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Full Project Turnkey Solutions
October 3, 2024We are pleased to offer turnkey solutions to our clients. Depending upon the client’s brief and the project scope we very often manage the full project, including mechanical engineering and electrical installation. We have select sub-contract companies with whom we work regularly. Alternatively, we will readily work with customer-nominated third parties. Our project management skills and ...
Safety Scanner Issues and EN999
July 2, 2024Optima were recently asked to advise on a safety guarding application for one of our customers. There had been a number of false trips of the laser scanner causing the machine to stop. A plastic chain ‘barrier’ had been fitted as a temporary measure with instructions to operators to not breach the barrier whilst the machine was ...
Parker SSD Microtach Replacements
July 1, 2024Microtach encoders, manufactured by SSD Drives for many years offered reliable transmission of sensitive high-frequency information in an electrically noisy environment. The technology used a combination of an incremental encoder disk combined with micro-electronics to facilitate the use of single fibre optic transmission of the encoder pulses. This gave a huge advantage of being able to transmit ...
Cloud-based data dashboards
September 16, 2022If you want to see how your machine or process is operating day in day out from anywhere in the world, where do you start? An increasing number of companies are turning to remote cloud-based solutions for machine monitoring. Optima are pleased to offer our Cloud-based solution which keeps your automation hardware safely behind a secure ...
Siemens Transform Event
July 5, 2022Join Optima at the Siemens #Transform2022 Conference being held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on 12th and 13th of July to explore how digitalisation of industry is being accelerated. For more information and to register for a complimentary space, see #Transform2022. Some of the key areas are: Edge and Cloud Data computing for machine diagnostics Improving ...
Rockwell Extended Warranties
June 23, 2022If you have recently upgraded your machine or purchased Rockwell Automation hardware from Optima, a simple registration process can protect your investment. The benefits for your business include: Extension of standard Rockwell Automation product warranty Easy access to product documentation Updated product lifecycle status Registration is easy. Simply scan the QR Code on your product packaging to get started or use our ...
S88 Solution Solves Obsolescence Issue
February 10, 2022Addressing obsolescence is an issue facing many companies and failure to create a robust action plan can often lead to problems that not only affect the operation of a line or machine, but can also result in unfavourable issues that could have detrimental effects on quality levels and brands. The dangers of obsolescence were identified early ...
Up to 5 Years Warranty as Standard on our Motor and Drive Upgrades with Siemens
June 29, 2021As a trusted Siemens Drive and Motion Partner, any machine upgrade that Optima engineer that uses Siemens Drives and Motors, Siemens will provide a 5 year warranty on the drive and 3 years on the motor/ motor gearbox Free of Charge. Optima can also extend this standard warranty further for you at preferential rates as ...
Robot Programming Services
April 30, 2021Optima don’t just supply our own turnkey Robot cell systems, we are also able to provide programming, consultancy and support. We are able to work with the following major robot manufacturers and have extensive experience on: ABB, Kuka, and Fanuc. All of our previous robot projects are available on our dedicated YouTube channel. Here’s a few ...
Optima achieve accreditation by Avetta for supplier competency
April 28, 2021Optima have been certified as an approved supplier to Schneider Electric and become part of the Avetta Consortium. Membership of Avetta is your guarantee of our quality, procedures and most important of all, safe working standards. We look forward to working closely with Schneider Electric on upcoming major projects. This enhances our product and engineering services ...
