Many of our clients in the metals sector require a complete turnkey service for the projects that we engineer, a service that we are happy to provide. Where Optima do not have the resources in-house, selected sub-contract companies are employed (typical disciplines include mechanical engineering and electrical installation). Our project management skills are employed in these instances to ensure on-time, on-budget conclusions are met.

Previous projects:

Levelling line upgrade

Replacing the existing Rextroth hydraulic control equipment. New drive controllers and PLC equipment installed within the existing cabinets. New operator Fascias fitted on all the existing operator desks.

Slitting line upgrade

Replacement of the Drive control system and associated desk control stations using GE Fanuc controllers.

Foil Annealing Line Engineering

Scope of works include furnace, distribution board, loopers and web transport.

De-greasing line upgrade

Replacement of 7 DC drives, control cubicles and control desks.

Coil Line Control System

Design and supply of the process control panel suite using Siemens and Wonderware equipment.

Hot Dip Galvanizing Line upgrade

Scope of control system supply includes emergency stop system, operator controls, VTU units.

Furnace control system

Supply of emergency stop system and operators control (de-scaling capstan & turntable) using Siemens equipment.

Bottom & Top forming mill control system

Supply of HMI development tools and emergency stop system using Rockwell equipment.

Purlin line software upgrade

Replacement of existing machine control system software using Rockwell SCADA.

Forming mill line upgrade

Upgrade includes an automatic product changeover corresponding to a barcode printed on the metal substrate, a semi-automatic mode based upon a queued product programme and automated production logging incorporating a joint detection mechanism.

Slitter line main drive replacement

Scope of works includes main control cubicle build and supply of closed loop AC motors.

Aluminium Strip Line

Turnkey project for strip processing line, 14 Siemens AC Sinamics Drives, Siemens PLC, SCADA, Servo drives, PROFISafe. Totally integrated package

Cloud-based data dashboards

Posted on September 16, 2022

If you want to see how your machine or process is operating day in day out from anywhere in the world, where do you start? With the increased risk of hacking of industrial devices becoming ever more prevalent Security Week – New Vulnerabilities Can Allow Hackers to Remotely Crash Siemens PLCs it’s not as simple as just hooking your PLC onto your local network.

An increasing number of companies are turning to remote cloud-based solutions for machine monitoring. Optima are pleased to offer the Cloud-based solution which keeps your automation hardware safely behind a secure firewall. Most of our clients prefer a SIM-card based system. The benefits of this system are that the equipment is always live whenever there is cellular reception available. Our range of antenna options mean that reception is possible even in the most remote locations.

The video below shows a basic demonstration dashboard. If you would like to know more then please get in touch – we like to talk!

This video gives a very brief demonstration on how our Remote Access and Cloud Logging System can help you keep track of how your machine is performing. See when the machine is started, stopped, realise production metric data straight to your mobile, desktop or tablet.

We have been trialling our remote machine data dashboards #iot #industry4. These allow real-time data to be visualised from any PLC anywhere in the world to a PC, tablet or mobile ‘phone anywhere in the world! The system can communicate over 4G, Wi-Fi, or a direct Ethernet connection. From Kazakhstan (yes, we do have two units out there!) to Kendal (we haven’t got one there yet…), we have you covered for a very low monthly cost.
Our remote reporting dashboards which can send #production #reports by #email will shortly be ready for release.

For more information, please contact info@optimacs.com

Mark Lane.

Industrial Automation and
Control Systems Engineering

Metals