SPA has a strong Application / Project Management group capable of Managing various projects. This group can handle different aspects of a project involving Programmable Controllers, Distributed Control Systems and Control Panels interfaced with DAS / SCADA packages, as also projects involving the retrofitting of Stand-alone discrete parts manufacturing machines with PC's and dedicated MMI units. The team also handles the commissioning of individual Machine Controllers for controlling individual Machine Tools.
In the area of turnkey projects we study the customer requirements and suggest them the best method of achieving their control requirement with our projects, the Transducers and Instrumentation Components necessary for achieving the Process Control objective. We have competence in designing the control panels , necessary and overseeing the fabrication of the panel, Developing an Application / PLC software, integrating the PLC system with PC - based software packages and commissioning the whole system at the customer's works.
Some of the application areas where we have extensive experience integrating and commissioning solutions are -
- Energy Management
- Boiler Control
- Turbine Control
- Weighing and Batch Processing
- Temperature Measurement and PID Control
- Strain and Pressure Measurement
- Liquid Distribution and Flow Control
- Flight Simulation -Mixer and Cooker Automation
- Power Distribution SCADA
- Pollution Control and Automation of Electrostatic Precipitator
- Nuclear Reactor Monitoring and Control
- Production line Automation
- Rolling Mill and other Steel Mill control
- Warehouse Automation
- Process Control Simulation
- Power Islanding and Fuzzy Control
- Glass Manufacturing and Control of Quality Gauges
- Transportation Systems
Factory Automation and Manufacturing
In the Machine Tool industries, the group has developed application software for a variety of machines such as:
- Plastic Injection Moldings Machines
- Surface Grinding Machines
- Blow Molding Machines
- Special Purpose Machines
- Die Casting Machines
- Brick Making Machines
- Conveyor Systems
- Granite Cutting Machines
- Granite Polishing Machines and
- Plastic Extrusion Machines
Manufacturing, worldwide, is going through a metamorphosis. Information Technology is increasingly becoming a differentiating factor that governs survival, and this level of technical capability is increasingly being outsourced to strategic partners.
SPA has been providing consulting and software services to manufacturers for nearly two decades. Our solutions enable our customers to optimize their operations from Product Development, to Vendor Development, to Production, to Distribution and Support. In short, we cover the entire manufacturing value chain in our ability to address our customers' requirements.
Our Services include -
- Process Consulting
- Security Systems
- Warehouse Automation
- Logistics Management
- Materials Management
- Sales Management and Order Tracking systems
- Workflow and Production Management
- Maintenance Management
- Supply Chain Management
Experience with Systems
PLC Systems
Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE Fanuc, SPA PLC, ABB and PLC Direct.
MMI Software
Intellution, Wonderware, Cimplicity, Citect, US Data and Tilcon.
DCS Systems
Yokogawa and Honeywell.
I/O Systems
RTP and VMIC.
Fieldbus systems
LonWorks, Profibus and Devicenet.
PLC Programming
Ladder Logic, Structured Text and C Code.
OS Expertise
Windows CE, QNX, Linux, VxWorks and pSOS.
