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Automation and Controls

Pickering Associates automation specialists team up with clients to achieve sustained improvement in operational and production performance through problem solving, education and the utilization of appropriate technology and tools. We have developed automation applications that include conveying systems, packaging systems, pumping stations, multi-axis robotic systems, chemical addition, dust collection, power management, and security systems. We use control methodologies from simple open loop systems to sophisticated continuous multiple cascade PID control loops.

Key Expertise
    • Control System Architecture
    • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
    • Distribution Control Systems (DCS)
    • Process Logic Definition
    • Instrument Specifications
    • General Layout and Installation Details
    • Loop Analysis and Diagraming
    • Data Acquisition
Services Include
    • Authorized Rockwell Systems Integrator
    • Engineered Safeguards
    • Call-Out Services to Limit/Prevent Downtime
    • Commissioning and Start-up Services
Our Process

The Automation and Control Group provides support of existing installations, servicing components from a variety of manufacturers.

Our personnel have successfully completed municipal and industrial projects in areas such as water treatment, chemicals and plastics, metals, paper, food processing, oil & gas, and manufacturing.

Projects have ranged from the very small using only a single PLC with a handful of I/O to the very large involving several PLCs, supervisory computers, operator control station HMIs, and several thousand I/O points. These completed systems can provide trending, historical archiving, batch recipes, and other special features.