Project Challenges and Requirements Machine Overview An OEM machine manufacturer needed to redesign an existing machine application adding the ability to control a VideoJet printer. The machine is designed to weigh potato chips, package the chips into individual bags based on volume, date stamp each…
Bart Stater of CNC Solutions and Service states “To give you a little more info and an idea of the complexity of this project. It took over 2 months of intense code writing, testing and rewriting to get a functional environment that would operate in…
Design multi-line operator stations for control and monitoring in a large agricultural processing facility JM Controls and Electric is a System Integrator located in Ontario Canada and they were hired to engineer, layout, design, and install a large system to sort and weight marijuana buds…
While making the system mobile allows for flexibility around the facility, it also makes it difficult to connect to the local network for the machine to send system notifications or perform diagnostics as there may not always be a convenient network port at that location.…
One of our customer’s has large stainless steel rolling equipment that use a legacy PLC and drives for basic control functions. They added an HMI for viewing alarm conditions and making adjustments to the parameters in the PLC and drives, but the full machine is…
This competitive industry requires highly accurate, reliable machines to enable companies to produce high quality parts. Fast Heat specializes in hot runner temperature controllers which allow the manufacturer to accurately control the temperature of plastic material as it flows into a plastic injection mold. Industry: PlasticsLocation: Illinois,…
Read How the Golden Gate Bridge’s Road Zipper Uses a Maple HMI to Save Lives After over 70 years without an appropriate boundary, a movable barrier system called the Road Zipper, was adopted in 2015 as the solution to a safer Golden Gate Bridge. The…
Industry: GovernmentLocation: Nashville, Tennessee, USA Targetbotics®, LLC designs, builds and installs target control systems for military and law enforcement firing ranges. The targets include turners, steel pop-ups, and movers. The control systems use only commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) industrial microprocessor-based components and avoid the need for traditional computers…
Read our Q&A with Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) Vice President Thomas Patko about why they chose Maple Systems as part of their HiQDT smart digital sensor solution. The HIQDT smart digital sensors have integral industry standard RS-485 Modbus RTU communications, allowing them to be…
The fundamental idea behind creating Silverstone Automation was to help manufacturers reduce production costs by creating operator-friendly, reliable, and compact automated assembly equipment. For their standard SilverCATH 1100 and 2200 catheter-tipping machines, the machine’s purpose is to accurately form introducer and catheter tips so that…
Epp Well Solutions Engineering a Smart Solution for Low Producing Wells Epp Well Solutions provides a novel solution for maximizing the performance of low-producing wells using automation technology to carefully maintain building water pressure without over-pumping the well by pumping well water into a holding…