Patti Engineering Inc - a control systems Integration Company based in
Auburn Hills, MI with offices in Massachusetts and Texas â€"
announced the successful completion of an automation project at Inman
Mills, South Carolina Plant. Inman Mills manufactures a wide variety
of yarns and fabrics. This is the sixth textile manufacturing facility
Patti Engineering has modernized with custom designed automation
technology. In an industry where margins are thread-thin, automation
is a major key to quality improvement and cost competitiveness.
Inman Mills purchased a pre-owned Autoflow system (conveyors, motors,
control panels). The equipment included an obsolete electrical control
system. Inman hired Patti Engineering to design and install a
state-of-the-art electrical control system.
The latest PC hardware, Phoenix Contact’s Steeplechase Visual
Logic Controller (VLC) and Iconics Graphical User Interface (GUI)
software were used to build a fully integrated electrical control
system.
In addition to the design and installation, Patti Engineering provided
training to Inman’s maintenance personnel, operators, and
management team for optimal utilization of the new system to maximize
production.
“Implementing cost effective electrical control system solutions
in textile manufacturing facilities has been a growing niche for Patti
Engineering, fueled by word-of-mouth referrals,†explained Sam
Hoff, president of Patti Engineering, “It was a pleasure to work
with Inman Mills. We were impressed with their commitment to
implementation of the best automation technology.â€
Patti Engineering has worked with other textile manufacturers to
retrofit their existing equipment with new and more advance electrical
control systems.
Retrofits cost just pennies on the dollar compared to replacing
inefficient equipment, allowing manufacturers to double the life of
the system, adding an additional 15 to 20 years of run time with high
reliability and a significant boost to productivity and accuracy.
Some of the textile ring spinning trolley conveyor systems Patti
Engineering has encountered in other mills have been operating with 15
to 20 year-old PC based control systems with hardware and software no
longer supported by foreign manufacturers.
Patti Engineering’s solutions include additional features not
available with the original machine control. New software programs are
written for better support and debug. Configurations and logging
databases are added to give a better history of events to improve
debug.
Improved functionality and management capabilities from the GUI are
added to run the systems more efficiently. In addition, Patti
Engineering provides US-based customer service with online engineering
support services available 24/7 for support.
Today’s manufacturers struggle with aging infrastructure,
increasingly stringent regulations as well as escalating operations
and energy costs. They are searching for cost-effective ways to
upgrade their equipment to meet current and future requirements.
Patti Engineering offers sustainable solutions that help manufacturers
reduce costs, improve operations, comply with new regulations, and
save energy.
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United States of America:Inman Mills adopts Patti's textile
automation technology
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