Controls engineering · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Plant integration and controls upgrades.

Douglas Systems is a controls engineering contractor. We connect equipment across the plant floor and move aging control systems onto supported platforms. Every change is logged, and the finished system is yours to own outright.

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Services

Plant integration

Connecting machines, PLCs, HMIs and plant networks so control and production data move reliably between lines and up to the business.

Controls upgrades

Migrating legacy PLC, drive and HMI platforms to supported hardware and software, with cutovers planned around your production schedule.

Platforms

Allen-Bradley

ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View, PowerFlex

Ignition

SCADA, HMI and MES, historian, alarming, Perspective

Siemens

S7-1500, S7-1200, TIA Portal, WinCC, S7-300/400 migrations

Principles

An action without a log is a liability.

Every action, decision, sensor change, and button press should be logged.  You cannot have quality without tracability.

The machine is yours

At handover you receive the source code, drawings, and credentials.  We fill moats, not create them.  Your team can run, change and extend it without us.

Statistical process control is for everyone.

Control charts and capability data should be generated and assessed in real time at the machine.