Manufacturing
Brownfield upgrades in planned windows, energy on the P&L, and predictive maintenance where a stopped line costs the most.
Manufacturing plants are where our brownfield discipline was learned. A line that runs three shifts has a maintenance window measured in hours, and everything we do is planned around it.
What manufacturers come to us for
- Line upgrades without a long stop. New controllers, drives and operator interfaces, built and tested off site, cut over in a planned window with a rollback path. See plant automation.
- Energy as a line on the P&L. Metering to the line, compressed air and HVAC control, and scheduling of energy-intensive steps. See energy management.
- Predictive maintenance on the assets that stop the line. Conveyors, compressors, presses and packaging machines. See predictive maintenance.
- Traceability. Integration between the control layer and MES or ERP so batch and serial records are captured automatically.
Sub-sectors
| Sector | Typical work |
|---|---|
| Automotive and tier suppliers | Body shop and paint shop control, drive upgrades, energy in paint and press shops |
| Food and beverage | Batch control, clean-in-place automation, refrigeration energy |
| Pharmaceuticals | Validated batch systems, audit trails, data integrity |
| Electronics and packaging | High-speed line integration, predictive maintenance on handling equipment |
A customer's view
A packaging manufacturer with no tolerance for a mid-week stop put it simply after three line upgrades: "Every upgrade since you started has gone in over a weekend. The previous vendor needed a week." Read more on the customer stories page.
Talk to sales about your plant.