SERVICES
WE PROVIDE:
DESIGN OF INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS
SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
WEB-ENABLING OF PLANT FLOOR DATA
The fundamental strength of our expertise stems from years of experience in implementing turnkey control systems in a wide range of industrial process (continuous and batch) and discrete manufacturing applications. Our technical staff is highly experienced with the specification, procurement, calibration, and testing of a variety of process and analytical instrumentation, and mechanical and electrical control devices. We also provide extensive onsite installation support, and startup/debug services. We offer preventive maintenance and service contracts to support our customers long after the commissioning of the system.
DESIGN OF INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS
Our
design team actively participates in the full project cycle
starting from the conceptual phase to the startup/debug and
commissioning of the system. The control system design services
that we provide include the development of Process &
Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs), design of instrument loop
diagrams, I/O wiring diagrams, panel layout diagrams, panel
wiring diagrams, and logic diagrams. We support AutoCAD and
Intergraph CAD systems. Our designers are highly experienced in
designing pneumatic and electrical control panels that meet the
NEMA, UL, and CE electrical standards. In many cases, these
designers actively participate in the in-house panel building
process.
The
controls engineers on our staff are experienced in designing
control systems based on a variety of PLC and DCS control
platforms as well as PC control. Our control software development
skills include standard ladder logic programming and all five of
the IEC 1131-3 standard programming languages: Function Block
Diagram, Ladder Diagram, Sequential Function Chart, Instruction
List, and Structured Text. The hardware platforms that we have
implemented include:
Allen-Bradley
PLCs
Modicon
PLCs
General
Electric PLCs
Texas
Instruments PLCs
Square
D PLCs
Fisher-Rosemount
DeltaV DCS
Fisher-Rosemount
RMV-9000 DCS
Leeds
& Northrup DCS
We
are also experienced in implementing specialty I/O systems from
MTL and Opto-22.
We
take special pride in our ability to take on new hardware and
software platforms, based on customer requirements, and implement
them in a cost-effective manner.
SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
At
ACS, we believe that a well designed, user-friendly operator
interface and data acquisition system is key to the efficient
operation of an automated manufacturing plant. In addition, we
believe that the design of the data acquisition system is key to
the effective data integration between various manufacturing
processes as well as between the plant floor and corporate
information systems. Our staff is highly trained in implementing
the following SCADA packages:
Intellution
iFIX
Intellution
FIX32
Wonderware
InTouch
Rockwell
Software RSView
General
Electric Cimplicity
CTC
Interact
National
Instruments Lookout
Taylor
Process Windows
USDATA
FactoryLink
We
have also developed a number of custom operator interface systems
using Microsoft Visual Basic.
Our
device interface expertise includes industry standards such as OPC,
Ethernet, and Modbus and proprietary networks such as Data Highway
Plus and Modbus Plus. We have also implemented systems using Fiber
Optic media and Radio Communications.
With
a hands-on approach and a thorough understanding of the automation
industry, our software programmers add tremendous value to the
control systems that we implement. We have used our high level
programming expertise to implement a variety of applications
including:
I/O
Driver development
Extending
the functionality of off-the-shelf SCADA packages
Custom
Data Acquisition Systems
Web
enabling plant floor data
Recipe
Management Systems
Inventory
Control Systems
Integration
of plant floor data with database systems
Integration
of plant floor data with planning & execution systems
Data
feeds to ERP systems
Our
programming skills include:
C/C++
Visual
C++
Visual
Basic
Java
ASP,
HTML, XML
Our
software programmers are highly experienced in integrating plant
floor data with relational database systems. This integration
allows us to provide our customers with detailed reports, which
serve as highly effective tools for system analysis, optimization,
and cost-reduction, as well as for preventive maintenance and
troubleshooting.
Our
database and reporting expertise includes:
Microsoft
SQL Server
Microsoft
Access
Oracle
Crystal
Reports
SyTech
Report Manager
WEB-ENABLING OF PLANT FLOOR DATA
We
have successfully implemented systems that enable our customers to
view selected plant floor information on a standard web browser.
We have developed custom applications in Java and have also used a
variety of off-the shelf packages to implement these systems.
We
are experienced in implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems
and integrating plant floor data into these systems. We have used
many of the integration tools from the large SCADA vendors to
integrate manufacturing data into MES. In addition, we are also
experienced in using standard data exchange tools to integrate
plant floor data with planning and execution systems.
We
also strive to stay current with the latest tools available from
the large SCADA vendors to provide a data channel from the plant
floor to the Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain
Management systems.
At
ACS, we are committed to helping our customers achieve their goal
of having manufacturing data available corporate wide at their
finger tips, to help them make timely decisions. With our
extensive industrial automation, software development, and
database programming expertise and our commitment to stay on the
cutting edge of developing technology, we hope to continue to help
our clients to bridge the gap between their plant floors and board
rooms.
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