Integrated Automation & Control Systems
Integrated Automation & Control SystemsWhy choose Smith and Long for Integrated Automation & Control Systems?
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Automation & Control Service Offerings
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Safety Systems
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Custom Control Panels
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24 Hour Emergency Response
The Smith & Long Integrated Automation & Control Systems Team is your best choice as a partner for so many reasons: Safety. Innovation. Experience. Expertise. Professionalism. Technology. Collaboration. Response.
The Smith & Long Integrated Automation & Control Systems Team is your best choice as a partner for so many reasons: Safety. Innovation. Experience. Expertise. Professionalism. Technology. Collaboration. Response.
There is no question that the complexity within the world of automation has grown exponentially over the past few decades. With the advent and incredible popularity of the “smartphone” in recent years the term “automation” has reached a whole new level of understanding, acceptance, and even expectation by the public at large. People want (and in many cases, need) access to real-time information and control. While they generally do not know how it all works, they just know “what” they want and they want it now!
On a consumer level, it might be the control of your residential thermostat settings and actual temperature information, lighting control, a residential alarm system complete with video and lock control, or even refrigerator and its contents. Or perhaps car starting, stopping and performance status information.
The “IoT” (Internet of Things) is also upon us and it would seem there is absolutely no going back.
Building upon this everyday understanding of what is possible and often mandated from an equipment and or process automation standpoint…the Smith & Long Automation & Integration Team is here for you! The rapidly evolving technology of today brings an almost limitless offering of control, automation, annunciation, energy efficient solutions to the industrial, commercial and institutional environment…and the possibilities have never been more exciting.
Smith & Long plays a very active role within the automation and control space today as it has for decades, ranging from simple to complex solutions incorporating:
- Motor controls, such as VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives), servos, DC drives, soft-starts, etc.
- PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers)
- HMI (Human Machine Interface), OCS (Operator Control Station), GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- Safety relays and associated system devices
- Communications protocols that may employ copper, fibre and/or wireless technologies
- Mechanical modifications for safety guarding and or operational improvement
Having ready access to so many quality components and technology is powerful in of itself, but only when appropriately selected and integrated for the right reason to meet client needs. This is where the experience and expertise of the Smith & Long Automation & Integration Team provide the optimum value proposition for our clients. For all too often “Automation & Control” retrofits lose sight of the crucial “control” functionality by “automating” key functions that should remain in operator control. Or just as unfortunate, by leaving too manual control functions intact and thus missing a golden opportunity for machine optimization and automation that could have enhanced both product quality and output.