Our Expertise

We believe that our fundamental appreciation of machines and processes sets Optima apart from similar companies. Our knowledge, our wealth of experience and our understanding of complex control technology puts us at the forefront of control system engineering companies. We have successfully installed control systems around the globe on a wide range of plant and machinery in virtually all manufacturing sectors, from complex, high performance multi-drive systems through to simpler sequential automation applications. Our solutions are designed to improve our clients OEE; providing high reliability, producing higher quality output and higher production rates; this is how our clients, and we, measure a successful project.

Core Competencies

As an established systems integrator we have comprehensive experience and high skill levels with a wide-range of equipment including:

  • Allen Bradley, PLC, SCADA and Drives
  • Siemens, S5 S7 PLC, WinCC SCADA, MasterDrives, Sinamics and Simotion
  • Parker SSD Drives
  • GE Fanuc PLC and SCADA
  • Wonderware SCADA
  • Intellution SCADA

Fieldbus expertise including:

  • Profibus
  • Ethernet
  • As-i
  • DeviceNet
  • Canbus
  • ProfiNet

Machine safety experience with manufacturers including:

  • Pilz, PSS, PNOZ Multi
  • Siemens, Profisafe
  • Allen Bradley
  • Schneider
  • Fortress – Now Allen Bradley GuardMaster
  • SICK UK, programmable safety, scanners and lightguards

Accreditations

  • Siemens Solution Partner (Automation, Drives and Motion)
  • Group Schneider Systems Integrator
  • ABB Tension Systems Integrator
  • Wonderware Systems Integrator
  • Parker SSD Drives Distributor
  • Investors in People status

Recent Posts

Continued Upgrade of Batch Plant

Batch Upgrade

When our customer needed to upgrade their aging batch processing and bulk delivery systems on site, they turned to Optima Control Solutions.

Optima were tasked with migrating the legacy control system over to  a modern integrated batch control solution with no disruption to production

APPROACH

A Rockwell Automation solution was installed, which included

  • ControlLogix PLC upgrades in each mixer / bulk system
  • Redundant Server running FactoryTalk ® Batch
  • EtherNet/IP device-level ring network topology

RESULTS

  • Reduced obsolescence risk and downtime
  • Site-wide familiarity of operator interfaces for each process
  • Ability to develop recipes away from the factory floor or off-site for ease of deployment and remote support for timely intervention in the event of any equipment malfunction
  • Reduced batching errors caused by operators

Becuase the system runs from a central batch server, the customer has the ability to develop recipes away from the factory floor or off-site for ease of deployment,. This reduces batching errors that may be caused by operators

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