Frank Howard

Frank Howard is an Automation & Applications Engineer at AddUp. Prior to that, they worked as a Sr. Application Engineer at Bosch Rexroth from July 2015 to January 2020. Their duties there included automation controls sales support, programming and training. Frank is considered an expert in the following automation control system areas: PLCs and relay ladder logic, function block and structured text programming; servo, CNC, VFD and robot motion control hardware and programming; human machine interface touch screen design and programming; SERCOS III, EtherNET/IP, EtherCAT, DeviceNet, Ethernet, ControlNet, TCP/IP, ProfiBus, ProfiNET, Modbus and proprietary industrial networking systems; safety systems utilizing laser area scanners, light curtains and programmable safety relays as well as the application of IEC 13849 and IEC 62061 safety standards; PID and Fuzzy temperature process controls, panel meters and transmitter signal conditioners; machine vision systems; encoders/resolvers, photoelectric, proximity, pressure, ultrasonic and laser sensors; RF-ID systems as well as 1D and 2D code readers; data acquisition and IIOT / I4.0 solutions using MQTT and UPC UA; software products to support the above hardware.

Frank Howard received a high school diploma from Goshen High School in Goshen, Ohio. Frank then went on to study electrical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, where they graduated magna cum laude with a degree in embedded programming.

Frank Howard reports to Austin Kron, Director of Operations and Service. Frank Howard works with Bobby Baer - Field Service Engineer Manager, Matt McGuire - Additive Manufacturing Engineer.