Projects & Case Studies in Central Kentucky

Selected projects highlighting industrial and commercial controls, automation, and electrical work performed for our satisfied Central Kentucky clients.

This page is constantly growing as our customer base expands and new automation, controls, and electrical projects come online across the Bluegrass and Central Kentucky regions.

Electrical control panel installed by Barb Electrical — Modern automation equipment

PLC and control system components installed by Barb Electrical — Electrical controls hardware

Industrial robotics system installed for manufacturing automation — Factory Robotic Systems

Factory automation system supporting process control and efficiency — Factory automation systems

Ethereal Brewing — Brewing System Controls

Scope: Controls design and integration for a 9-vessel brewhouse including all panel design, PLC programming, and operator interface covering the full brewing process: temperature and flow control, recipe management, process alarms, motor controls for pumps, grinders and conveyors.

Highlights:

Custom panel design and build
Custom PLC programming for recipes and batch tracking
Operator-friendly HMI to reduce process complexity and human touch points
Improved process consistency and analyis through contextual data logging
Reduction of process downtime through advanced auto-recovery logic and system redesign implementing redundancy

Gattitown — Ride Equipment Controls & Safety

Scope: Emergency recovery of failed equipment, equipment operational enhancements, safety critical upgrades, personnel training, creation of maintenance and recovery frameworks

Highlights:

Emergency system recovery from diagnosis through component sourcing and acquisition of OEM documentation
Equipment reprogramming for operational enhancements
Critical safety system upgrades
Creation of recovery and maintenance frameworks including updated documentation
Upskilling of onsite personnel
Remote support for system troubleshooting and recovery

High Speed Sortation and Material Handling - Process Design and Automation, Legacy Equipment Retrofit and Upgrade, Safety Systems Upgrades

Scope: Design, installation, and support for an integrated scalable sortation solution, upgrades of legacy equipment, and revision of PLC logic for material handling systems.

Highlights:

Designed and integrated a scalable turn-key sortation solution
Created detailed operator and maintenance documentation and manuals
Upgraded legacy PLC systems to modern networked architectures
Created and implemented plant-wide SCADA system
Revised MHE control logic across various processes to enhance thrpughput and uptime

High Speed Manufacturing - Equipment Maintenance, Process Redesign and Automation, System Safety Enhancements, Legacy Equipment Retrofit and Upgrade

Scope: System redesign and automation, safety enhancements, and legacy equipment retrofit and upgrade.

Highlights:

Redesign of decommissioned manufacturing equipment for modernized processes
Electrical control panel maintenance
Critical safety system upgrades
Retrofit of legacy plc and controls for modernized network design
Created and implemented plant-wide SCADA system
On-site and remote support for system troubleshooting and recovery