Automation Obsolescence Audit
Identify ageing and difficult-to-source PLCs, HMIs, drives and interfaces. Review the consequences of failure and prioritise critical spares, recovery arrangements and phased migration.
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT / INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Understand the Risks.
Plan the Right Improvements.
Practical technical assessment for manufacturing plants managing recurring downtime, obsolete controls, costly upgrade proposals or gaps in recovery readiness.
ASSESSMENT & RECOMMENDATIONS
A Clear Technical Basis for Your Next Decision
Advice grounded in workshop and on-site experience with production machinery, control systems and practical conversions.
Recurring-Failure Investigation
Investigate repeated faults in drives, PLC systems, power supplies and control electronics. Review the relevant installation, loading, earthing, cooling and contamination conditions, then prioritise corrective action.
Retrofit Feasibility & Specification
Assess the practical scope for modernising an existing machine. Define the proposed control arrangement, initial I/O requirements, major components and shutdown approach, with a technical specification for comparison.
Critical Spares & Recovery Readiness
Compare installed equipment with available program files, parameter backups and stores. Identify missing or unverified recovery information and recommend compatible spare or second-source options.
Maintenance-Team Technical Support
Support your engineers with PLC I/O tracing, drive diagnostics, backup management, control-panel investigation and preventive inspection around the equipment they maintain.
FROM FINDINGS TO ACTION
Recommendations You Can Use
Receive a concise findings report or a more detailed technical report, according to the agreed scope. Recommendations consider suitability, maintainability, spare availability, lifecycle risk and total cost.
A Practical Review Process
- Discuss the production issue and required outcome.
- Inspect the equipment and review available records with your team.
- Identify the technical risks and practical options.
- Prioritise actions and document the findings.
- Arrange implementation, procurement or commissioning support where required.
Assessment and reporting can be commissioned as a standalone service. Parts, programming and implementation are agreed separately.
PLAN THE SCOPE
Start with the Equipment That Matters Most
Share a recurring fault, a difficult upgrade decision or the systems your plant cannot afford to lose.
Discuss Your Requirement ↗Useful Information to Share
- Machine and automation equipment list
- Fault history and production impact
- Available drawings, programs and parameter backups
- Critical-spare inventory and planned shutdown opportunities
LET'S REVIEW YOUR REQUIREMENT
Discuss Your Next
Engineering Requirement
Tell us about your equipment, planned improvements or the technical support your team needs.