Every line we commission produces more tags than anyone reads. The work is deciding which three a shift lead should see, and putting them where they will act on them.
An engineer replies, usually within a working day. Not a salesperson.
- OEE measurement with downtime reasons captured at the machine, not typed later
- MES and ERP integration, including SAP and Microsoft Dynamics
- IIoT gateways and OPC UA data collection from mixed vendor equipment
- Dashboards for the floor, for the shift meeting and for the board
- Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance on rotating equipment
- Energy monitoring per line and per product
Each one has an output the next one depends on. Skipping a stage does not save the time it appears to save.
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Decide the questions
Three questions the plant actually needs answered, agreed before anything is instrumented. Data collected without a question is storage.
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Instrument
Signals taken from the controllers where they exist and from added sensors where they do not. Downtime reasons chosen by the people who will press the button.
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Model and store
A consistent equipment model so that two lines built eight years apart report in the same units.
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Put it where it is seen
A screen on the line for the operator, a report for the shift meeting, an export for finance. Different questions, different audiences.
- Protocols
- OPC UA, MQTT Sparkplug B, Modbus TCP, direct PLC drivers
- Platforms
- Ignition, Siemens Opcenter, custom stacks where a licence is not justified
- Integration
- SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, REST and database level
- Hosting
- On premises, private cloud or hybrid, your choice and your data
That is the normal case. Mixed vendor collection is most of the effort, and it is why an equipment model matters more than the dashboard on top of it.
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Industrial automation
PLC, SCADA and MES architectures that run the whole line in real time. Designed, coded and commissioned by the team that will maintain them.
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Technical consulting & training
Audits, feasibility studies and training built around your line and your people, not around a generic syllabus.
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Electrical panels
Machine control and power distribution panels, built and tested to standard in our own workshop before they ever reach your floor.
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Tell us what the line has to do. One of our engineers will come back with how we would make it do that, and what it takes.
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- A named engineer, not an account manager
- A reply usually within a working day
- A scope written on your floor, before anyone quotes