus One Robotics to discuss Robotics in Warehouse Automation in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 255 Show Notes:
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Until next time, Peace ✌️

If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂

Shawn M Tierney

Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Robotics in Warehouse Automation with Erik Nieves of Plus One Robotics (P255)

Shawn Tierney recaps his trip to Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit Las Vegas in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 254 Show Notes:
Special thanks to Schneider Electric and their Marketing Partners for sponsoring my trip to this year’s Innovation Summit! Below are all the links I mentioned in this episode:

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Innovation Summit 2025 – All Videos and Images • 

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Modicon Edge I/O NTS: Unbox, Setup & Use with Logix • 

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First Time Programming a Modicon M262 PLC • 

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Schneider’s Altivar Solar ATV320 VSD (P218) • 

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Pro-face HMIs & IPCs by Schneider Electric (P195) • 

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Schneider Altivar Machine Drives (P187) • 

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Harmony HMIs and iPCs from Schneider Electric (P176) • 

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TeSys Island: Smart Motor Starters from Schneider Electric (P170) • 

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Modicon Machine Level PLC Product Line Update (P161) • 

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Next Generation Automation with Schneider Electric (P96) • 

Read the transcript on The Automation Blog: (automatically generated)

Shawn Tierney (Host): coming

Until next time, Peace ✌️

If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂

Shawn M Tierney

Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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Innovation Summit Las Vegas 2025 Recap (P254)

Shawn meets up with Travis Cox of Inductive Automation to learn about the new features found in Ignition 8.3 in this episode of The Automation Show.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

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The Automation Show, Season 2 Episode 37 Show Notes:
Special thanks to Travis for coming on the show, and to Inductive Automation for sponsoring this episode so we could release it ad free! To learn more about Ignition, please see the below links:

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What’s New in Ignition 8.3 • 

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Download Ignition 8.3 • 

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Ignition User Manual 8.3 Documentation • 

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Learn Ignition and earn a free credential • 

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Schedule an Ignition demo • 

 • 
Travis’ first appearance back in episode TAP 124 • 

Read the transcript on The Automation Blog: (automatically generated)

Shawn Tierney (Host): coming later

Vendors: Would you like your product featured on the Podcast, Show or Blog? If you would, please contact me at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact

Until next time, Peace ✌️

If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂

Shawn M Tierney

Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

(19 views)

New Features of Ignition 8.3 with Travis Cox (S2E37)

Siemens Sirius Act with Profinet (P253)

OTee Virtual PLCs (P252)

Siemens SINAMICS G220 Clean Power Drive (P251)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Michael Warren of Wieland Electric to learn about the Samos PRO MOTION Safety Controller in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 249 Show Notes:
Special thanks to Michael Warren for coming on the show, and to Wieland Electric for sponsoring this episode so we could release it “ad free!” To learn about the topics discussed in this episode, checkout the below links:

 • 
SAMOS® PRO Safety Motion Controller • 

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Safety Products • 

 • 
Free Download of Samos Plan6 Programming Software • 

 • 
Safety Training – Become a Safety Expert! • 

Read the transcript on The Automation Blog: (automatically generated)

Shawn Tierney (Host): coming soon

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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Samos PRO MOTION Safety Controller from Wieland Electric (P250)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Gerry Abbey, Gavin Schalliol, and Kaitlin Lockridge of Copia Automation to learn about the new AI features added to DeviceLink, as well as review the new 2025 Industrial DevOps survey results and report in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For any links related to this episode, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.

Watch The Automation Podcast from The Automation Blog:

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 249 Show Notes:
Special thanks Gerry, Gavin, and Kaitlin for coming on the show, and to Copia for sponsoring this episode so we could release it “ad free!” To learn about the topics discussed in this episode, checkout the below links:

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Second Annual State of Industrial DevOps Report Download • 

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Copia Demo Request • 

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Streamlining Cyber Insurance and Recovery with Industrial DevOps • 

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Ransomware Ready Playbook for OT • 

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Amazon Uses Copia to Connect 1000+ PLCs across 35+ Sites • 

Read the transcript on The Automation Blog: (automatically generated)

Shawn Tierney (Host): coming soon

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoyed this content, please give it a Like, and consider Sharing a link to it as that is the best way for us to grow our audience, which in turn allows us to produce more content 🙂

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Support our work and gain access to hundreds members only articles and videos by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You’ll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

(17 views)

Copia Automation on AI and Industrial DevOps (P249)

Software Toolbox: OPC Server, Router, DataHub and more (P248)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Frank Jakubec of Balluff who introduces us to their BVS Identsensor (next gen code reader) in this episode of The Automation Podcast.
For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video.

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The Automation Podcast, Episode 155 Show Notes:
Special thanks to Frank Jakubec of Balluff for coming back on the show to discuss their new BVS Identsensor!

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Shawn M TierneyTechnology Enthusiast & Content Creator
Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

Balluff BVS Identsensor: A Next Generation Code Reader (P155)

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