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Lift Up and Prosper

*An innovation company at its core, SPOC Automation believes that world-changing ideas can come from anywhere. It is a sentiment reflected in the firm’s intelligent range of automation technology for upstream and midstream markets in the oil and gas industry. Specializing in controlling processes and equipment that rotates, SPOC has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing intuitive products that increase the efficiency of their customers, saving both time and money.

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SPOC Automation named One of the Best Companies to Work for

SPOC Automation recently ranked third on Business Alabama Magazine's list of Best Companies to Work for in the State!

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Pump Protections Inherent in your VFD

You’ve got a lot invested in your assets in the field and you want to protect those assets as much as possible. Of course. One critical layer of protection for your pumps, no matter what kind of pump you are using, resides in your variable frequency drive and its associated automation.

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The Difference Is In The Details

Like a lot of people, we were taught early on that when you have to buy a tool, buy a really good one and it will last forever. 

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Small Innovations Make Huge Differences

We talk a lot at SPOC about being an innovation company. You may wonder, what does that look like? Innovations can be big, like our Revelation pump off control, which is so easy to use it has a user’s manual that is smaller than the introduction to other pump off controllers. Or innovations can be small, like the way we color code our terminal blocks. Big or small, each of these innovations makes a big impact on our customers, and that’s the point.

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SPOC Welcomes Dennis Martin as New Mid-Continent Sales Manager

SPOC’s New Mid-Continent Sales Manager, Dennis Martin, Brings Knowledge, Experience, and Above All, a Desire to Help His Customers Succeed.

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Gary Osborn Joins SPOC as Permian Basin Business Development Manager

We’re Thrilled to Announce that Gary Osborn Has Joined SPOC as Our New Permian Basin Business Development Manager.

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SPOC Automation Named to the Inc. 5000 for the Third Time

For the third time, SPOC Automation has been named to the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Every year, the magazine compiles this list based on percentage revenue growth over a three-year period. 

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Should You Add a Fan or Filter to Your VFD?

One thing we can all agree on is that oil & gas wells are found in some of the most hostile environments imaginable. Consider a West Texas summer day or a North Dakota winter night — if you wanted to design an environment to destroy electronic equipment, you could hardly do better. 

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Protecting Your Motor from the Output of Your Variable Frequency Drive

It is common when using a variable frequency drive on your motor to run into issues that could potentially harm your motor. There are two common issues that you can run into. The first is called reflected wave phenomenon, and the second is called bearing fluting and is caused by something known as common-mode voltage or common-mode currents.