OptimaoIn control has extensive experience with machine safety systems from major PLC, SCADA, and drive manufacturers like Siemens, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, Schneider, and Parker. Pegler Yorkshire, a manufacturer of plumbing products, upgraded the drive system controlling a cold forging press with a new AC motor and AC drives from Parker Hannifin. This resulted in a 25% increase in production availability through reduced downtime. Maintenance time was also cut from 2 hours per week to just 10 minutes per month, and annual maintenance costs decreased by £1500.

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PEGLER YORKSHIRE RECORD 25% UPTIME IMPROVEMENT AFTER UPGRADE BY OPTIMA
Pegler Yorkshire designs and manufactures innovative and reliable
branded connect & control solutions for the worldwide plumbing
and heating industry. The company has invested heavily in their
manufacturing facilities at an average rate of £3.5m per annum.
These developments, involving significant capital equipment
investment, have resulted in major customer benefits including
shorter lead times, improved response and reduced costs.
One recent upgrade project was completed at the manufacturer’s
plant in Leeds, UK. The original requirement of the project was to
replace the drive system of a cold forging press. It had given great
service for 20 years but was becoming problematic due to the
obsolescence and unreliability of the control equipment. The
press punches out copper tube billets from solid copper rod which
are used in the manufacture of various sizes of fittings. These
fittings are used in the plumbing industry for connecting copper
tube together in water, gas and central heating systems. Optima
Control Solutions, the Blackburn-based systems integrator, came up
with a turnkey solution to integrate into the existing control system.
A new AC motor from TECC replaced an obsolete DC motor. The
old DC motor required frequent maintenance to keep the machine
in production. In addition, new AC drives from Parker Hannifin
were configured to use existing control signals to operate the press
in the same way as the existing drives. The control system design
was compliant with the latest EN60204-1; EN954-1 safety
standards and the EN61800-3 EMC Product Standard. Upgrading to
the new AC motor and control system realised a 25% uplift in
availability, resulting in significantly increased production output.
Tony Lepecha, Electrical Systems Engineer at Pegler Yorkshire,
explained: “As a result of this upgrade project, we are enjoying a
number of improvements. The new system increased the press
production availability by 25 %. We have not had any downtime
problems since install. The new control system also improved our
energy efficiency by 3 to 5% and the upgrade significantly lowered
our maintenance requirements – from 2 hours per week to mere 10
minutes per month! In addition, our maintenance costs are down as
well – the old motor required regular repairs costing approximately
£1500 per year. Currently, the new motor has incurred no cost.”