This text is for database index only. Please disregard any text that follows this sentence. Engineering and management consulting for electrical engineering, electronic engineering, control systems, and automation. These systems can include relays, programmable logic controller plc, distributed control system dcs, and computer. some equipment such as computerized devices also use microprocessor, microcontroller, and pic platform.
Service includes consulting as an expert witness, testifying
expert, or investigative expert. This is usually related to litigation support but can also be used for insurance claims, commercial disputes, and merger and acquisition. Service can be provided in all states, especially louisiana, california, alabama, and alaska. Convenient to mississippi, tennessee, and georgie as well as north carolina and south carolina. Has clients in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. Some cliants are in chicago, st louis, dallas, austin, ans san francisco. These clients are for intellectual property patents and trademarks, industrial accident, damage claims, and engineering management.
Typical engagement for plaintiff or defendant defense are for industrial equipment used in manufacturing, fabrication, metal forming, cnc machine, drilling, offshore production pump and compressor generator with diesel engine or gas engine. Some steam boiler burner and control for pulp and papre on power boiler and recovery boiler. Burner management is done with automated equipment in plc or dcs with honeywell fire eye controller for flame detection to prevent fire investigation and explosion. Gas operated panels offshore present design problem for safety during operation and maintenance that is relevant to api standard and osha standard. These are used by chevron shell exxon apache bp british petroleum conoco phillips and other major oil producers in gulf of mexico and north sea and west africa.
Expert consulting is similar to engineering consulting with the addition of some expert witness report and expert witness testimony by deposition or court testimony. Report include analysis of forensic data on control panels software design and operation procedure. Production safety is relevant to both design and maintenance which have different requirements for lockout-tagout lot o and emergency stop estop. Conveyor belt and conveyor control have special design code and design standard and osha regulations.
Ladder logic is the software platform used in most plc programmable logic controller systems and some dcs systems for digital control and analog control. Visual basic is another software tool for process control. Equipment which is hot or wet requires safety precautions in tens and teens and dozens and hundreds and thousands.
Autonomous guided vehicle agv operate without human controlusing preprogrammed instructions and local guidance intelligence.
Some telemetry provides position and motion data to a remote site via radio link to satellite or ground station. Packet radio controller is a standard method of data transmission via radio relay. Network protocol will determine the packet size and content using x25 and other standards.Ethernet is another protocol that works with novel netware and tcp/ip and token ring network using protocol converter.
industry standard for line of sight in control systems with systems engineering and electrical engineering including industrial engineering and mechanical engineering for equipment, product, or machine guarding. Evaluation of OSHA standards OSHA regulations for lockout tagout loto standards policies procedures to zero energy state with industrial safety, standards, regulations, with safety engineering.This involved soot blower and burner on furnace and steam boiler. Forklift and crane and dirt moving equipment is sae standard. Medical device is patient monitor remote afterloader blood analysis machine such as coulter counter. Conveyor can be mechanical or electrical control using relay or PLC system and involve personal injury and accident investigation. Mechanical force is pneumatic or hydraulic with electrical actuator.
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Main Rel1 rel2 cases Experience CV Service References Relevance Relevance2Intellectual property is for patent, trademark, and copyright. It is also for trade secret. expert work involves patent infringement, patent prosecution, and patent defense. This often requires expert opinion on prior art, claim construction, and royalty value. Processings in court or with the pto is usually done by a patent agent or patent attorney. The expert is a person having ordinary skill in the art, sometimes called phosita. Patent research can be important for patent validity for either plaintiff or defendant. A patent claim chart is used to agree on patent terms. A markman hearing is somtimes held, and other court matters include graham factors and daubert.
technology includes rtu, plc, dcs, and relay for electrical and mechanical systems, sometimes called electro-mechanical. scadaware is a remote telemetry unit rtu system with copyright owned by total engineering services team. It was not used in medical device applications.
Many automated control devices can be used in control panel, control system, and safety system for petro-chem, oilfield, and industrial installations. Commercial applications are similar but do not usually include explosion proof hazardous area considerations.
