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

Digital cloud-based asset monitoring is offered worldwide

Posted on October 8, 2024

Our new digital cloud-based services platform can be used worldwide. The software means Optima can monitor and track your assets in real time. You can view device history, schedule tasks and monitor the machine via the cloud. This keeps you informed of any issues as and when they occur. Escalation thresholds can be configured, so depending on the nature of the fault, the relevant people are emailed. The monitoring system can also give daily reports via email notifications with programmable triggers.

If the machine starts operting in an unexpected way, an email is tiggered, sending messages to your maintenance and response teams We can use the system
to diagnose the issues with your hardware and ship equipment to site to rectify the problem.

These online diagnostics can be viewed 24/7 and the software can bring to your attention any faulty systems, sometime even before a breakdown happens.

Please contact us for a no-obligation dashboard trial.

Industrial Automation and
Control Systems Engineering

Metals