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Optimal Industrial Automation

Goodrich Close
Westerleigh Business Park
Bristol
BS37 5YT
UK

Telephone : +44 (0) 1454 333 222
Fax : +44 (0) 1454 322 240
Email : MGadsby@optimal-ltd.co.uk
Web : www.optimal-ltd.co.uk


Editorial archive;

Control through the ages 16/08/2022
Eamonn Garry discusses how controllers have developed, since the introduction of the first PLC, and looks into their future role in modern and future automation systems. Full Story...

Adding machine controllers to the factory floor 08/09/2020
Martin Gadsby explains how factory automation projects can leverage the most suitable machine control solutions. Full Story...

An answer to pharmaceutical production and development challenges? 16/04/2020
Today’s global public health situation is putting pharmaceutical businesses under pressure to deliver innovative and existing tests and treatments as quickly as possible. Optimal believes that its Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and factory automation capabilities can help shorten scale-up times and increase productivity without expanding facilities. Full Story...

High-speed vision system inspects high technology web 03/02/2015
A bespoke high-speed vision inspection system has been developed for a manufacturer of high technology web that is fabricated for use in green energy projects.  Full Story...

High-speed vision system inspects high technology web 30/09/2014
Optimal Industrial Automation has designed, developed and installed a bespoke high-speed vision inspection system for a manufacturer of high technology web that is fabricated for use in green energy projects. Full Story...

PAT – a dynamic approach for greater ROI 19/06/2012
Suzanne Gill speaks to a systems integrator that specialises in using techniques such as process analytical technology (PAT) to ensure that product processes remain at the highest level of efficiency. PAT requires the implementation of a more dynamic approach to manufacture, with a move away from fixed process batch manufacturing. Full Story...

High-speed vision system inspects sealed blister packs 01/06/2012
A high speed vision system has been designed by Optimal Industrial Automation for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer that inspects for seven key visual parameters relating to sealed blister packs at two per second. Full Story...