Refrigerants in Transition: F-Gas Regulation, PFAS and What It Means for Design
R290, R744, R717 or HFO? Which refrigerants are in demand under F-Gas Regulation 2024/573 and the planned PFAS restriction — and why manufacturers should renew their design tools now.
EN 12900 Explained: How a Compressor Selector Calculates Performance Data
The 10-coefficient polynomial of EN 12900 / AHRI 540 explained: calculating cooling capacity, power input and mass flow of compressors, correcting for superheat and subcooling, and checking the operating envelope.
From Excel to Configurator: 12 Mistakes to Avoid
Your selector or configurator lives in a spreadsheet and should become real software. Do not copy it one to one — that only makes legacy worse. Analyse it, delete what nobody needs, use existing prices, ERP data and APIs, and then really remove the spreadsheet.
When an API Changes Overnight: Dependencies You Don’t Control
External services change interfaces, prices and limits — sometimes without notice. What happens to your automations then, and how to build them so one change does not stop the business.
Automate the Process, Not the Chaos
Automating a bad process produces bad results faster. Why the process has to be clear before it is automated, and a four-step way to get there.
Five Half-Truths About Automation
“Once it’s built, it runs by itself.” “No-code means no developer.” Five statements about automation that are half true — and the half that is missing.
Self-Hosted vs. Managed: The Honest Cost of Running Your Own Automation Platform
Self-hosting an automation platform is free to download and expensive to run: updates, security, backups, monitoring and scaling. An honest comparison of what each option really costs.
Automation Without the Cloud: When Systems Must Not Talk to the Outside World
Production networks, sensitive data and strict policies sometimes rule out cloud services. Automation still works — fully local, with no external calls. What it takes, and why local does not have to mean unmanaged.
The Silent Failure: When Automations Stop Without Telling Anyone
The most expensive failure is the one nobody notices: invoices that are not sent, orders that are not transferred, data that quietly goes stale. Why you need alerts for things that did not happen.