For many existing industrial machines and systems, a retrofit can be a much better alternative to a new purchase. By replacing old software and hardware components and adding new and secure technologies, we bring your machines back up to the state of the art and increase your productivity so that you too are fit for the requirements of Industry 4.0.
However, it is not only the economic aspects that play a role for us when retrofitting your machines, the ecological aspects are also of great importance. We take great pleasure in reducing CO2 emissions, lowering energy consumption and making production more sustainable.
We offer the individual retrofitting of your production plant as a complete package with support for concept development, assistance with specifications, analysis and recalculation. We not only integrate your machines securely into the digital world, but also convert them to energy-efficient drives, modernize the electrical and control systems and support you with the requirements of the hazard analysis and the conversion of technical safety.
With our complete or step-by-step retrofit, you avoid significantly higher costs for a new purchase, have only short production downtimes and promote a considerable increase in quality. We expand the functionality and performance of your systems and machines and increase safety in the entire working environment. Once the project has been successfully completed, you will receive the new control system software as well as all certificates and documentation.
You can find a current example of a retrofit in our reference projects:
The complete modernization of a needling machine from 1980 was intended to bring it up to the latest state of the technology. By replacing outdated software and hardware with contemporary technologies and adding new components and standards, the benefits of a retrofit were fully exploited.
In addition to the economic benefits of digitally modernizing your systems and machines through retrofitting, ecological requirements such as the reduction of CO2 emissions, lower energy consumption and improved sustainability will become increasingly important in the future. Through more effective performance, improved workflows and a reduction in energy costs, we can make your production more sustainable and of higher quality.
Thanks to the collaboration between our experts in automation technology and our application development department, we can give you a decisive competitive edge by incorporating your process expertise and experience through highly professional data mining. Use modern web interfaces to monitor your complete system parameters, including limit values, warnings and push notifications, by means of informative visualizations. Still missing data? No problem: a sensor installed quickly and easily by us or extended communication with the control system often provides the additional parameters without any problems.
If a standardized and rule-based analysis of the process data is not sufficient and the complexity exceeds a certain level, we offer you the opportunity to work with us to integrate an AI-supported approach into your existing software. We work closely with the relevant providers to ensure optimal and efficient data exchange. Enclosed you can see a universal IT infrastructure framework developed by us as part of the IRLeQuM research project, which shows how different data sources and formats can be aggregated and made available for AI analysis. The imports of the data sources are our in-house developments. Thanks to our cross-divisional expertise, we can not only handle the classic software formats, but also implement communication with programmable logic controllers from all manufacturers.
Do you already have software or an application that is outdated or no longer offers the desired functionalities? Here too, you can benefit from the knowledge of our experienced software developers. We will analyze your existing software on site and offer you various options for restoring it to a maintainable and modern state.
One of our greatest strengths is our wide-ranging expert knowledge, which enables us to find the best automation solution for your system, independent of manufacturer and industry-wide.
Before the project begins, we analyse the feasibility and scope of your project in a team of experts.
On request, we supply complete systems of the highest standard for your products, processes and machines worldwide.
For many existing plants, a retrofit can be the significantly better alternative to a new acquisition.
We focus on a holistic approach and accompany you from project planning to complete integration or installation – worldwide.
Since its foundation in 2000, Quality Automation GmbH has been one of the leading providers in the fields of production and manufacturing automation.
