Our Expertise

We believe that our fundamental appreciation of machines and processes sets Optima apart from similar companies. Our knowledge, our wealth of experience and our understanding of complex control technology puts us at the forefront of control system engineering companies. We have successfully installed control systems around the globe on a wide range of plant and machinery in virtually all manufacturing sectors, from complex, high performance multi-drive systems through to simpler sequential automation applications. Our solutions are designed to improve our clients OEE; providing high reliability, producing higher quality output and higher production rates; this is how our clients, and we, measure a successful project.

Core Competencies

As an established systems integrator we have comprehensive experience and high skill levels with a wide-range of equipment including:

  • Allen Bradley, PLC, SCADA and Drives
  • Siemens, S5 S7 PLC, WinCC SCADA, MasterDrives, Sinamics and Simotion
  • Parker SSD Drives
  • GE Fanuc PLC and SCADA
  • Wonderware SCADA
  • Intellution SCADA

Fieldbus expertise including:

  • Profibus
  • Ethernet
  • As-i
  • DeviceNet
  • Canbus
  • ProfiNet

Machine safety experience with manufacturers including:

  • Pilz, PSS, PNOZ Multi
  • Siemens, Profisafe
  • Allen Bradley
  • Schneider
  • Fortress – Now Allen Bradley GuardMaster
  • SICK UK, programmable safety, scanners and lightguards

Accreditations

  • Siemens Solution Partner (Automation, Drives and Motion)
  • Group Schneider Systems Integrator
  • ABB Tension Systems Integrator
  • Wonderware Systems Integrator
  • Parker SSD Drives Distributor
  • Investors in People status

Recent Posts

Digital cloud-based asset monitoring is offered worldwide

Our new digital cloud-based services platform can be used worldwide. The software means Optima can monitor and track your assets in real time. You can view device history, schedule tasks and monitor the machine via the cloud. This keeps you informed of any issues as and when they occur. Escalation thresholds can be configured, so depending on the nature of the fault, the relevant people are emailed. The monitoring system can also give daily reports via email notifications with programmable triggers.

If the machine starts operting in an unexpected way, an email is tiggered, sending messages to your maintenance and response teams We can use the system
to diagnose the issues with your hardware and ship equipment to site to rectify the problem. 

These online diagnostics can be viewed 24/7 and the software can bring to your attention any faulty systems, sometime even before a breakdown happens.

Please contact us for a no-obligation dashboard trial.

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