Rima Stackers Upgrades

You know what a royal pain is to adjust counts and drops when the Rima you are using for production has the old Omron PLC and the "good old tape recorder" for program changes. In the following photographs you can view a Rima stacker that we worked on for a local outfit. The obsolete Omron PLC was replaced with a brand new Allen Bradley Micrologix PLC. We also utilized a micro-300 Panel view OIT that the operator can utilize to change counts and drops "on the fly" without having to call the maintenance people.

It takes approximately 4-5 days for the entire project to be completed. Usually we clean up the top box of the stacker during the first day and start working on mounting the components once the box is ready and clean.

By day #2 we start wiring of the panel and also the peripherals. Once the wiring is done, and it's usually done by the end of day #2,beginning of day #3, we are downloading our base program to the PLC and the OIT application.

Day #3 and we are customizing the software to suit your needs. All the I/O testing and the adjustments are done during day #3. By the end of the day, we are gearing up for day #4 which is the real macoy. Day #4 and we are running "dry" production. Last minute changes and minor details are taken care of, if there are any. We are done and you are back on track. Day #5 we are running production and train the operators on the new OIT setup.

Disks with the software for the PLC and the OIT and also the electrical schematics follow within 5-7 business days. Hard copies of the CAD drawings and the operating manuals as well.

We are also offering Siemens S7-200 Micro PLC and Siemens TP070 OIT as a package., as well as PLC Direct PLC and OIT. This particular outfit decided to go with Allen Bradley. Prices are very close and the results are the same. A nice looking, up to date, reliable Rima stacker that can continue to produce day after day.

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