A line that still runs but runs blind is a line you can’t optimize. We retrofit legacy equipment with PLC and DSI control, recipe-driven setpoints, and the instrumentation to actually see what’s happening. Older lines, today’s standards.
05 Capability · Modernize
Automation & Controls
Modernize legacy equipment with PLC, DSI, recipe-driven control. Bring older lines to today's standards.
The Elite Standard
The process
How it works
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Audit what is actually there
Panels open, prints out, sensors traced. Most legacy lines are running on a control scheme nobody has documented in fifteen years.
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Define the recipes
What the line has to make, and what setpoints each product needs. This comes from your operators, not from us.
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Design the retrofit
PLC, DSI, and the instrumentation to see what the equipment is doing. We scope what has to be replaced and what can stay.
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Install and integrate
Panel built, PLC installed, sensors placed, and the whole thing tied into the equipment that is already running.
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Commission and verify
Run every recipe. Confirm the setpoints hold and the readings match what the line is actually doing.
Scope
What's included
Everything below is part of the scope. If what you need isn't on the list, ask us.
- Audit of existing controls, panels, wiring, and instrumentation.
- PLC retrofit on legacy equipment.
- DSI control.
- Recipe-driven setpoints, one recipe per product.
- Instrumentation and sensor placement so the line can be measured, not guessed at.
- Panel build and integration with the existing line.
- Commissioning against every recipe before handoff.
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Why bring automation & controls to us.
We know the mechanical side
A controls vendor gives you a better panel. We fix the burner behind it. Most control problems on an old line are mechanical problems wearing a control mask.
Retrofit, not replace
A line that still runs is worth keeping. We bring older equipment to today's standards instead of quoting you a new one.
Instrumented, not blind
A line that runs blind is a line you cannot optimize. The point of the retrofit is that you can finally see what it is doing.
Applied across
Industries we bring this to.
FAQ
Automation & Controls: common questions
Do I have to replace the whole line?
Usually not. Retrofitting legacy equipment with modern control is the core of this work. We scope what has to go and what can stay.
What does recipe-driven control get me?
One recipe per product, with setpoints that hold. You stop relying on which operator is running the line that shift.
Why go to a mechanical shop for controls?
Because on a twenty-year-old line the control problem and the mechanical problem are usually the same problem. We can open the panel and the burner.
Can you work on controls for equipment you did not build?
Yes. We audit what is there first, whoever put it there.
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Reviewed by a Field Crew lead, not a sales rep. Initial scope reply within one business day.