EPIC Blog Entries

NCERC Ethanol Pilot Plant

Several EPIC employees took advantage of an opportunity presented by ISA to tour the ethanol pilot plant facility located on the SIUE Campus and run by the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center. The ethanol pilot plant is 24,000 square-foot, and operates a 1/250th scale ethanol production...

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PLC vs. DCS

At EPIC Automation, every practical, beneficial and cost-efficient automation solution we develop is based upon industry research and trends.  Before any design or development takes place, our engineers take the time to research and gain a thorough understanding of the process.  In October of...

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EPIC Lunch and Learn Series: Valves

EPIC Modular Process Systems designs, fabricates and installs complete modular process systems. Many times, these modular process systems involve the use of valves. EPIC Modular Process hosted a lunch and learn on valves to refresh and expand our process engineers knowledge of this key piece...

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CAD Update: 3D Modeling For Success

EPIC engineer, Wayne Jasper recently attended a webinar by Hagerman & Company on AutoCAD Plant 3D: Piping and P&ID. Jasper was investigating an intelligent plant piping and instrumentation modeling program that could make P&ID standardization and customization more efficient.

The program...

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EPIC Lunch and Learn Series: Vacuum Pumps

EPIC Modular Process Systems designs, fabricates and installs complete modular process systems. Many times, these modular process systems involve the use of vacuum pumps. EPIC Modular Process hosted a lunch and learn on vacuum pumps to refresh and expand our process engineers knowledge of...

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Customizing CADworks for EPIC

Recently Kyle McCormick and Wayne Jasper participated in a CADworks workshop put on by ECE engineering. The biggest takeaway? CADworks is moving towards platforms that allow engineers to customize the program to their needs. For example, a design engineer at EPIC can make customized templates...

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EPIC Lunch and Learn Series: Flow Meters

EPIC Modular Process Systems designs, fabricates and installs complete modular process systems. Almost always, these modular process systems involve the use of flow meters. EPIC Modular Process hosted a lunch and learn on flow meters to refresh and expand our process engineers knowledge of...

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EPIC Systems, Inc. Launches Blog!

In order to better serve the engineering and manufacturing communities, EPIC Systems, Inc. has launched a blog. Our blog will serve as an industry resource to help keep you informed of the trends occurring throughout different sectors of engineering and manufacturing. We’ll also provide...

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8 Steps to Debug Your Process Control System

From this month’s installment of Plant Engineering, we’ve consolidated this eight-step plan to help you to discover and debug your process control system which can be developed and applied as time goes by. Starting with nothing more than a pencil and paper and with the help of some...

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