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functions. Neither could the maltsters operating the various suppliers and were sold on Mitsubishi
plant adjust the processes involved to the extent they Electric’s offering thanks to a reputation for speed,
wanted. reliability and flexibility.”
To address these issues, Crisp contacted Suffolk
Automation, local specialist in process control High-speed PLCs
systems. To source the new PLCs, Suffolk Paul Judge, Key Account Manager at Mitsubishi
Automation’s software engineers turned to their Electric adds. “Due to the limited room available in
preferred process automation vendor, Mitsubishi the existing panels, conducting a phased system
Electric. migration was not a feasible option.” Therefore,
Mark Chisnall, Managing Director at Suffolk Mitsubishi Electric, Suffolk Automation and Crisp had
Automation, commented: “We’re familiar with to complete the entire re-fit operation in one go. In
Mitsubishi Electric’s full range of automation order to minimise plant downtime the three partners
components and we like working with the company’s worked together and used a scheduled service
PLCs in particular. Technically they are well supported window to replace the control system in a record time
and for the customer the cost versus performance is of four days.
very good, they are reliable, high-quality products.” The six Q-series PLCs were installed in specific
David Spiers agrees: “It wasn’t just the integrator’s locations around the factory, where the existing
recommendation that convinced us, we considered devices had been located. Technically this

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