Industrial automation and plant intelligence on the equipment you already run
We connect machines, meters and control systems to software that helps plants use less energy, stop less often and make fewer defects.
Capabilities
Industrial automation services we deliver
We work above and alongside existing PLC, SCADA and DCS systems, bringing plant data into one place and turning it into clear actions for operators, engineers and managers. Most plants start with one of these on a single line or utility, often energy monitoring, downtime tracking or condition monitoring, then add others on the same data layer.
Industrial IoT and sensor retrofits
Sensors, energy meters and edge gateways retrofitted to existing equipment, including older machines with no digital interface.
Plant data integration
PLCs, SCADA, historians and meters connected through OPC UA, Modbus and MQTT into one data layer, linked to ERP and maintenance systems.
Equipment and process monitoring
Live dashboards and alerts for machine status, OEE, downtime reasons and process parameters, on the shop floor and on mobile.
Energy monitoring and optimisation
Sub-metering, energy per unit of output and forecast-based scheduling across grid supply, captive generation, solar and battery storage.
Machine vision
Camera systems for inspection, counting, measurement and safety monitoring, running on edge hardware at line speed.
Predictive maintenance
Vibration, temperature and motor-current analytics that detect developing faults early and raise work orders in your maintenance system.
Engineering analytics
Process data analysis, root-cause studies and models of yield, quality and throughput, built with your process engineers.
Not sure which capability you need?
Describe the problem and the systems involved. We will suggest where industrial automation can help, what else the work needs and a sensible first step.
Use cases
Where industrial automation can help
Typical problems this capability is used to solve. Each one starts from a cost, risk or delay you can measure.
Energy cost per unit in a process plant
Sub-metering of major loads and dispatch planning across grid, captive generation and solar, with energy reported per unit of output for textile, cement, steel or food plants.
Downtime tracking on a production line
Automatic machine-state capture with reason codes, replacing manual logs so losses are visible by shift, machine and cause.
Condition monitoring of critical rotating equipment
Wireless vibration and temperature sensors on motors, pumps, fans and compressors, with alerts raised before a failure stops the line.
Inline vision inspection
Cameras on a packaging, fabric or assembly line that detect defects and record images against batch and shift.
Deliverables and technology
What you receive and what we build with
What you receive
The typical outputs of an engagement, scaled to the size of the work.
- Site survey and data-readiness assessment of equipment, networks and control systems
- Architecture for sensors, gateways, network segmentation and data flows
- Installed and commissioned edge hardware and connectors, with qualified contractors where needed
- Plant data platform with dashboards, alerts and reports for each user group
- Analytics or vision models with accuracy documented on your process
- OT security measures, including segmented networks and read-only access to control systems where possible
- Operator training, maintenance procedures and a support plan
Technologies we work with
Chosen to fit your existing systems, skills and hosting rules.
- OPC UA
- Modbus TCP and RTU
- MQTT
- Siemens, Rockwell and Schneider PLC connectivity
- Node-RED
- InfluxDB and TimescaleDB
- Grafana
- Python
- OpenCV
- ONNX Runtime
- NVIDIA Jetson
- Industrial edge gateways
- ISA-95 data models
- IEC 62443 guidance for OT networks
- Azure IoT and AWS IoT
- On-site and in-country hosting
Approach
How an engagement runs
New problems usually start with a short paid diagnostic and a paid pilot, so you can judge results before committing further. Well-defined work, such as a website or a portal, starts as a fixed-scope project. Live systems can move to a retainer or a managed service. Compare engagement models.
Step 1: Site survey
We walk the plant with your engineers, review equipment, networks and control systems, and agree the losses worth targeting.
Step 2: Pilot on one line or area
We instrument one line, utility or asset group and run long enough to cover normal variation. Pilots typically take 8–16 weeks.
Step 3: Measure against the baseline
Results are reviewed with your engineers against the agreed baseline before any decision to scale.
Step 4: Roll out and support
Standard hardware, connectors and dashboards are rolled out site by site, with training and a support or managed-service option.
FAQs
Questions about industrial automation
Something else to ask?
Email your question with a little about the systems involved, and we will reply in plain language.
info@tashit.comWill this interfere with our PLC or SCADA systems?
No changes are made to control logic without your engineers' approval. We normally read data through OPC UA, Modbus or historian interfaces in read-only mode, and keep plant networks segmented from business and internet traffic.
Our machines are old. Can they still be connected?
Usually, yes. Older machines can be monitored with retrofit sensors, current transformers, energy meters and edge gateways, without modifying the machine itself.
Do you supply and install hardware?
We specify the sensors, gateways, cameras and edge computers, and supply and install them directly or with qualified hardware and electrical contractors engaged for the project. We remain responsible for integration and commissioning of the complete system.
Can the data stay on site?
Yes. The data platform can run on servers at the plant or with an in-country host, with only the summaries you choose sent to cloud dashboards, or nothing at all.
Planning work in industrial automation?
Send us the brief: what you want to build or improve and the systems it has to work with. We will reply with a first step, a plan and a timeline.