Control Switchboards for Materials Handling Applications

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Diverse experience in materials handling applications

Metroid has extensive experience in designing, building, programming and commissioning control switchboards for a wide range of materials handling projects.

Emerald Grain Handling

Applications

Conveying Systems

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards a diverse range of conveying applications.

Iluka Rare Minerals Bulk Bag Filling
Cryer Malt Grain

Grain & Seed Handling

Metroid is experienced in delivering projects for grain and seed handling industry.

Packaging Systems

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards for a range of packing systems including:

Seed Cleaning Processing Plant
Lime Slaking Plant

Mixing

Metroid has experience in a range of mixing projects including:

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards for wide range of diverse applications within the food & beverage manufacturing industry.

Cerebos Cooling System
Skala Recycling

Recycling Plants

Metroid has completed several waste and recycling projects including:

Compliance

Metroid has over 30 years of experience complying with stringent client specifications and all relevant Australian Standards.

Australian Standards

All switchboards are designed and built to comply with all relevant Australian standards including:

 We supply to sites nationally and internationally.

Switchboard Compliance
Switchboard FAT

Client Specifications

Metroid’s ensures full compliance with your and your client’s unique specifications.

We have delivered projects for hundreds of high profile end clients across mining, municipal, food & beverage manufacturing, energy projects and other critical infrastructure applications.

Programming & Commissioning

PLC, HMI & SCADA Programming

Metroid’s automation engineers are highly experienced in 
PLC, HMI and SCADA 
programming across a wide variety of applications in industrial process control.

Having programmed over 800 projects throughout Australia and abroad across industrial, municipal and mining applications, you can trust us – we’ve done it before.

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Switchboard Programming
Switchboard Commissioning

Commissioning

Metroid’s automation engineers and industrial electricians are highly experienced in commissioning a wide range of complex industrial process control applications.

We have a whatever-it-takes approach, and our engineers will work alongside your team to ensure your project gets up and running smoothly.

Materials Handling Case Studies

Western Meat Plate Freezer Switchboard
Description

Control panel for a meat plate freezer

Features

29 Allen Bradley Powerflex 525 VSD,
Allen Bradley GuardLogix PLC,
45kW Allen Bradley Soft Starter,
Allen Bradley 20 Port managed ethernet switch

Scope
Nucrush Quarry 300 x 192
Description

Control panel for a modular Aggregate Plant, capable of manufacturing several mixes.

Features

Siemens S7-1200 PLC,
Weintek 15″ HMI touch screen,
Rittal P/C steel enclosure,
Weintek external HDMI driver,

Scope

Design, construction, programming, onsite commissioning

Lime Mixing System Switchboard
Description

2 identical panels for a lime mixing system. The Bryn Estyn Water Treatment Plant is greater Hobart’s primary source of drinking water.

Features

Siemens S7-1200 PLC,
Weintek 10″ HMI,
2 x ABB VSD’s,
5 x pumps on DOL,

Scope

Design, construction, programming

Bulk Bag Filling Line Iluka Rare Minerals
Description

Switchboard for a semi-automatic Bulk Bag Filling line for Iluka Rare Minerals. The project involved bagging Monazite in 2.6t bulk bags.

Features

13 x motors on SEW VSDs
6 x motors on DOL (TeSys T motor management)
Omron NX Safety PLC and 12″ HMI

Scope

Design, construction, programming, testing, and remote support

Testimonials

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