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   ★  Engineered Industrial Control Solutions

 

 Overview of GA's service offerings & customer engagement  

 

 ★ Industry Segments 


  • Pulp & Paper
  • Consumer Packaging
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Aerospace
  • Brewing, Food & Bev
  • Material Handling

 ★ Core Competencies 


  • PLC & HMI Programming
  • Electrical Design
  • Robotic Systems
  • Troubleshooting
  • CAD Schematics
  • Control Panel Build

 ★ Scope Capabilities  


  • Project Execution
  • Engineering Support
  • Downtime Break-Fix
  • Audit / Documentation
  • Digital Transformation
  • Onsite Services
 
 

 Examples of proven control system programming & design expertise: 

 
 
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Motor Control

   ★     Motor Control

     Title Project Example: Bulk Material Conveyance MCC

     Intelligent Centralized MCCs
    ★ NEMA or IEC Motor Control center design to customer specificication
    ★ Banked starter panel design philospopy, smart or discrete for sequenced applications
    ★ Compact overload and short circuit protection for dense panels
        Project Example: Recycling Sortation MCC
     VFD Controls tuned to your application
    ★ Fieldbus or discrete control stratagies for complex speed and torque applications
    ★ Common data structure standard for integration of SCADA or HMI faceplates
    ★ Decentralized or stand-alone drives, designed NEC / NFPA & NEMA compliant
        Project Example: Craft Brewing Equipment
     Servo axis, Encoders & closed-loop positioning
    ★ Standard, robust programming templates for complex integrated motion kenematics
    ★ Encoder tracking and precision positioning applications a specialty
    ★ Stepper, laser distance, and pseudo-closed loop design stratagies for low cost performance
        Project Example: Custom Gantry Packaging Machine
Panel
Robotic Applications

   ★     Robotic Applications

     Title Project Example: Custom Packaging Cell

     Bespoke cells for your custom process
    ★ Fenced or fenceless Cat3 PLd safety controls for RIA compliant cell design
    ★ Diverse EOAT (end of arm tooling) integration and sensor spec experience
    ★ Standardized and comprehensive PLC-to-Robot intetration for ease of operation
        Project Example: Casting Material Removal
     Simulation & concepting to ensure repeatability
    ★ Envelope and obsticile simulation, Fanuc DCS setup
    ★ Your custom process simulated realtime submitted for pre-approval
    ★ Software support & training services for recipe based variable parameter systems
        Project Example: Chemical Spiral Dispense
     Cartesian gantry, scara, and delta robots
    ★ Vendor-agnostic standard methodology for homing & recovery
    ★ Single-axis & coordinated motion for scalable precision
    ★ Complex pick & place vision integrated robotic applicaitons
        Project Example: 3-axis Pick & Place Gantry
Panel
PLC Conversions

   ★     PLC Conversions

     Title Project Example: Process control rack conversion

     Full panel overhaul & replacement
    ★ Replacing your tired, rusty, dated enclosures to current standard
    ★ Mitigate usafe work conditions economically with safety controls
    ★ 1-for-1 replacement or expanded functions to maximize value
        Project Example: Mining control panel demolition & replacement
     AB PLC-5 Migration a specialty
    ★ Proven documentation to to ensure an easy swap
    ★ Card considerations such as amp draw and wiring pre-flagged in conversion matrix
    ★ Program migration best practices: Documenting MSG instruction extended detail etc.
        Project Example: 1771 to 1756 remote rack conversion
     Small systems & PLC/HMI upgrades
    ★ Economical instrumentation & hardware to maximze function with a small price
    ★ Breathing new life into your mechanically sound machineiry or processes
    ★ Migrating to plant-wide hardware and programming standards for standalone equipment
        Project Example: Small polishing system controls
Panel
Retrofits

   ★     Retrofits

     Title Project Example: Process PLC-to-DCS data transfer expansion

     Adding functionaltiy to existing PLCs
    ★ Scalable functionality improvements & integration for you existing equipment & systems
    ★ Any manufacturer PLC brand & firmware revision in any system with memory space
    ★ Got an idea of how you'd like to expand or improve? Let's bring it to relaity.
        Project Example: Beverage conveyor SCADA, expansion & Tuning
     Engineering documentation services for existing systems
    ★ Dimensional CAD drawings created from your existing panel componets
    ★ Schematic generation from systems with lost or irrelevant prints
    ★ New wire and componet numbering schemes for quick troubleshooting
        Project Example: Assembly Line Expansion As-built Documentation
     Addition of robotics, vision, data harvesting etc.
    ★ Updating even dinosaur panels with the latest technology to extend system life
    ★ Robotic additions to existing electrical architechture
    ★ Vision and metrology systems to add diretctly into your existting PLC
        Project Example: Robot to PLC communications programming
Panel
UL508a Control Panels

