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Craig Drabyk
Nov 14, 20222 min read
Omni Provides Instrument Calibration Assistance at Biowaste Facility
A little more than a year after the start-up of a large biowaste facility, the Director of Maintenance contacted Omni for assistance with...
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Craig Drabyk
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Omni Builds Custom Control Panels When Vendors Are Unable to Deliver On Time
Though there’s practically no such thing in our industry as a project that’s completely problem-free from start to finish, those that are...
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Craig Drabyk
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Emergency Power System PM Should Include Annual Pull-the-Plug Power Interruption Testing
Emergency and standby power systems are an important requirement for providing reliable backup and delivering electricity to critical...
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Craig Drabyk
Sep 28, 20222 min read
Omni Refurbishes and Integrates Old Valves with New Controls
When a longtime client decided to make major changes to their existing dry product handling system, Omni was slated to handle the...
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Craig Drabyk
Sep 13, 20222 min read
Design and Build to Budget First, Minimize Value Engineering Later
The ultimate goal of almost every project is to keep costs as lean as possible while getting everything that’s needed, nothing less. This...
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Craig Drabyk
Aug 15, 20222 min read
Navigating the Supply Chain
In the November 2021 issue of The Omni Transmitter, we reported that widespread supply chain problems affecting our trade weren’t...
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Craig Drabyk
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Common Causes of Contactor Failure
A contactor is an electrically-controlled switch used to connect or disconnect power to large lighting loads and motors. Contactors...
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Craig Drabyk
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Intermittent Equipment Alarms and Shutdowns Traced to Terminals
Several months after we completed an electrical power and plant process controls project at a large manufacturing facility, Omni...
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Craig Drabyk
Jun 21, 20222 min read
2022 Supply Chain Issues Mean Early Action on Capital Improvement Decisions
2022 may only be half over, but building owners, facility managers, engineers, and purchasing agents considering capital improvements for...
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Craig Drabyk
Jun 3, 20222 min read
LED Lighting Retrofit Project
Omni Instrumentation & Electrical Services, Inc., has completed a large-scale lighting retrofit project at a pharmaceutical manufacturing...
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Craig Drabyk
May 20, 20222 min read
Process Heat Tracing Installed at Food Manufacturing Facility
Omni Instrumentation & Electrical Services recently completed the installation of process pipe tracing on a new 2.5-inch stainless-steel...
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Craig Drabyk
May 4, 20222 min read
Dynamic Line Rating Can Help Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles
The shift away from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is moving forward, and at a rapid pace. Ford recently announced...
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Craig Drabyk
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Omni Emergency Call: Lighting System Short Circuit Diagnostics and Repair
Omni Instrumentation & Electrical Services, Inc., was in the midst of finalizing loop checks at the completion of a large process...
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Craig Drabyk
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Mechanical Steam Control Valve Problem Holds Up Commissioning
It was during the commissioning process at the end of a large project when it was discovered that several mechanical steam control valves...
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Craig Drabyk
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Pipe Hammer Problem on Process Control Project Solved with Flow Restrictors
Omni Instrumentation & Electrical Services, Inc., had installed several hundred control valves as part of a large process control...
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Craig Drabyk
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Omni Completes Work on Process Monitoring Camera System
Omni Instrumentation & Electrical Services, Inc. recently completed a large process controls project at a 125,000 sq. ft. facility that...
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Craig Drabyk
Feb 22, 20222 min read
Electrical System User Training Should Be Included in Specifications
At the end of every construction or renovation project involving electrical systems, one of the best ways to ensure that these systems...
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Craig Drabyk
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Bluetooth in BAS and Process Controls
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that uses a radio frequency to exchange data between devices. It is ubiquitous, with...
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Craig Drabyk
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Omni Addresses Process Problems at First Scaled-Up Facility After Pilot Plant
When a large, newly-completed process facility went online last year, they encountered a number of challenges that had to be addressed as...
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Craig Drabyk
Dec 30, 20212 min read
Don't Skimp on Electrical Preventive Maintenance
When it comes to a facility’s preventive maintenance, electrical systems oftentimes overlooked. Many people assume that electrical...
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