PLC · Robot · SCADA · HMI · Drives

Industrial control systems, engineered right first time.

Advance Automation Ltd designs, programs and commissions control systems for manufacturing lines, robot cells and process plant — over 30 years of hands-on experience with Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron and the major robot brands.

30+ Years in automation
1994 Self-employed since
4 Robot brands mastered
UK & Global Projects delivered
What we do

End-to-end control system engineering

PLC

PLC Programming

Siemens S7/TIA Portal, Allen-Bradley SLC500/ControlLogix, Mitsubishi and Omron platforms, including safety PLC systems.

ROB

Robot Integration

ABB, Fanuc and Yaskawa cell design and programming for handling, gluing, gauging and assembly applications.

VIS

Cognex Vision Systems

Feature recognition and orientation integrated into robot pick coordinates, plus pass/fail determination and data matrix quality grading across various OEM-built machines.

HMI

HMI & SCADA

Operator interfaces and plant-wide SCADA — from WinCC and RSView to bespoke VB.NET and Ignition systems.

DAQ

Data Acquisition & SPC

High-speed monitoring, traceability and statistical process control systems tied into factory management and QMS platforms.

CX

Commissioning

Power-up checks, instrumentation set-to-work, fault finding, PID tuning and customer witnessed SAT/FAT support.

DR

Drives & Motion

Servo and drive integration, including multi-axis Devicenet systems and complex motion sequencing.

Track record

Trusted by systems houses, OEMs and end users

Since 1994, Advance Automation Ltd has delivered control software for names including Ford Motor Company, Walkers Crisps, Mahle, GKN, Delphi Diesel Systems and AWE — usually as the engineer trusted to write every line of the control software from scratch, to spec, and get it running first time.

View project case studies →
Siemens S7 / TIA Portal
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix
ABB & Fanuc Robots
Yaskawa Robots
WinCC / RSView / Ignition
VB.NET & SQL
Mitsubishi & Omron
Safety PLC Systems
Cognex Vision Systems

Got a machine that needs controlling?

Get in touch to talk through the application — new build, retrofit or fault-finding.

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