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UPGRADE BY OPTIMA CONTROL SOLUTIONS IS FUELLING DUNLOP’S PRODUCTIVITY DRIVE
Optima Control Solutions is helping a world leading company’s productivity drive
after completing a control and safety system upgrade for Dunlop.
Drives and control specialist Optima won the contract for the project with Dunlop
because of its sector knowledge and reputation for improving plant productivity
and efficiency, backed by guarantees of expert technical support.
Dunlop, the producer of rubber products, employed Optima to refurbish one of
its main machines in order to improve its control and reliability, but the company
also wanted the equipment to meet the stricter safety standard of EN13849.
The project required that Optima’s engineers work closely with their Dunlop
counterparts during the design stages to ensure that the upgrade met this
requirement for a complex, yet flexible, safety system, which could also monitor
the rate of motion under various operational conditions.
To successfully meet these demands, Optima selected the Pilz PNOZ
Multiprogrammable safety relay to enhance the security of the machine and
extend its lifetime. It also used Siemens’ Simotion D drive to precisely gear-lock
the machine’s carriage drive, which applies the material to the main drive. This
upgrade provides precision locking of a sequence of drives in order to
guarantee reliable product quality.
This was the first upgrade Optima had carried out for Dunlop, but joint managing director Michael Hill believes
the successful collaboration and excellent working relationship established between the companies will lead
to further projects. He said: “Optima has all the skills and experience required by Dunlop to fully manage and
engineer this project. By using the latest Siemens technology we have successfully enhanced the safety,
security and lifetime of the machine, therefore eliminating a major risk factor.”
Optima, an approved Solution Partner, has developed an
unrivalled reputation for designing, building and commissioning
high-quality drive control systems over the last 16 years and,
through its sister company, InfoServe365, is also now a UK
leader in managed data collection and analysis.
Established in 1995 by two local engineers, the brainchild of Mr
Hill and fellow managing director Dr Adrian West, has grown
steadily and now provides a blue chip service to an impressive
client base both here in the UK and overseas.
WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS & MACHINE SAFETY EXPERIENCE WITH…
o Siemens, S5&S7 PLC, WinCC Scada, MasterDrives, Sinamics & Simotion o Allen Bradley PLC,SCADA & Drives
o GE Fanuc PLC&SCADA o Fortress GuardMaster o Parker SSD Drives o Wonderware SCADA o Profisafe
o Pilz, PSS, PNOZ Multi SICK UK o Intellution SCADA o SICK UK o Schneider o
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