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Material handling and lifting
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Automation and retrofit of lifting equipment

Older equipment may have control limitations, obsolete components, maintenance difficulties and poor spare parts availability.

A retrofit allows panels, controls, drives and operating features to be modernised while keeping components that are still in suitable condition for use.

Assess my equipment
industrial electrical panel with variable frequency drives

Interventions

Work typically included in a retrofit

  • Replacement of panels
  • Upgrading contactors and protective devices
  • Installation of variable frequency drives
  • Modernisation of controls
  • Implementation of radio remote control
  • Installation of signalling
  • Upgrading of limit switches
  • Sensor integration
  • Reorganisation of circuits
  • Updating of electrical diagrams

Stages

Managing the retrofit project

  1. Survey
  2. Analysis of the current system
  3. Identification of obsolete items
  4. Definition of the scope
  5. Electrical design
  6. Assembly
  7. Installation
  8. Tests
  9. Updating of documentation
  10. Guidance for the client

Automation and retrofit

Does your equipment have an old panel or obsolete components?

Send photographs of the panel, any available diagrams and a description of the operating limitations for a feasibility assessment.

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