Our core businesses
Our engineers and technicians perform partial or complete installations.
We have in-depth expertise in the following industrial core businesses: electricity, automation design, pneumatics, robotics, mechanics.
Industrial electricity
3A carries out all analyses and electrical wiring.
Our analysis engineers and technicians use design and electrical design software such as SEE Electrical and EPLAN.
We have among others, the following modules:
- Single-line diagrams
- Details diagrams
- Terminal block plans
- 2D / 3D layout
- Drilling plans
- Nomenclature
- Wiring plans
Our electromechanical experts implement, in our workshop, or on site:
- Installation, wiring and connections for cabinets, electrical boxes, command consoles, electrical panels
- The wiring for your machines and processes
Industrial automation design
Our industrial automation design engineers and technicians implement and start up all industrial PLC programs, MMIs, supervision and digital commands for your machines and processes.
They have expertise in numerous current programming software, as well knowledge of older-generation software.
3A can thus support you in your projects requiring in particular the following skills:
- SCHNEIDER: PL7-2 / PL7-3 / PL7-PRO / ZELIO / UNITY / XBTL1000 / VIJEO DESIGNER / MONITOR PRO / POWER SUITE / SOMACHINE / SOMOVE.
- SIEMENS: STEP 5 / STEP 7 / TIA Portal / Protool / WinCCflex / WinCC / Drive monitor / Starter.
- ROCKWELL: RSLogix500.
- WONDERWARE: InTouch, Recipe manager, SQL, Redundancy.
And many others …
With 25 years of experience in automation design, 3A is able to meet the needs of its clients by implementing solutions adapted to their specifications:
- From small PLCs to very large PLC piloting actuators on Ethernet.
- From a simple operator console to redundant client/server supervision applications.
- Implementation of production follow-up, lot tracking, interfaces with Excel for end-to-end handling of information via post-production.
- Revamping / retrofit of your machines and processes when your industrial automation design equipment reaches end-of-life.
- Optimisation and increased reliability of your automation design increase productivity.
- Implementation of regulations.
- Implementation of industrial networks (Ethernet, Ethernet IP, Modbus TCP, Profinet, Profibus, Fipway, Telway, Modbus, Asi etc.)
- The implementation of a telemaintenance solution for remote access to your automation designs to facilite repairs.
The experience and professionalism of our teams ensure the success of your projects.
Pneumatics
With more than 30 years of experience, we can provide a pneumatic analysis adapted to your environment. We adapt to your market for the best price and use new technologies promoting the overall effectiveness of your equipment:
- Calculations of flows to select the type of pressure regulators and pipes.
- Possibility to work with distribution blocks (FESTO, BOSH, SMC, etc.). These blocks can be Multi-pole, ASI network, ETHERNET IP network or Modbus, PROFINET, etc.
- Pneumatic diagrams, installation
- Parts list
- Assembly complying with your environmental constraints (oil, cleaning products, etc.).
- Compliance with safety standards to be in compliance with your Pl or SIL, Cat, MTTFd, etc.
- We can provide assemblies adapted to your environment (as in agribusiness: stainless steel connection, PTFE pipes and Teflon).
Robotics
If the feasibility/cost analysis validates it, 3A can offer you a robotic solution.
Our technical engineers/roboticists use robots from major manufacturers (Fanuc/Kuka/Stäubli/ABB, etc.), that can be inserted in your production chains.
Our know-how:
- Study and analyse the possibilities for robot integration.
- Integration in your machines and production lines
- Definition and programming of trajectories and Man Machine Interfaces (MMI)
- Optimisation of trajectories and cycle times
Training
3A offers different types of training:
- Operator and maintenance training on our implementations.
- Level 1 professional training in industrial automation design. This training based on the programming of industrial PLCs, is intended for all your maintenance, design office and production staff with minimal knowledge in industrial automation design.
Our experienced trainers have equipment adapted to the training (PLCs, robots, PC, etc.)
Special machines
3A takes responsibility for the implementation of your special machines. For this, we develop:
- The specifications (with your services)
- The validation pre-analysis
- Global analyses and analyses of the details
- Prototyping
- Mechanical and electrical manufacturing
- Assembly, wiring
- Commissioning
- Validation
- Documentation
- Operator training
- Maintenance
Industrial transfert
3A has extensive experience in disassembly and reassembly of machines and electrical processes within the framework of industrial transfers.
Disassembly/reassembly procedures, discipline, execution deadlines, night shifts, weekends …your machines are reassembled to their original state in line with the project schedule. If necessary, we can take advantage of your transfer project and study with you the possibilities of optimising your processes.