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The Gold Standard for Aluminum Safety: Implementing functional safety and achieving the highest safety integrity level (SIL) for a global manufacturer.
A Safety Controls Case Study Global Manufacturer Focuses On Worker Safety A large, global aluminum extrusion client of ours issued a corporate mandate to evaluate and improve general machine safety issues across 20+ facilities. Our client recognized the importance of...
A Hole Lot More: Increasing production capacity by 300%.
An Automated Robotic Drilling Workcell Case Study Robotic Drilling Work Cell Meggitt Polymers & Composites recently updated their manufacturing operations by installating a Cutting and Drilling workcell, designed and integrated by Concept Systems. The fully...
Sweet, Starchy Success: Building an award-winning plant with premier process controls.
An Automation Consulting and Process Controls Case Study Building an Award Winning Plant with Process Controls As consumer demand for frozen sweet-potato fries took off, a food manufacturer wanted to build a new plant in the southern United States to expand production...
Close Enough to Touch: Integrating technologies to build an innovative and efficient, automated solution for painting planes.
An OnGuard Collision Avoidance System Case Study Utilizing Concept Systems innovative collision avoidance system Painting planes is done by skilled artisans who need to work quickly and accurately. As they work, they travel along the plane on movable platforms. They...
Stay In Your Lane: An innovative sorting solution for multi-sized boxes with 99.9% accuracy.
A Machine Vision Case Study Box sorting innovative machine vision solution Inline sorting of variable-sized boxes for mixed products is a common challenge on automated packaging lines in many production facilities. The Problem: Multi-sized Boxes Boxes traveling down...
A Medley of Success: Achieving high production rates and efficiency for a top frozen vegetable producer.
An HMI Upgrade Case Study Achieve high production rates and efficiency with a HMI upgrade National Frozen Foods wanted an HMI upgrade for a vegetable blending system that used a dial system to manage the ratio of vegetables. It consistently receives top-level food...
It’s Rocket (Engine) Science: Using a custom computer numerical control system for automation and precision.
A CNC Controls Retrofit Case Study Automating a process using a custom Computer Numerical Control system Due to their critical nature, key parts of rocket engines must be X-rayed to ensure their integrity and thus their safety. The process traditionally has been...
Don’t Spill the Beans: Increasing efficiency, safety and profitability for a coffee roaster.
A Vision-Guided Workcell Case Study Making a system more efficient, safe and profitable with a vision guided workcell For this coffee roaster, the robot moving bags from pallets to the conveyor was a weak link. It often ripped bags, spewing beans on the floor. Plus,...
No Cheese Left Behind: Bringing an entire system up to speed with zero downtime.
A Controls Retrofit Case Study Controls retrofit brings entire system up to speed with zero downtime Replacing obsolete hardware at Tillamook Creamery with a controls retrofit leads to the execution of a new plan to mitigate risk and eliminate production downtime. The...
Gas in the Tank: Replacing outdated controls for more efficient, safe fuel handling.
A Control Systems Upgrade Case Study Replace Outdated Controls For More Efficient, Safe Fuel Handling A control upgrade leads to a safer and more efficient system. A Fuel Farm contained five storage tank, as well as equipment to transfer fuel to aircraft and load and...