A selection of Optima’s control system upgrade projects can be found below. This is a small representation of the machine types that we are dealing with on a regular basis. Many customers of ours require control solutions for less popular production lines (see This, for example). Please, do get in touch with us even if your production equipment is not listed below – we are able to offer tailored solutions for any manufacturing process.

Continued Upgrade of Batch Plant

Posted on March 4, 2025

When our customer needed to upgrade their aging batch processing and bulk delivery systems on site, they turned to Optima Control Solutions.

Optima were tasked with migrating the legacy control system over to a modern integrated batch control solution with no disruption to production

APPROACH

A Rockwell Automation solution was installed, which included

ControlLogix PLC upgrades in each mixer / bulk system
Redundant Server running FactoryTalk ® Batch
EtherNet/IP device-level ring network topology

RESULTS

Reduced obsolescence risk and downtime
Site-wide familiarity of operator interfaces for each process
Ability to develop recipes away from the factory floor or off-site for ease of deployment and remote support for timely intervention in the event of any equipment malfunction
Reduced batching errors caused by operators

Becuase the system runs from a central batch server, the customer has the ability to develop recipes away from the factory floor or off-site for ease of deployment,. This reduces batching errors that may be caused by operators

Industrial Automation and
Control Systems Engineering

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Continued Upgrade of Batch Plant

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