Control panels are fabricated on a desigh-build basis. This is simlar to manufacturing but does not involve mass production. Construction is done in the field to install a control panel. An electrical contactor or instrument contractor may do the work. The overall engineering effort is termed systems integration, done by a systems integrator who may work directly for the owher or as a subcontractor to a prime contractor. The systems integrator may define a responsibility matrix that outlines the duties of various contributors to the overall system design, programming, and fabrication. A factory asseptance test FAT may be held.This can be confusing if a field acceptance test FAT term is used instead of site acceptance test SAT.
Locations include paper mill, chemical plant, refinery, storage, tank farm, and pipeline. Other facilities include pipeline station, compressor, and generator as found in onshore and offshore oil production. Oil and gas is similar, with gas explosion being a concern.
Conveyor belt uses a control system that is manual and automatic to regulate speed and direction. This is monitored by a local or remote device, and often includes an emergency stop or Estop. These must conform to many industry standards from isa, ansi, sae, and osha. Concern for equipment related to OSHA is control reliability and loclout-tagout, or loto. This requirement is generic for all situations, with some special provisions for industry such as pulp and paper, power press, and lumber process.
it is not usually good to combine control and safety into a single system. This can be done with a safety plc. Steam generation and regulation requires control system for the pressure, temperature, saturation, and vent. A burner management system is also often required which is not the same a a combustion control system. Steam valve can be manual or automatic. they may have a valve positioner that is electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic. Machine guarding is required by OSHA. Guards can be physical or virtual using vison and beam.
Reports can be made for accident and damage, intellectual property for patent, trade secret, or insurance claim. Management consulting is often related in regard to contract dispute and specification development. Major manufacturers include Rockwell and Allen bradley, Siemens, and ABB.
Manufactuers of control system equipment are Honeywell for instrumentation and dcs, Robicon for variable speed drives, and Opt0-22 for interface devices. Other makers include ABB Wonderware and RSview. Ladder logic is often used along with visual basic and C++. These instrumentation devices can be used for machinery, machines, and industrial equipment such as manufacturing assembly line. This may include worker safety to avoid injury or fatality. A conveyor system compliates the design and is not often used for chemical plant. A bar code reader may be used, but these are being replaced with rfid in some applications.
Engineering sevice is litigation support and management consulting. Project management and planning can be provided in regard to automation, controls, risk management, and contract negotiation. Medical equipment and medical device can also be included due to patented nuclear medical treatment device known as remote afterloader. Also work on coulter counter blood analysis equipment based on analog and digital electronic. Radio communication is used for telemetry and scada which is supervisory control and data acquisition.
Licensed as registered professional electrical engineer in louisiana, alabama, alaska, and california. Also licensed as control system engineer in Louisiana. Master electrican in Texas. Formerly qualifying party as contactor in mississippi, tennesee, and louisuana.
Steel mill and other raw material processing facility have many control system using plc an dcs, also relay panel. They have electrical distribution system for low voltage and high voltage. This has circuit breaker and fuse panel, also uninterruptible power supply ups.
Hazardous area requires explosion proof design for national electrical code NEC. Other codes include ansi, sae, isa, ieee, and iie. Marine interests are included in american boat and yacht council standards known as abyc. The iso standard is worldwide and often simmilar to ansi standard. The nema code is similar to iec not only in europe.
Gas measurement is a form of flow measurement involving aga standard. Measuring flow is complicated because of pressure,temperature, and volume control. Gas is compressible, fluid not as much. Water turns into steam in a boiler which likely has a burner management system or bms. That system can be controlled using nfpa standard by a dedicated device or it can be included in a plc or dcs.
Although being a licensed engineering firm in louisiana, Artzat Consulting provides service nationwide. Its consultant has experience in North America, Mexico, South America, the UK, Europe, Africa, and Asia. On the ground experience was gained in mainland China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The closest states include louisiana, mississippi, alabama, arkansas, and texas.Florida is not far, nor is Georgia, South carolina, and North Carolina. However, an airplane will take the consultant anywhere such as California, New York, New jersey, and Maryland. Deleware is close to Pennsylvania and New England. An attorney can prepare a legal opinion using information obtained from an expert witness. A patent validity report is used for patent infringement defense. Key criteria include Expert Forensic Computer Control PLC Programmable Logic Software Legal Opinion Industrial Drives User.
