Challenge
A bourbon cooperage was expanding capacity at two of its plants. As part of that expansion, another vendor built a down ender without the controls package and hardware.
We provided a complete set of drawings plus PLC, HMI and servo programming, and field wired the equipment to a control panel we designed and built in-house. The down ender integrates with upstream and downstream equipment over EtherNet/IP.
We also integrated the upstream accumulation conveyor and diverters, so the outfeed of the toast system can prioritize and send barrels to the right Roll Out machine based on production needs.
Solution
We took the project through our full process: discovery, conception, proposal, kickoff, electrical engineering, panel fabrication, installation, programming and run-off.
Results
In six weeks, the down ender and its integrations were running — letting our customer keep its promise to deliver bourbon barrels.
