Machine Control (Representative Projects)

Apel Extrusions
PLC program modifications and troubleshooting for an aluminum extruding machine.

Burnco
PLC programming services for a concrete plank production machine.

CNRL
Caustic soda and conveyor belt wetting system design for the Horizon oil sands projects.

Canbra Foods
Upgrade system to PLC based controls and add wireless monitoring for seven ammonia refrigeration compressors and the associated process control.

CP Rail
Design and commissioning of an automated fueling system for diesel locomotives, PLC and HMI programming for an automated wheel press.

CWD
Design, program, and commission a PLC based system to automatically measure and cut window trim.

Foremost Industries
Electrical design and control system programming for several tracked vehicles (J1939 communications with engines and transmissions) as well as multiple coiled tubing drilling rigs and pipe handling systems.

Hunting Energy Services
(formerly known as Chase Manufacturing)
PLC based robotic tray and dip tank system for chemically treating drill pipe couplings.

IPSCO
PLC and HMI programming and troubleshooting for several pipe production machines and testing processes including the Upsetter.

NASA
Balloon launching system for lifting payloads to high altitudes for research into large Mars vehicle re-entry systems. The control system involved very fast jib swing times and critical lift hoist systems.

Old Castle Glass
PLC program modifications and troubleshooting for a large heat and soak furnace used to temper glass.

Plastifab
Control schematic development for packaging and plastic pellet materials handling system.

Stealth Accoustical
Control system design and programming for a sheet metal unrolling, forming, and cutting machine.

Syncrude
Incorporate new conveyor gate hydraulics into an existing control system for increased safety and improved rate control of the incoming oilsands.

Unicrete Roof Tile
Design, programming and startup of a high speed concrete roof tile production machine.