Who We Are

Piedmont Automation is an engineering firm,based in Atlanta,with automation and customsoftware expertise in the liquid petroleum market and manufacturing environments. 

Engineering ExcellenceWe provide a wide range of services  including  design,  programming,  equipment selection,commissioning,and maintenance of automated control systems.

Sales Excellence :We are a B&R Industrial Automation partner and distributor representing full  lines of PLC's, IPC's, Visualization Panels and Servos. In addition, we represent a variety of drives, motors, enclosures, and power equipment.

What We Do

 



We provide unique control system solutions.  With our broad range of applications  experience  and  specialized training on leading automation  products,  we  can  take your design  ideas  and implement  them at your site. Our experience in networking factory devices  and  PC’s using  Ethernet,  DeviceNet,  Profibus, Modbus,  Can bus,  and DataHighway Plus allow  us to  integrate different types of new and existing equipment.   Our PLC program development frequently utilizes object-oriented software & C languages. Real-time experience with various human machine  interfaces including Intellution and Wonderware means that we can add value as we integrate  visualization  products and interfaces with your process equipment.

We  can customize off  the shelf  HMI software,  develop drivers  to talk  to your hardware, or analyze and monitor your process  with your IT systems and databases.  Let us provide turnkey custom design and procurement  for your  solution, or support your existing automation system equipment.

We  currently  have ongoing  projects in  the Oil & Gas industry,  where  we  specialize  in  terminal automation, equipment and  customized software for process control, batch scheduling, remote  terminal  units,  sampling, additive injection, line integrity visualization, metering, and remote  video  monitoring  equipment.  Also,  we  provide  ongoing  support  in  the  Pharmaceutical manufacturing  industry involving machinery software  controls  and  support  of production increases on those lines.

Our capabilities are often personalized for each client

 

System Integration
Application Service Provider
Consulting
Custom Software Development
Maintenance Engineering
Control System Service
Documentation
Project Management
Product Development
CAD

Previous experience includes these industries            

 

Oil and gas – pipelines and terminals
Pharmaceutical
Food and Beverage
Metals
Plastics
Manufacturing

Commonly applied products include                           

 

Programmable Logic Controllers
PC based Control
Motion Control
Human Machine Interface
Networking

Our focus is often in areas of communication networking, graphical user interfaces, programmable logic controllers, and upward linking of information from the control process using product suites and customized software. We provide full CAD drafting services and professionally written technical and operation manuals. 

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