Automation and Systems Integration

Automation Systems integrators create direct lines of communication between automated systems that allow plant equipment to more efficiently communicate with operators and other machinery. There are many benefits of automation systems integration and many industries, especially those that rely on information technology, computer networking, and automated machinery, implement system integration to achieve more efficient processes.

Integrating your systems also helps make devices compatible with the Internet of Things (IoT). This helps you better coordinate between systems and appliances to get an edge in your business practices. Doing so will also make your automated manufacturing processes more efficient, as integrated machinery can more effectively communicate and resolve issues and information across the system without having to rely on operators.

Industrial Control Systems Integration

Industrial control systems help automate production processes, and integration often functions to bring these control systems closer together by combining the workloads of each individual component, including software infrastructure and network security.

One of the most prevalent types of system integration is supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), which combines software and hardware elements to allow companies to control and monitor their industrial processes locally or remotely. These systems also facilitate real-time data processing and monitoring.

System integration centers on the use of electrical control panels. These panels include customizable components like programmable logic controllers (PLCs), variable frequency drives (VFDs), and silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) power thermal systems.

Types of Automation System Integration

Automation Production Line: Many methods exist to achieve optimal system integration. We’ve listed a few of the most notable automation systems integration below:

• SCADA integration: Software system integration with the use of Web HMIs allow you to create user interfaces that can interact with real-time server data, which makes various applications available on any device that can connect to the internet. HMI systems can be integrated with SCADA systems that are already in use.

• Automation components: Customizable components incorporated in each control panel can automate machine-level tasks, such as motor speed, start/stop operations, and other intelligence-based operations.

• PLC: System integrators can develop, program, and configure PLCs and remote terminal unit (RTU)-based control systems in industrial applications like wastewater collection. Software system integration with efficiently integrated PLC technology can automate flare stack operations within a production oil field by using sensors within the stack to feed data to the system. This helps evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) that assess gas and pressure buildup within wells. By leveraging the KPIs that detect ignition failure in the stack, these procedures result in increased productivity and profits.

• VFD: Clean-powered VFDs perform well in extreme weather conditions, including deserts and mountainous regions. The benefits of VFDs include:

  • Compensation for changing demands, which lowers energy costs

  • Reduced maintenance costs

  • Increased productivity, which improves crop quality

VFDs most commonly occur in water pump systems in wastewater treatment facilities. These systems monitor pressure to help control the pump speed in an attempt to maintain optimal operating conditions. Efficiency upgrades, including variable speed drives, can help subsidize up to half of a project’s total cost.

How Systems Integration Benefits Manufacturing Automation

Car Engines Manufacturing Plant: The benefits of system integration is that your automated manufacturing systems result in a smoother workflow and more efficient production processes. It allows your production machinery to communicate between different areas that will help your overall system better navigate conditions within your plant as they emerge.

For example, if the system notices a defective process in one area, it can automatically adjust its components to successfully navigate around the area. Additionally, integrated production machinery can automatically calibrate itself to conform to new production parameters should your needs change over time.

What to Expect From A Systems Integrator

There are many system integrators out there, but finding one that can understand the unique needs of your facility is essential to creating a positive working relationship. Good systems integrators aren’t afraid to take the time to listen to their clients’ needs. Your own engineers will always be the ones most familiar with your facility’s needs, so it’s important to work with a provider that puts your goals ahead of its ambitions.

Industrial Automation Systems Integration Benefits: 

PROTECH brings more than a decade of experience in building custom automation solutions for manufacturing partners across a number of industries. There are many reasons why integration is important, however, here are a few that will help you:

• Reduce costs

• Save time

• Eliminate waste

• Increase the scale of your manufacturing process

We bring a time-tested track record of quality service to all our projects. 

Quality Automation Systems Integration by PROTECH

At PROTECH, we help customers automate their production processes to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. We do so by taking advantage of the latest technological advances in automation systems integration.

Our solutions-focused domain experts will assist you with designing, building, installing, and maintaining new and retrofitted automation systems, helping deliver integrated solutions for your applications and processes. If you would like to learn more about our innovative methods and techniques, contact us today to discuss your needs and request a quote.I