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We’ve recently completed a really interesting project for a laser marking system that will be used within the automotive industry. The system, which marks the correct part number and manufacturer information onto catalytic converters, uses a Siemens S7-200 PLC. We designed and commissioned all of the PLC software for the S7-200 PLC System and assisted… Read more »
It’s not every day the Olympic Torch Relay passes through a nearby village but that’s what happened for us on Thursday morning. OK, so this post has nothing to do with Control Systems, Control Panels or PLC Programming but I thought that considering the occasion it was worthy of a mention. A truly carnival atmosphere… Read more »
An Allen-Bradley Guardmaster Prosafe Trapped Key Interlock system has been supplied by Acquire Control as part of a recent Controls System that we designed, supplied and installed for an ABB Robot Spray Paint Line. The system allows safe entry into the ABB Robot Spray Booths for operator and maintenance personnel to carry out commissioning, maintenance… Read more »
We’ve designed, manufactured and fully commissioned a portable PLC Controls System for use on an exciting new product – an Automated Railway Survey Maintenance Machine. XYEAZY, a new start-up company approached us with an idea for ‘automating’ what is currently a very manual, time consuming and somewhat unreliable task. After further discussions, where we demonstrated… Read more »
We have completed a project in the Scottish Highlands for a Hydro Electric Generator Control System. The end requirement was to replace an old, manually operated system with a more reliable, and automated one. The Hydro scheme was located at Beannachran Dam Power Station near Inverness, Scotland. The Hydro Electric Generator Control System project was… Read more »
We have successfully completed a Robotic Spray Painting system that we designed, manufactured and installed for an automotive parts spray paint finisher based in the North West of England. The Control System uses an RFID Tag System, CC-Link Robot communications as well as Ethernet PLC to HMI communications to ensure that batches of parts are… Read more »
We’ve recently helped out with a weigh check system used in the food industry to ensure the weight of produce is correct. The system uses industrial weighing scales by Bilanciai being a Bilanciai D430 type connected to a Mitsubishi FX1S-20MR-DS PLC with a Mitsubishi FX1N-232-BD communication board. Upon a successful weight check (received via a… Read more »