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The specialist in small, but
important, control system jobs

Modifications | Improvements | Upgrades

PLC | SCADA | HMI | DCS

Security | Disaster Recovery

At the heart of everything we do is the idea that small improvements to the control system will have big and meaningful impacts on our customer’s operations

The plant is in production and the maintenance department is flat out.

The control system to-do list continues to grow.

The plant is in production and the control system to-do list continues to grow.

Meaningless alarms

Firmware Status

New equipment

Obselete documentation

Comms errors

Unorganised backups

Meaningless alarms

Constantly active and meaningless alarms? Vague alarm descriptions? Unsuitable alarm priorities? Alarm flooding making it difficult to find the root cause of the problem?

Firmware Status

Manufacturers release firmware upgrades to fix bugs and more importantly to close security gaps. Firmware upgrades tend to be overlooked and slip between the cracks.

New equipment

Have you added a new sensor but unsure how to get the reading onto the HMI and how to include it in the logic?

Obsolete documentation

As time goes on things are added, changed, and removed but the documentation lags behind. Does the documentation need reviewing and updating so that maintenance staff have confidence in them when they are required?

Comms errors

Is the response time to start equipment slow? Are there spurious comms drop-outs which causes trips?

Unorganised backups

Many people are making changes to the control system and making personal backups on their laptops. Which backup file is the latest? How do we manage changes and keep control of the backup files?

Logic bugs

99% of the time it works, but that 1% costs us downtime and frustration.

Nuisance trips

Does equipment sometimes trip unnecessarily during start-up? Does a short lived high-level in the tank trip the whole plant needlessly?

Disaster recovery

What do we do if we have a catastrophic failure? Can we restore the control system? Do we have enough spares? Are the backups and asset register current?

Untuned control loops

Is the control unstable, overshoots and is constantly hunting causing wear and tear on the actuator? Do the operators run in manual mode because they have no confidence in auto?

Poor reports

Does management require production reports but the information is scattered and takes time to compile in the right format? Does existing reports need updating?

Unreliable sequences

The operator has checked all the equipment and presses ‘start’ but the sequence faults halfway through and doesn’t give any explanation what has happened. Is that the reason the operator runs the plant in manual mode?

Complete Solution

We also do small projects from start to finish.
Contact us for an obligation free chat.

Logic bugs

Nuisance trips

Disaster recovery

Untuned control loops

Poor reports

Unreliable sequences

Need a complete solution instead?

  • Meaningless alarms

    Constantly active and meaningless alarms? Vague alarm descriptions? Unsuitable alarm priorities? Alarm flooding making it difficult to find the root cause of the problem?

  • Firmware Status

    Manufacturers release firmware upgrades to fix bugs and more importantly to close security gaps. Firmware upgrades tend to be overlooked and slip between the cracks.

  • New equipment

    Have you added a new sensor but unsure how to get the reading onto the HMI and how to include it in the logic?

  • Obsolete documentation

    As time goes on things are added, changed, and removed but the documentation lags behind. Does the documentation need reviewing and updating so that maintenance staff have confidence in them when they are required?

  • Comms errors

    Is the response time to start equipment slow? Are there spurious comms drop-outs which causes trips?

  • Unorganised backups

    Many people are making changes to the control system and making personal backups on their laptops. Which backup file is the latest? How do we manage changes and keep control of the backup files?

  • Logic bugs

    99% of the time it works, but that 1% costs us downtime and frustration.

  • Nuisance trips

    Does equipment sometimes trip unnecessarily during start-up? Does a short lived high-level in the tank trip the whole plant needlessly?

  • Disaster recovery

    What do we do if we have a catastrophic failure? Can we restore the control system? Do we have enough spares? Are the backups and asset register current?

  • Untuned control loops

    Is the control unstable, overshoots and is constantly hunting causing wear and tear on the actuator? Do the operators run in manual mode because they have no confidence in auto?

  • Poor reports

    Does management require production reports but the information is scattered and takes time to compile in the right format? Does existing reports need updating?

  • Unreliable sequences

    The operator has checked all the equipment and presses ‘start’ but the sequence faults halfway through and doesn’t give any explanation what has happened. Is that the reason the operator runs the plant in manual mode?

  • Complete Solution

    We also do small projects from start to finish.
    Contact us for an obligation free chat.

Contact Scandia Automation for an obligation free chat how together we can come up with practical and cost-effective solutions to these common problems. All work is performed under full public liability and professional indemnity insurance and is certified by an RPEQ engineer with over 20 years’ experience.

Contact Scandia Automation for an obligation free chat how together we can solve these common problems.

Contact Us

Contact Scandia Automation for an obligation free chat how together we can come up with practical and cost-effective solutions to control system problems.

Scandia Automation Pty. Ltd.

  • (07) 3172 5075
  • hello@scandiaautomation.com.au
  • 371 MacArthur Ave,
    Hamilton, QLD, 4007

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