Controls and electrical for manufacturing plants

We work in running manufacturing plants, around your production schedule. Paper and packaging, building products, composites, metals and nonwovens: the lines, the machines and the plant power behind them.

Plan your next shutdown Line down? Call 253-344-1523

A roll-forming line in a manufacturing plant, with steel coils behind it.

What we work on

Cutting and machining: saws, cutoff saws and CNC routers

Forming lines: roll formers, presses, extrusion and pultrusion

Stackers, conveyors and material handling

Mixing rooms, ovens and cure heat

Old PLCs: SLC 500 and PLC-5 migrations, in stages

Machine safety: safety circuits, guarding and e-stops on older machines

Drives: obsolete drive upgrades, startups and repeat trips

Line data: production and downtime counts for your reports or MES

Plant power: panels, motor control and power supplies

A nonwovens line with a row of ultrasonic welders above the web.

Where to start

Urgent Support

For when the line has stopped and your people cannot restart it.

An engineer will come to your plant, fast where we can reach you. Remote support only where distance makes that slow. You will get the root cause and a written site assessment after every call.

How it works

Line Evaluation

For when you need a clear plan for a line's controls, for your own way forward or to put in front of your leadership.

We survey the hardware, backups, networks and screens on the line, and how the line runs. You will get a modernization proposal with budgetary prices, phased around your shutdowns.

How it works

Plant Electrical Service

For an electrical fault, a new machine to hook up, MCC and motor work, or a backlog your crew cannot clear.

Licensed electricians who work in running plants and work alongside our controls engineers. Drawings marked up to match the panel before we leave.

How it works

Drive Support

For when a new drive needs starting up, a stored drive needs reforming, or a drive keeps tripping.

We start up ABB and Allen-Bradley drives, reform the capacitors in stored drives, and find the cause of faults.

How it works

Field notes

A row of relay modules in a control panel, every status light green.

PlantsA packaging line's drives and PLC replaced in one weekendEvery drive and the PLC in one section, rebuilt inside the same cabinet over a weekend.Read the field note

Around your production schedule

An SLC 500 processor rack in a machine control panel.

ProductionLines that run around the clock. We will plan the work to your shifts and shutdowns, and agree what we can do with the line running.

Old controlsSLC 500, PLC-5 and drives that are no longer made, often on DH+ and DeviceNet. We will find the fault, and plan the move in stages you can afford.

Machines from anywhereMachines from builders out of state or overseas, some no longer trading. We work on whatever controls are on the machine.

SafetySafety circuits that have to fit older machines and cabinets. We will fit safety controllers, interlocks and e-stops inside your shutdowns.

Questions

Can you move an SLC 500 or PLC-5 to a new platform without a long shutdown?Yes. We will plan the migration in stages that fit your shutdowns, and keep the old system running until each stage is done.

Can you work on a machine whose builder is gone?Yes. We work on whatever controls are on the line, and recover the program if nobody has a copy.

Do you do the plant electrical too?Yes. We are a licensed electrical contractor. Our electricians work on power, motor control and new machine hookups.

Tell us about your line

Tell us what the line makes, what it runs on, and when your next shutdown is. We will reply by the next working day.

Or call 253-344-1523