Serving the Upper Midwest with engineering services and UL panel fabrication since 1971
Visit kimcontrols.com
for component purchase

Technologies

 

PLC

Our capabilities include programming services for all leading brand programmable logic controllers. We can work with your specification, or offer suggestions based on the application for the most effective approach. Listed below is a sampling of the technologies we support. Have a question about a different platform? Call us to find out if we can help.

Allen-Bradley

MicroLogix™
CompactLogix™
SLC™ 500
ControlLogix®

Automation Direct

Click™
DirectLogic
Do-More
Productivity3000®

Mitsubishi Electric

Alpha2 Series
FX Series
MELSEC-L Series
Q Series

Legacy

TI
GE
PLCDirect
A/qNa

 

 

Motion Control

Motion control engineering is a critical piece of most automation projects and our engineers offer broad experience in packaging, material handling and precision motion applications. Our engineered solutions can include electrical and electro-mechanical design using appropriate levels of technology for your application. We have experience with all major market brands available today, and many legacy systems. Technology experience includes:

Robotics


Servo Systems


Motion Controllers


Actuators


 

Vision / Automatic Identification

The broad array of products available today for automatic inspection, robot guidance, material handling, sorting and quality assurance can make choosing the best solution for your application confusing. Let us help you with the optimum design for your application and your budget.

Machine Vision


Bar Code Readers


RFID


 

Functional Safety

Functional safety strives to remove the risk of physical injury from machine processes and devices. Does your design require IEC61508 compliance? We can apply functional safety to applicable applications. Call us to discuss your project requirements today. 

 

Networking

Industrial systems use a variety of networking protocols designed for different levels of application. You may be adding new capabilities to a legacy network or you could be building a new network from the ground up. We can help with network design, or assist with technology integration in an existing network structure.

Device Level (Low)

AS-i

I/O Link

CompoNet/IP™

Machine Level Mid

DeviceNet

Profibus™

Modbus

CC-Link™

Sercos™

CANopen

Plant Level (High)

Ethernet/IP™

EtherCAT™

Modbus TCP

CC-Link IE™

ProfiNet™

ControlNet

 

HMI

The interface between your employees and your production systems needs to be easy to use and powerful enough to present the neccessary information. We can design an interface that gives you the level of support your employees need to do their job efficiently. It may be a simple start/stop interface, or a complex project that includes recipes, tutorials and multimedia information.

Touchscreen


Screen Design


Programming


3"-15" Screens


 

Business Intelligence

Are you looking for ways to drive process improvement, enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) or improve throughput in your facilities? Business intelligence systems can help by making the data available that you need to analyze your operations. Then you can really make decisions that will quickly give your company the ROI you need.

Data Aquisition


SCADA


Connectivity


MES


 

10045 Davenport Street NE, Blaine MN, 55449