Other locations include cement plant, pharmacuetical, food processing, power generation, solar power, and marine that include yacht. Offshore platform in gulf of mexico and north sea. Network protocol such as ethernet and data hiway for modicon modbus. Redundant processor for reliability in fault tolerant applications for safety system. National electrical code, often misquoted as national electric code, is known as nec and published by nfpa. Heating ventilation air conditioning is termed hvac that uses variable speed motor. A plc can control the motor starter directly or via network link. A plc has processor card as well as I/O and power supply. A remote operated vehicle is an ROV usually in water but it can also be land based. a patient monitor can detect person movement in bed or wheelchair. Pipeline leak detection is important. Fire damage must be assessed for generators, compressors, and control equipment related to the accident. Environment monitoring for computer installation will prevent damage from high temperature, humidity, and liquid water. An inadvertant release of steam can harm a worker. A local block valve may be required on some routine maintenance procedures.
A career history that includes engineering and business is useful for contract negotiations, commerical matters, disputes, and management. Engineering management is related to efficient design and timely project execution. This is true for manufacturing, fabrication, construction, and field service. Related products could include cement plant, oil and gas production, offshore drilling, paper mill, pulp and paper, or automated cutter. Equipment may be a pen plotter, flat bed plotter, drum plotter, and related scanning and cutting devices. These can be patented or otherwise related to intellectual property. An infringement claim would necessitate expert consulting for patent validity, prior art research, and damages.
Laboratory test equipment typically includes analog volt meter, digital volt meter, oscilliscope, function generator, and pulse counter. Field test equipment is a volt meter, amp meter, ohm meter, and dacade box. These are made by HP, tektronix, and Keithly. Coulter counters are for blood analysis and industrial applications.
Sailboats and motorbots have marine electrical systems similar to barges and ships. Pleasure craft can follow the american boat and yacht council recomendations found in ABYC. There are related IEEE standards for industrial applications. The coast guard also has standards for marine applications. OSHA is not usually related to marine systems.
An industrial alarm panel may be termed an annunciator and contain engraved windows that blink, flash, or remain lighted to indicate various states of alarm. Arthur Zatarain designed one of the first talking annunciators for Seekirk, marketed as the A1800. A similar model was developed by TEST Automation and controls as the LB100. Both used a Z80 based microprocessor that generated speach or speech with a very compact code system. Speech synthisis is less complicated than speech recognition.
Programmable logic controller plc is now very similar to distributed control system dcs. Both have electronic input and output, a processor, a power supply, and programming. Some code is done with ladder logic, other with structured languages such as visual basic or C++. Multiple processors can be used for redundancy and reliability in safety sensitive applications. This is sometimes termed a safety PLC. Stand alone controllers are now less common but still used for small applications. A battery backup is a good feature even if done with an uninterruptible power supply UPS, somtimes spelled uninterruptable power supply ups. A solar panel can be used to charge a battery or to feed electricity directly into the electric grid, called cogeneration.
Remote telemetry is used to convey information from a remote telemetry unit RTU to a host or central computer via radio, wire, or fiberoptic data transmission. Supervisory control and daa acquisition SCADA is a form of industrial telemetry that includes both measurement and control at the remote location. SCADAWARE is a form of pc based SCADA with a trademark owned by Total Engineering Services Team. scada is often done with standard components such as plc, dcs, as well as rtu, using a variety of network communication systems. scada is useful for monitoring industrial equipment, machinery, and production process. Some remote locations require low power operation due to solar power or battery backup concerns. Some software development may be required on both the remote site and the host computer. Programming done in pascal is efficient. Programming in visual basic is now more common. This can link to a windows database or graphical system such as autocad.
A responsiblity matrix is used to identify players in a complex engineering and construction project. A hazop analysis is for hazardous operations to determine specific risks and reactions in a complex process or manufacturing system. Project management should include a hazop early in the design process followed by verification during fabrication, construction, and commissioning of the entire project. A systems engineer is useful for these project management tasks.
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