Case Studies
Eastland Port wanted to ensure the debarking machine was compliant with AS/NZS4024 machine safety standards.
WoolWorks’ existing Awatoto site required a substantial rebuild after flood damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. We were asked to implement a new control system for their machinery based on no documentation and limited, outdated software, which ran on legacy equipment.
The upgrades completed at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Gisborne required us to automate the continuous process of treating the wastewater and removing the solids such that the treated water released into the ocean from the plant has minimal environmental effects.
We won the tender for the industrial automation and control of a green field site for Solid Energy working with a potentially explosive product: sawdust.
We won the tender for the industrial automation and control of a green field site for Solid Energy working with a potentially explosive product: sawdust.
After our factory automation systems work for Ardagh in Hastings, we were approached for a turnkey electrical and control system design and installation in NSW.
For Craggy Range, we upgraded and maintained an extensive automation and control system, across a variety or processes, including two site wide SCADA systems.
The Pernod Ricard winery in Marlborough consisted of many independent machines with no common controls or oversight of the whole wine making process. We designed and deployed a site wide SCADA system solving these issues.
At the heart of Kraft Heinz’s central processing facility is a hydrostatic cooker capable of processing and cooking 60,000 cans of food at any one time in a continuous process. It is an integral part of their business and a potential breakdown presented a significant financial risk.
Hawk's new greenfield site required us to design a factory automation solution for complex industrial process with different machines, liquids, chemicals and flow rates.
We have a long working relationship providing winery automation services for Indevin Partners, keeping them at the forefront of the winemaking industry.
Having a proven history and reputation for automation design at other fertiliser service centres, Ballance Agri-Nutrients asked us to develop a design for a green field site.
Tumu Timbers had an interesting problem that needed a robotics engineering solution. They simply couldn’t find people for the specialised task of manufacturing pallets.
Kraft Heinz needed a robotics and automation solution that could keep up with the speed cans come out of the hydrostatic cooker, getting cans onto pallets, ready for labelling.
Our client asked us for machine risk assessments for foreign machinery to ensure it was compliant with New Zealand safety standards.
Our client had a functional safety issue. They had developed a machine with potential safety issues. As a responsible employer, they wanted us to design a safe solution.
Nobody understands the importance of machine safeguarding like the timber industry. From forestry to processing, the timber industry is constantly tasked to manage hazards.
Machine automation was the key to upgrading old fruit presses to impressive standards. Our solution for ENZA did much more than simply diagnose and fix faults.
As a responsible employer, CHH swiftly sought a machine guarding solution after an internal audit highlighted a potential safety risk to staff.
For apple growers, packhouse equipment has to remove a certain volume of bugs to gain access to pest sensitive markets. Mr Apple came to us for a solution.
Our water and waste water engineering solution for the Whanganui District Council had to provide these essential services to more than 40,000 people.
On this 3 waters project, Reaman Industries won the tender to build a waste water treatment facility for Apia, Samoa’s largest city.
When CAJ van der Voort came to us for a post harvest automation solution for a new packhouse facility, they told us handling, washing and packing were top priority.
Packhouse design provided us with a different type of challenge when Mr Apple closed one facility and asked us to consolidate the old equipment into another facility.