Services
Controls engineering, end to end.
From first specification to years of support — for end clients directly, and inside integrators’ delivery teams. Delivered from the UK, across the UK.
01
PLC software engineering
Structured, testable control software in Siemens TIA Portal for S7-1500 and S7-1200, including fail-safe applications. Written to be read: consistent structure, meaningful naming, and documentation that survives handover to the next engineer.
Typically includes
- New-build application software
- Fail-safe (F-system) applications
- Standardisation and code libraries
- Code review and rework
- Simulation and offline testing
02
HMI & SCADA
Operator interfaces that reflect how the plant actually runs. Clear screens, honest alarms, and navigation an operator can learn in a shift — built in SIMATIC WinCC.
Typically includes
- Panel and PC-based WinCC applications
- Alarm philosophy and rationalisation
- Screen standards and templates
- Access levels and user management
- Migration of ageing HMI applications
03
Commissioning & site services
FAT, SAT and go-live, run with discipline. I/O checkout that is actually complete, changes recorded as they happen, and a structured handover at the end — plus cover when production can’t stop.
Typically includes
- FAT and SAT execution
- I/O checkout and loop testing
- Go-live and ramp-up support
- Shutdown and changeover cover
- Site records and structured handover
04
Material handling & logistics
Our background is high-throughput sortation, conveying and warehouse automation — systems where seconds matter and edge cases arrive by the thousand. We write control that keeps product moving.
Typically includes
- Sortation and conveyor control
- Merge, divert and tracking logic
- Throughput analysis and tuning
- WMS / WCS interface integration
- Emulation and virtual commissioning support
05
Upgrades & migrations
Planned moves from legacy Simatic platforms to TIA Portal, sequenced around production. Obsolescence handled before it bites — with rollback points, not leaps of faith.
Typically includes
- S7-300 / S7-400 to S7-1500 migrations
- Classic STEP 7 to TIA Portal conversions
- Hardware obsolescence surveys
- Phased cutover planning
- Post-migration verification
06
Ongoing support
Remote and on-site support for installed systems: fault-finding, modifications and agreed response. Small changes handled properly — tested, documented and version-controlled.
Typically includes
- Remote diagnostics and fault-finding
- Modifications and enhancements
- Agreed response arrangements
- Documentation and backup discipline
07
Engineering tooling & software
We treat our own discipline as something to automate. Alongside project delivery we build software tools — for ourselves and for clients — that take friction out of controls engineering: consistency checks, bulk engineering-data handling, and utilities that make large TIA Portal projects navigable.
Typically includes
- Bespoke engineering utilities for your team
- Project consistency and standards checking
- Bulk data preparation and handling
- Documentation generation from project data
- Prizm — our desktop companion for TIA Portal
Not sure which of these you need?
Describe the plant and the problem — we’ll tell you honestly what’s involved, and what isn’t.