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Utilities, Medical, Manufacturing
Joe Baack and Tyler Baack,
Controls Engineers,
Have Over 35 Years of Experience
Joe is one of the best programmers that I've worked with! I would highly recommend him to anyone needing control system design or PLC/HMI programming. - Sean Fields, WSI
Lift Stations
Baack Controls specializes in advanced control solutions for lift stations. With our expertise in controls design, we craft complete control solutions to meet the unique requirements of each project. From relay logic to PLCs with various control schemes, efficiency and effectiveness are fundamental to our approach. Our systems seamlessly integrate with SCADA systems or we can provide standalone remote access, trending, and alarming solutions, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
Water Distribution
Baack Controls has a proven track record in supporting the upgrade, retrofit, and commissioning of new systems for water distribution utilities, encompassing pump stations, tank sites, and irrigation systems. Drawing on our expertise in controls design, we specialize in crafting tailored control solutions to precisely meet the unique requirements of each project. From managing relay logic to implementing PLCs with various control schemes, efficiency and effectiveness remain central to our approach. Our solutions seamlessly integrate with SCADA systems or offer standalone remote access, trending, and alarming options, ensuring dependable performance and reliability.
Upslope Brewing
Upslope Brewing in Boulder recently installed a new canning line and added automated packaging equipment. Baack Controls assisted with installation of a new IDEC FC6A PLC controller and HG2G color touchpanel to control the canning line VFDs and various photoeyes and sensors. Upslope purchased used packaging equipment with older Allen Bradley PLC controllers. Modifications were made to make the used equipment work with the Upslope operation. Current projects are in the works to automate the Angelus filler and seamer to allow the canning and packaging equipment to adjust automatically to varying conditions and prevent downtime and increase throughput of the entire system.
Boulder Beer Company
Boulder Beer Company uses a Krones bottling system with an Allen Bradley PLC5 controller and touchpanel. The original operator touchpanel failed unexpectedly and the bottling line was down. There was no software backup of the touchpanel application. Baack Controls arrived on site to gather as much information as possible. The next day a new RedLion touchpanel was installed and operation resumed.
Defense
At a previous integrator. Tyler was a lead programmer on multiple system upgrades including the manufacturing of fuel, construction of missiles, and casting of solid rocket motors. These upgrades included PLC-5 to Control and Compact Logix, Panelbuilder 32 to Factorytalk View, and motion control using Kinetix Servo Drives.
Mining
Upgrade of transload system for mining industry with ControlLogix Controller using Powerflex 525 and 755 drives, E300 overload relays, and Plant PAx 5.0. Project included dozens of conveyors, Mettler Toledo Scale to deliver multiple solid and liquid products to trucks and rail cars.
CeDUR
Multiple projects and ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting for multiple shake shingle manufacturing lines, blending, and loading control systems.
Emmett's Brewing Company
Emmett's Brewing MiniKing keg washing system PLC failed. A new IDEC FC6A PLC was programmed and shipped for installation and remote support. Using a Secomea site manager Baack Controls remotely supported the replacement and commissioning of the new system.
Utah Transit Authority
Lead programmer on the upgrade of 31 power distribution stations for lightrail. Migration of legacy S7-300s to S7-1500s using Step 7 and TIA Portal Software. Multiple existing breakers communicating over profibus tied into new control system.
Kittredge Wastewater Plant
Upgrade from SCADA 3000 hardware to Studio 5000 and Iconics GraphWorx64. Built PLC program and Iconics server from scratch and finished upgrade in less than a day. Remote access capable and dispatches alarming and allows alarm acknowledgment over text with Twilio.
Built Bar Upgrade
Turnkey system purchased from China for the production of protein bars was not functional with multiple orders to fill. OEM could not commission due to travel restrictions and customer was stuck with Chinese export-prohibited Siemens Smart hardware which is not supported domestically. Rip and replaced all hardware with conventional Siemens ET-200SP distributed controller and IO. Built program from scratch with various solid and liquid ingredient weighing, mixing, and pressing processes.
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