Your team can see where the line’s falling short, but testing a fix means testing it on the only line you have. That usually means the change gets kicked down the road, or made without fully knowing if it’ll solve the problem.
And when the shutdown does happen, a slow restart carries a heavy cost in lost production time.
Engage Automation reduces the guesswork.
We explore many options in a working model to find the best design before you commit any capital. You keep the line running. We surface problems on screen, not on the floor.
How we help depends on what kind of change you’re making.
Build a 3D model of your equipment; test layout, throughput, and integration into your customer's line.
Drive the model with your customer's control logic so it behaves like the real system.
Test and debug the actual PLC/HMI code against the model before anything ships.
Engineer, program, build, and commission your equipment with the same team, start to finish.
A simulation turns your potential changes into a working demonstration to sell upstream. Using our own software powered by Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D, we test throughput, layout, and failure modes until the best design emerges. You know what works before you purchase a single component.
Before the shutdown starts, we build a model of your existing line, then run emulation to test the new control logic against it. The cutover is de-risked before you ever stop production.
Some projects call for more than a validated design. We connect the model to your real control logic, so it behaves like the actual system. Virtual commissioning tests and debugs that code against the model, proving the control system before anything is installed. And from there, we can carry it through to physical commissioning.
One team, start to finish.
The constraint you’ve been working around might feel unique to your line but it’s rarely a new issue. Two decades across tire and rubber, food and beverage, and material handling means we’ve seen the same failure points before, and we know which fixes hold.
That experience is backed by Ignition Gold Certified Integrator and Rockwell SI Silver credentials, including direct access to Rockwell’s technical specialists when something needs solving fast.
We are a control systems integrator that helps manufacturers and OEMs find the best design in simulation and prove it works, so problems surface on screen, not on the floor.
131 Sheldon Drive #22
Cambridge ON N1R 6S2
contact@engageautomation.com
519-837-3718
888-222-8103