Engineering, not resale
We hold no distribution agreements. The hardware we specify is the hardware that fits your plant, its spares stock and its maintenance skills.
Industrial automation and controls services
Six focused service lines covering electrical design, PLC and HMI software, robot integration, manufacturing data, independent audits and long-term support.
Fixed scope, written first
Every engagement starts with a document that lists deliverables, exclusions, milestones and price. Changes are quoted, never assumed.
You own everything
Source code, drawings, tag databases and test scripts are handed over in editable formats at close-out. Always.
Service 01
Controls & PLC engineering
Electrical design and PLC/HMI software for new machines and for retrofits of equipment that is decades old.
- Ladder logic, function block and structured text on Rockwell ControlLogix / CompactLogix, Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500, Omron NJ/NX and Beckhoff CX
- HMI and SCADA screen design in FactoryTalk View, WinCC and Ignition, built around what the operator needs at 3 a.m.
- Safety architecture: E-stop categories, light curtains, gate interlocks and safety-relay or safety-PLC selection
- Panel layout, bill of materials and UL 508A specification, built by our partner shops in San Jose and Hayward
- VFD and servo sizing, tuning and network configuration (EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT)
Indicative investment: From $6,500 for a single-machine retrofit
Service 02
Line & robot integration
Dropping a new cell into a running line is mostly a communications and timing problem. That is the part we own.
- Cell integration for FANUC, Universal Robots, Epson and Yaskawa arms, including gripper I/O and safe-speed zones
- Machine-to-machine handshakes, accumulation logic and buffer sizing so upstream stops do not cascade
- Vision integration with Cognex and Keyence for presence, measurement and code reading
- Protocol bridging between islands of equipment: Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, MQTT to the plant broker
- Factory acceptance and site acceptance testing with written test scripts you keep
Indicative investment: Typically $18,000 – $95,000 per cell
Service 03
Manufacturing data, OEE & reporting
If two shifts calculate availability differently, the number is decoration. We make measurement consistent and boring.
- Tag architecture and historian design (Ignition, FactoryTalk Historian, TimescaleDB, InfluxDB)
- ISA-95 aligned data models for downtime reasons, scrap codes and product genealogy
- Automatic downtime capture with operator reason-code prompts on the HMI
- OEE, first-pass yield and energy dashboards for the floor, for supervisors and for the executive review
- Scheduled reports to email, and clean SQL views for whatever BI tool the company standardised on
Indicative investment: From $12,000 for a single-line pilot
Service 04
Automation, safety & OT security audits
An independent set of eyes on the system you inherited, with findings ranked by risk and cost to fix.
- Code review for undocumented forces, bypassed interlocks, retained bits and dead branches
- Safety review against NFPA 79 and ANSI/RIA R15.06 practice, including E-stop reach and reset logic
- OT network review: flat networks, default credentials, unmanaged remote access, missing backups
- Spare-parts and obsolescence assessment with a five-year replacement outlook
- Deliverable is a prioritised remediation plan with effort estimates — usable as a capital request
Indicative investment: $4,800 – $14,000 depending on line count
Service 05
Commissioning & retainer support
Start-up is where projects are won or lost. We plan it around your production window, not ours.
- On-site commissioning including weekend and night windows when the line cannot stop mid-week
- Operator and maintenance training delivered on the machine, with a printed quick-reference card
- Thirty-day stabilisation period after handover included in every project
- Monthly retainers with defined remote-response windows for changeovers, recipe additions and faults
- Backup and version-control discipline so the last known-good program is always recoverable
Indicative investment: Retainers from $1,900 / month
Service 06
Documentation recovery
Half the plants we visit run machines nobody has drawings for. We rebuild the paper trail before it becomes a crisis.
- Panel survey, I/O tracing and as-built electrical drawings in AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN
- I/O schedules, network maps and device inventories with firmware revisions
- Written maintenance and changeover procedures, photographed step by step
- Program archive with commented code and a change log going forward
- Handover in editable source formats — no vendor lock-in
Indicative investment: From $3,200 per machine
Engagement models
Three ways to work with us
| Model | Best for | Commercial basis | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-scope project | Defined deliverable: a retrofit, a new cell, a dashboard | Milestone billing against a written scope | 3–16 weeks |
| Assessment | Plants that need evidence before requesting capital | Flat fee, report delivered in 10 business days | 1–2 weeks |
| Retainer | Ongoing changeover support and small improvements | Monthly fee with a defined block of engineering hours | Rolling, 3-month minimum |
All figures on this page are indicative ranges for planning purposes. Firm pricing follows a site assessment. Travel outside the greater Bay Area is quoted separately.
Tell us about the line that keeps you awake
Send drawings, a fault log or just a description of the problem. You will get a written response from an engineer — not a sales script — within one business day.