Designs include industrial quality motor control panels using computers, PLC's, VFD's, and Soft Starters to control motor sizes from fractional horse power, single phase to large three phase units. Panels have been provided for both US and foreign markets.
Experience with Automation Direct DL05, DL06, Click etc., Allen-Bradley, Gould(Modicon), and others.
High speed material handling system designed to sort boxes for loading onto trucks in such a way that boxes to be delivered at each stop on route were in order of delivery i.e. for each stop, boxes closest to the door were for that stop. Eight conveyors routed boxes from warehouse to merge onto one conveyor.The sorting and control was accomplished using an industrial computer, eight overhead barcode scanners, and eight short sections of brake belt conveyors. Data from scanners to computer were compared to a master order for the truck to determine the release sequence. Boxes out of order were re-routed back to main conveyor for random routing back to one of the eight conveyors.
Material handling system designed to move parts from stockroom to different locations in factory for assembly. Work orders pulled in stockroom were placed in totes. Totes were placed on conveyor with barcode for work order visible for overhead scanners. An industrial computer was used to route the totes through a maze of conveyors to destination.
Motor control panels were designed and built to control customer's printed circuit board assembly line conveyors, rotators, elevators, buffers, and work stations. System controlled delivery of circuit boards to every process point from bare PCB to finished product.
Control panels were designed and built to control customer's water/wastewater systems. Control decisions are made by computer based on inputs from water quality monitors, flow sensors, pressure sensors, current and voltage sensors, UV light sensors, and level sensors.
Proprietor has experience with a wide range of sensors used to monitor various processes:
Temperature sensors - RTD, thermocouple, thermistor, and linear Onewire.
Humidity sensors.
Pressure transducers.
Ultrasonic level sensors.
Flow sensors.
Tilt and vibration sensors.
Current, voltage, and power measuring devices.
pH probes.
20 ma current loop devices.
Dissolved oxygen probes.
Conductivity (TDS) probes.
Turbidity measuring devices.
Chemical metering pumps.