   ★     UL508a Control Panels

     Title Project Example: Brewery Packaging Machine

     Thoughtfully engineered panel layout & wiring
    ★ Sequestered disconnect and seperated voltage designs a speicality
    ★ Schematic & layout generation from templates for accelertated timelines
    ★ Sheet/line reference numbering schemes for wire, cabling, and componets
        Project Example: Robotic cartoner / palletizer
     Modular panels designed for expansion & integration
    ★ Dimensional CAD drawings created custom for your design
    ★ Schematic generation from systems with lost or irrelevant prints
    ★ New wire and componet numbering schemes for quick troubleshooting
        Project Example: Pallet dispensing & indexing
     Control panel and electrical system installation
    ★ Single-line drawings, conduit & cabling schedules for ease of installation
    ★ Control panel design with considerations for quick conductor routing & terminating
    ★ Subcontract and project managment services avaliable for turnkey systems
        Project Example: Bulk conveyance motor conduit
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Onsite Services

   ★     Onsite Services

     Title Project Example: Robotic paint booth

     Deployable Controls Engineering
    ★ Fully equipped with tools and gear for no loss of productivity in the field
    ★ Seasoned business travelers with loyalty program status to get on-site on-time
    ★ Integration and start-up long term projects avalaible
        Project Example: 2 robot addition & complete PLC re-write
     Technical field services on-demand
    ★ OEM machine builder, integration firm, or direct facility maintenance field support
    ★ Emergency support, remote support, and onsite service contracts
    ★ Existing equipment documentation, field comissioning and startup services
        Project Example: Chemcial mixing HMI replacement
     Safety audits and 3rd party validation
    ★ Task-Based risk assessment (TRBA) services for any custom machine or process
    ★ Safety rating, catagory and performance level design evalutation
    ★ Safety PLC and controller programming and modification to maintain safety integrity
        Project Example: Custom metal forming machine controls inspection
 
(All photos & examples from actual project experience)

   ★   GA: World class programming, design & deliverables with agility

 

 Our value proposition is simple: Elite engineering services with zero overhead 

 

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We are more than a panel shop or a programming resource. Each Grady Automation project is specifically tailored to our customer, built with flexible and powerful controls engineering standards & deliverables.
The GA engineering libraries are thoughtfully composed and methodically organized to ensure
software and hardware functionality is complete, well designed, and rapidly deployable.

As your controls subject matter experts, we understand what world-class quality is.
We invite you to compare us to a larger firm; we have the experience to deliver solutions
more rapidly, cost-effectively, and with more flexiblity - custom to your application and process.

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 Flip through a sample drawing set to see the detail of our CAD standards 

 

 
 

 Ready to get started? Here is our proven partnership process: 

 
  • Discover
    Stakeholder Intro ★ Project Assessment ★ Scope Definition
  • Propose
    Control narrative ★ Design Review ★ Project Timeline
  • Design
    Documentation Services ★ Applications Engineering ★ Functional Specification
  • Build
    Program Generation ★ Hardware Assembly ★ Validation & testing
  • Commission
    System Installation ★ Acceptance Testing ★ Onsite Services
  • Support
    Remote Access ★ Improvement Roadmapping ★ Optimization & Maintenance

 

   ★   The Grady Automation Team

 

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Alissa Bick

Operations Administrator

 

"It's so exciting to run an unconventional, customer-focused controls integrator & engineering firm!
Our old-fashioned American ideals in busniness paired with the ability of rapidly delivering
tomorrow's solutions today has had a humbling response from our startup customer base.

 

Bradley Bick

Electrical Controls Engineer

 

"Laying eyes on noisy AMF 82-30 pinspotters at fourteen was all it took to foster
eternal curiosity and fall in love with industrial automation. I am grateful
to have the experience of boots on the ground, directly plugged into
hundreds of industrial machines and processes worldwide.
Mastery of any skill is taught by mentors, and I am thankful for those who have
crossed my professional path and imparted their skill and discipline to me, "

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Brad

Grady the Dog

Greyhound & GSD mix

"Grady the hound dog embodies exactly what we strive to provide in a customer relationship: always watching the ball, working steadfast with tireless speed and precision, an enduring loyalty, eagerness to please, discipline to do the right thing, and always wagging that tail"

 
 

 Associates, References, and Friends of Grady Automation 

 

John Flagg

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Process Controls Engineer


- Columbia Machine Inc
- Global Process Automation
- American Paper Converting

Vancouver, Wa


Albert Johnson

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Controls Engineer & Machinist


- C&C Technologies
- Copoly Polymers
- PakTech

Springfield, Or


David Dukelow

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Electrical Engineer


- Andritz
- WVCO | Pre-Tec
- Olssen Industrial Elecric

Eugene, Or


Sam Rivera

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Seervice & Support Manager


- Rovisys Building Technologies
- Bulk Handling Systems
- Johnson Controls

Nashville, Tn


Zach King

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Robot Programmer & CEO


- American Automated Solutions
- Midwest Eng. & Automation
- Carlisle Brake & Friction

Medina, Oh


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