Systems are supported by our on site Start up Assistance and a 24 hour/365 day service network.

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Glass City Engineering provides complete engineered motion control systems.   We can integrate various speed and motion control products into complete production systems to meet specific application needs.  An engineered system can include AC, DC, servo drives.  These components may be integrated with Industrial Computers or PLC,  process controls, and instrumentation.   Programming and application specific documentation are additional services that can be provided. 

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Key Benefits

• Full Integration with most PLC's

• Share information with other applications

• Historically monitor events and alarms

• Interact with process easily

Capabilities

• ^{Alarming and Alarm Management}

• ^{Warn Operators of problems before they}

• ^{Display and acknowledge alarms in real-time}

• ^{Attach instructions and operator}

• ^{comments to accepted alarms}

• ^{Date, Time Stamp, Prioritize and Group Alarms}

• ^{Log to Printer or Disk File}

• ^{Historical Trending}

• ^{Collect, Display and Archive Process Data}

• ^{Export Data to DDE-compatible (Windows) applications}

• ^{Statistical Process Control}

• ^{Charting and Alarming based on real time data}

• ^{Monitor and adjust process to insure that the process remains within specification}

• ^{Saves money by Maximizing Quality and Minimizing Waste}

• ^{Recipes & Batch Management}

• ^{Create recipes to produce any quantity of end product on any line you choose}

• ^{Combine Formulas, Generic Procedures and Product Specifications to create Recipes}

• ^{Adjust recipes on-line without shutting down process}

• ^{Batch Processing}

• ^{Quality Control & Analysis Reporting}

• ^{Free-form Reports that are printed, written to disk or reviewed on-line}

• ^{Operator Help Messages}

• ^{Pop up instructional messages to assist users with machine/system operations}

• ^{Messages describing recommended corrective actions}

• ^{System training help messages}

• ^{Initialization, Start up and Shutdown Help Screen}

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Glass City Engineering, Inc.  believes that fully understanding the needs of our clients is crucial to an overall system design success. We will make sure that we have a clear understanding of your requirements, and only then will we determine the best solution.

Among the most important concerns of any company is properly investing in new capital or upgrade existing processes.  Because every company faces the constraints of a limited budget, choosing projects that provide the greatest return is essential to being competitive. Usually, however, capital investment decisions are not just a matter of comparing financial indicators. Often there are important technical comparisons necessary that require the skills of an engineer.

What's more, you'll find our systems will not only meet your needs today, but provide flexibility for future modifications  saving you both time and money.

Glass City Engineering, Inc (GCE)  has extensive experience with Allen-Bradley PLC2, PLC5, and SLC500 and Texas Instrument  processors. The company owns a variety Allen-Bradley PLC hardware for project development and testing. Data Highway Plus (DH+) and Ethernet connections are available at every workstation, allowing network applications to be thoroughly tested prior to site installation and process startup.

GCE’s  PLC services range from emergency support (T&M), to full "design-build" projects.  Control application experience includes (GML) for the Allen Bradley drives to PID Loops, Batch, Sequence, Motion, Packaging, and Material Handling. PLC programming languages include Ladder Logic,  (GML) for Allen Bradley's , Structured Text and Visual Basic.

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[ The company’s relationships with Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software provide GCE with access to tools and exposure to the latest technologies available from Rockwell Automation.]