Case Studies
E Tech Group has been an industry-leading automator and systems integrator for thirty years. In that time, we’ve accumulated our fair share of success stories. Explore them below.
Discover E Tech Group’s Experience in Metals
Remote SCADA Maintenance and Troubleshooting for a Metals Client
A steel manufacturing company was experiencing errors and downtime with their SCADA system. E Tech’s engineers swiftly identified and eliminated the error, getting production back online.
Financial Savings for a Leading Steel Industry Customer
E Tech Group was hired for a large project by a leading steel company to increase throughput and safety on the customer’s six stand cold mill line.
Emergency Support Call and Upgrade of Steel Mill Line Controls
After a steel mill client experienced a flooded basement and damaged equipment, E Tech upgraded the obsolete drives, PLC, and HMI, as well as an automatic tension control mode.
Exit Line Automation and Controls Upgrade
An American industrial company specializing in aluminum products contacted E Tech Group to upgrade their exit line automation and controls. The line had previously been running on vintage reliance analog drives from the 60’s.
Returns Roll Coater Paint Line to Maximum Profitability
Our engineers expanded line capabilities and upgraded to state-of-the-art Siemens digital drive systems to support a leading steel company.
Rising Insurance Premiums with Less Protection Make IT/OT Assessment a Priority
Developing open channels of communication, we aligned a cross functional team to strategically performed a risk and vulnerability assessment while creating a plan to update their facility.
Dive Into Our Pool of Life Sciences Expertise
Our Controls Platform is at End of Life – Now What?
An American Biotechnology Company (ABC) knew their legacy control systems were approaching end-of-life, making an upgrade essential for their site in California. E Tech Group provided several control system upgrades to their systems.
Control System for Acorda Therapeutics
E Tech Group is proud to partner with Acorda Therapeutics to bring an expanded manufacturing process online.
BioTech Manufacturing Scale-Up
A promising biotech startup with drug candidates progressing from stage 2 to stage 3 clinical had limited automation staffing. The startup turned to E Tech Group to transition their processes to full-scale manufacturing.
Customized Validated Critical Monitoring System
E Tech Group supported a biopharmaceutical’s expansion with a new validated control system. The company focuses on serious, debilitating, and genetic diseases.
Increased Flexibility & Better Quality for Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
E Tech Group’s engineers implemented a low-cost Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system to upgrade a single-product semiwork facility.
Implementation of an FDA-Compliant Process Control System
E Tech Group’s process control solutions included a manufacturing execution system for FDA-compliant data collection and reporting, as well as a building management system and other vendor-supplied control systems.
Providing Expertise on Control System Evaluation
E Tech Group, being a trusted system integrator for this client, was asked to consult on the analysis of their current control system and evaluate potential new platforms.
Biotech Manufacturing Scale-up Rockwell FT View and OSI Historian 21CFR Part 11 Compliant
E Tech Group designed, installed, configured, and tested a new OSI PI Historian system compliant with FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 regulation and EU GMP Annex 11 on electronic signatures and records for a biotech start-up.
Implementing a Hybrid SCADA Solution Using PlantPAx 5.0 and 4.10
E Tech Group developed a hybrid SCADA solution for a BMS in a biopharma co-packing facility utilizing two different controllers and operating systems that would operate in unison. Not only allowing the facility to ramp to full operation at a critical juncture, but the ability to incrementally upgrade as needed.
Explore Our Missions in Manufacturing
Helping A Food Manufacturer Grow Production Volume With Automation
Our engineers used Rockwell Automation technology to program process automation controllers, perform troubleshooting, and upgrade support for a manufacturing expansion.
Increase of Throughput Capacity at a Global Parcel Hub
Our engineers helped an international parcel service meet peak-season demand through our turnkey controls systems.
Large-Scale Electrical & Mechanical Safety
A global battery supplier reached out to E Tech Group with their initiative to bring 99 machines into compliance with the most recent electrical and mechanical safety guidelines.
When dealing with obsolescence becomes a bit of a pickle…
How our engineers were able to upgrade a decades old obsolete system to a current high-speed system over a weekend
Concern of Obsolescence Forces Large Scale Assessment and Plans For Remediation
A previous E Tech Group employee who now works for a large material handling company recognized there was potential large scale obsolescence and reached out to have our team assess and provide plans for remediation and optimization.
Robotic and Palletizing Examples
Videos of robotic and palletizing solutions that E Tech Group has designed for clients.
Ethical and Sustainable Meat Alternative Protein Pilot Plant Built on PlantPAx 5.0
Enabling a cultivated meat production facility to scale from lab production, where they were able to refine their process of growing cells at bench-top scale, to a pilot scale. Wanting to prove it was possible to replicate their lab driven results in an increased volume setting, and set themselves up for large-scale production and distribution.
Robotic Automation Increases Output and Decreases Safety Incidents
E Tech Group was able to automate a once completely manual process for a food manufacturing facility that was struggling with employee retention and meeting output demand due to physically demanding and environmental factors.
Updated Label Detection System Minimizes Missed Bottles
Quality assurance issues were plaguing a bottling facility as their current label detection system wasn’t catching missing or misapplied labels. E Tech Group was able to integrate three systems into one, allowing for more accurate detection.
View Successes in the World of Material Handling
Lift Table Motor Burnout Remedied by Signal Delay Timer
A customer had been experiencing motor failures on hydraulic lift tables in their distribution centers.
Helping Keep a Distribution Warehouse’s IT/OT Networks Current and Out of Obsolescence
Our engineers documented and assessed the client’s IT/OT Infrastructure to help identify critical components near obsolescence or end of life.
What is digital twin and what does it do?
Digital Twin technology allows for an interconnected system that provides its users with immediate data, a user-friendly production display, easy diagnostics, remote support, and troubleshooting.
Or, Plug into our Advancements in Mission Critical
Upgrading an Irrigation District Water Treatment Plant’s Control System
E Tech Group upgraded a decades old, primitive control system in an irrigation water district treatment plant to allow for remote monitoring and control of some of their systems, more reliability, and less maintenance.
Integrating an Electrical Power Monitor System in Parallel with an Existing System
E Tech Group installed and commissioned a standard Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) in parallel with an existing system to maintain the original combined EPMS and Building Management System (BMS) until it could be upgraded.