CONTROL & AUTOMATION
UPGRADE & SUPPORT OPTIONS
OPTIMAL INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Increasing productivity in a time of crisis…
Optimal Industrial Automation is offering a
range of upgrade and support options to
businesses facing unprecedented demand
such as the food processing and pharma
manufacturing sectors. Customers can
benefit from services that range from the
recommissioning of mothballed equipment
with cutting edge control automation, right
up to the application of game-changing
process automation solutions, such as
Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
software, to massively increase production
from existing equipment.
Innovative automation projects and
revamps of existing systems are being
used to drive plant productivity and deliver
the conversion of production lines in
record time. “The big challenge is how to
fast-forward technological development
for machines, processes and production
lines that may have been sitting, ticking
along, for up to ten years, or longer.
Control automation has transformed
radically in that time, making systems far
more efficient, flexible, and responsive to
changes in demand,” says Martin Gadsby,
Director at Optimal Industrial Automation.
manufacturers leverage factory automation
to increase productivity or repurpose
production and processing assets. In this
way, it aims to contribute towards avoiding
shortages.
“Our own advanced PAT knowledge
management platform synTQ developed
by our sister company Optimal Industrial
Technologies, for example, is being used
right now by major global companies and
SMEs to increase output – nearly three-
fold in some cases. This is being achieved
while maintaining the same physical
manufacturing footprint.
“Optimal Industrial Automation, together
with Optimal Industrial Technologies, is in
the unique position of having managed the
system integration for more synTQ projects
than any other supplier globally. We’ve
already offered support to government-led
initiatives to help fast-track projects such
as testing kit production, inoculation drug
development and scale-up.”
EXPERIENCE COUNTS WHEN THE
PRESSURE IS ON
For over 30 years Optimal has supported
businesses in a wide range of industries to
optimise production costs, product quality
and business sustainability by building,
integrating and enhancing their factory
automation systems. Customers in the
most demanding and highly regulated
of sectors such as pharmaceutical, life
science, chemical, aerospace, green
energy and food & beverage have
enjoyed substantial benefits, even before
the added pressure of a global pandemic.
To address the continuing uncertainty
about how global and local supply chains
will operate in the following months, the
company is providing extra support to help
Customer projects vary in scale and level
of complexity from applying individual PLC
control to individual processes, through
to robotising production machines,
applying machine vision systems and
commissioning productivity improvement
tools such as PAT-based software.
Martin Gadsby concludes: “Many
manufacturers need to quickly ramp
up production to cope with the current
situation – while also reducing manual
input from operators to support social
distancing measures. Automation is
the answer to a lot of our immediate
production needs. We want to do what
we can to help businesses in these
challenging times, and would like to
invite anyone interested in an automation
upgrade to contact us to discuss how we
can support them.”
For further information, please visit www.optimal-ltd.co.uk
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