Installing or upgrading a new control system is not a simple task. Rigorous assessment and planning should be conducted to ensure reliability and improved performance. Rkneal understands the importance of this initial phase because we recognize every control system project possesses unique complexities. Automation control has been at the core of our business since 1994.
Rkneal possesses extensive experience in the instrumentation field and have designed a variety of control systems from single loop controllers to large distributed control systems (DCS) including; specification, design, and start-up of instrumentation in the four major control groups (pressure, temperature, level, and flow).
Our engineers and designers have over 100 years of combined experience in standard electrical systems involving hard-wired devices and can provide complete start-up and commissioning services.
Rkneal offers complete engineering design services related to DCS and PLC installation including:
- Installation Package Design
- DCS and PLC Vendor Selection
- Digital Logic and Analog Control Loop Design and Implementation
- I/O Database Design Optimization to Reduce Single Points of Failure
- Complete Software and Hardware System Configuration
- Networking Design & Implementation
- Control System Tuning
- DCS to Third Party Communication Interfaces
- Alarm Management Policies, Procedures & Implementation
- Third Party Optimization Support
- Detailed Design Including: Termination Drawings, Schematics, & Instrument Loop Diagrams
Our process controls engineers have designed and implemented DCS and PLC control systems from many of the industry leaders.
DCS Design & Implementation
- Emerson WDPF
- Emerson Ovation (Solaris & Windows)
- ABB/Bailey (Infi90 thru 800xA)
- Siemens (TXP thru T3000)
- Honeywell
- Foxboro
- Rockwell PlantPAx
PLC Design & Implementation
- Rockwell Control Logix/PLC2-5
- Modicon
- GE Fanuc