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Efficient Motion Control ATEX Coating

February 10, 2025

A 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 ...

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Full Project Turnkey Solutions

October 3, 2024

We 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 ...

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Safety Scanner Issues and EN999

July 2, 2024

Optima 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 ...

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Parker SSD Microtach Replacements

July 1, 2024

Microtach 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 ...

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Cloud-based data dashboards

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?  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 ...

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Siemens Transform Event

July 5, 2022

Join 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 ...

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Rockwell Extended Warranties

June 23, 2022

If you have recently upgraded your machine or purchased Rockwell Automation hardware from Optima, a simple registration process can protect your investment. The benefits for your business include: Extension of standard Rockwell Automation product warranty Easy access to product documentation Updated product lifecycle status Registration is easy. Simply scan the QR Code on your product packaging to get started or use our ...

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S88 Solution Solves Obsolescence Issue

February 10, 2022

Addressing obsolescence is an issue facing many companies and failure to create a robust action plan can often lead to problems that not only affect the operation of a line or machine, but can also result in unfavourable issues that could have detrimental effects on quality levels and brands. The dangers of obsolescence were identified early ...

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Up to 5 Years Warranty as Standard on our Motor and Drive Upgrades with Siemens

June 29, 2021

As a trusted Siemens Drive and Motion Partner, any machine upgrade that Optima engineer that uses Siemens Drives and Motors, Siemens will provide a 5 year warranty on the drive and 3 years on the motor/ motor gearbox Free of Charge. Optima can also extend this standard warranty further for you at preferential rates as ...

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Robot Programming Services

April 30, 2021

Optima don’t just supply our own turnkey Robot cell systems, we are also able to provide programming, consultancy and support. We are able to work with the following major robot manufacturers and have extensive experience on: ABB, Kuka, and Fanuc. All of our previous robot projects are available on our dedicated YouTube channel. Here’s a few ...

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Recent Posts

Scalable motion control systems from Siemens and Optima

Optima are pleased to be able ot offer our holistic system approach for motion control applications in the field of basic automation

Using the single-axis servo drive systems, SINAMICS S200, S210, and the new controller SIMATIC S7-1200 G2 we are able to offer a competitive solution for Kinematics, Positioning Cams, Speed axis and a host of other functions.

SINAMICS S200, S210, and the new controller SIMATIC S7-1200 G2.

Performance and Scalability

• Enhanced processing power with dedicated communication performance and extended memory
• Supports up to 31 PROFINET devices and synchronized
program execution with PROFINET IRT
• High drive performance due to a fast current controller

Flexible machine safety

• A cost-optimized fail-safe safety hardware portfolio
• PROFIsafe communication for safe data exchange
between the controller and the drive system for safety
applications
• Drive-integrated basic and extended safety
functionality up to SIL3, PLe and Category 4

Efficient motion control

• Control of single axes, coordinated axes, and simple kinematics
• Integrated motion control technology objects simplifying
configuration
• Drive-integrated basic positioner function, SINAMICS EPOS

Increased data transparency

• Near Field Communication (NFC) for wireless access
to diagnostic and device data of the PLC
• SINAMICS Smart Adapter for wireless access between
the drive-integrated webserver and mobile devices or
to the SINAMICS Startdrive engineering software
• Drive-integrated webserver for easy commissioning

PLC and drive overview

All images (c) Siemens Automation

Optima are an approved Siemens Drive Systems Integrator with a 30 year track record of delivering results on complex automation applications

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