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Printing Line Upgrade
June 5, 2025Out with the old, in with the NEW…Optima uses ctrlxautomation to retrofit a mid 90s printing application with the latest of Bosch Rexroth solutions. Both ctrlX CORE & DRIVES were used and completed in record time due to Simulated testing. But… Just look at the reduced cabinet space! See the full article on LinkedIN and more details below: /*! ...
Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Drive Technology from Optima
March 24, 2025The innovative #sinamics #G220 variable frequency drive from Siemens not only helps reduce harmonics (Gary Wilcock) but is also a more sustainable drive choice. Let us explain. The animation below shows the draft panel layouts for 8 drives using the #G120 drives along with the required input and output reactors due to the long cable lengths involved ...
Continued Upgrade of Batch Plant
March 4, 2025When 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 ...
SINAMICS G Smart Access Module
February 14, 2025With the SINAMICS Smart Access Module, you connect wirelessly your mobile devices (smartphone, tablet, laptop) via WiFi to the SINAMICS Gconverter series. This gives you a powerful tool with numerous functionsfor wireless commissioning, diagnostics, and service. The module is set up in just a few steps. No installation or downloading of additional software required due to the web ...
Efficient Motion Control ATEX Coating
February 10, 2025A coating machine installed in 1988 was facing increasing reliability and operational challenges due to its age. Key issues included: Unpredictable Start-ups: The machine suffered from erratic start-ups, impacting the consistency of production Frequent Recalibrations: Maintenance required regular recalibration of controls to maintain system reliability Obsolete Motor Components: The DC ATEX-certified motors were no longer available on the ...
Full Project Turnkey Solutions
October 3, 2024We are pleased to offer turnkey solutions to our clients. Depending upon the client’s brief and the project scope we very often manage the full project, including mechanical engineering and electrical installation. We have select sub-contract companies with whom we work regularly. Alternatively, we will readily work with customer-nominated third parties. Our project management skills and ...
Safety Scanner Issues and EN999
July 2, 2024Optima were recently asked to advise on a safety guarding application for one of our customers. There had been a number of false trips of the laser scanner causing the machine to stop. A plastic chain ‘barrier’ had been fitted as a temporary measure with instructions to operators to not breach the barrier whilst the machine was ...
Parker SSD Microtach Replacements
July 1, 2024Microtach encoders, manufactured by SSD Drives for many years offered reliable transmission of sensitive high-frequency information in an electrically noisy environment. The technology used a combination of an incremental encoder disk combined with micro-electronics to facilitate the use of single fibre optic transmission of the encoder pulses. This gave a huge advantage of being able to transmit ...
Cloud-based data dashboards
September 16, 2022If you want to see how your machine or process is operating day in day out from anywhere in the world, where do you start? An increasing number of companies are turning to remote cloud-based solutions for machine monitoring. Optima are pleased to offer our Cloud-based solution which keeps your automation hardware safely behind a secure ...
Siemens Transform Event
July 5, 2022Join Optima at the Siemens #Transform2022 Conference being held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on 12th and 13th of July to explore how digitalisation of industry is being accelerated. For more information and to register for a complimentary space, see #Transform2022. Some of the key areas are: Edge and Cloud Data computing for machine diagnostics Improving ...
