CHALLENGE

Johnson Electric’s Construction customer, a Limestone Quarry in Butler, Kentucky, was using a very outdated Push-button system for their primary crusher process line. (Fig. 1 shown at left) The changeover was eventually driven by an overwhelming wire mess (Fig. 2 shown at left) between the control cab and the MCC room.

SOLUTION

Horner Automation replaced the old system with an XL15+ Controller, along with Fiber/Ethernet comms to Horner SmartRail I/O, located in the MCC room.

The XL15+ allowed them to replace the operator control panel, consisting of over thirty, 30mm pushbuttons. The new high performance controller features a 15” advanced integrated operator interface with multiple USB and serial ports, 2 ethernet ports, 2 CAN ports and more.

XL15+ Product Video

PARTNERSHIP

The Johnson Electric Supply Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been a distributor for Horner for over 20 years, working with technical engineers, tech support, and customer service associates from Horner. They have completed multiple construction industry projects with Horner controllers, solving customer problems.

Tyler Camarata, an Application Engineer with Johnson Electric, spoke highly of the support he receives with Horner. “Consistent availability and personalized support whenever I call into one of the support lines. Horner’s talented customer and tech service team always remembers me. If there is a challenging issue, Tech Support is never afraid to step up and help find a solution.”

TESTIMONIAL

“Knowing Horner’s staff will always be there for backup is important to me.” He also adds that he prefers Horner over the competition because of our unique product offering and the fact that we have a deep technical capacity due to the availability of trainings that we offer. “Horner makes our business life easier because if there is an issue with a customer, which we are unable to solve alone, Horner has always stepped up to the plate in a timely and professional manner.”

~Tyler Camarata, Johnson Electric, Cincinnati, OH