Scantime Automation & Training

PLC & SCADA-HMI Process Refurbishment

PLC & SCADA-HMI Process Refurbishment

3000+ SqFt Production Line Incl. PLCs, HMIs, Distributed IO Units & 1200 IO Devices

The refurbishment was decided by the client when areas of the process had starting to fail late last year, original suppliers and spare parts were becoming difficult to locate, shutting the process down for extended periods of time. Scantime Automation were brought in initially to help troubleshoot when a serious breakdown stopped production for several days.

To build a new facility would take years and would place the company at serious risk of further downtime, which could be worse than the last, therefore it was decided to upgrade the obsolete control system to a newer, supported control system.

We had chosen Schneider to supply their M580 PLC systems and Magelis HMIs to control the automated process and replace the obsolete Telemechanique equipment that controlled the production line for over 20 years.