Manufacturing Printing Machines Control – The customer’s existing system was old. It was more than old – it was faulty and causing huge productivity issues, causing downtime, and losing money because of antiquated controls with limited capabilities. They also experienced slow HMI speeds, poor programming, incompatibility with communication modules and a lack of tech support for their systems.

Recognizing this was a large operation with lots of moving pieces (physically and conceptually), our team at Horner Automation knew there was a way to improve their processes through with simple, easy-to-use control interfaces, comprehensive communications support, and thorough tech support and onsite training.

Horner created a solution to exceed the needs of their complex application requirements. Our team implemented XL Series Controllers, XL4, XL7 and EXL6, along with Expandable & Remote I/O products – SmartRail, and SmartMod. Through these powerful tools, our customer has experienced improvements in:

1. Communications through Ethernet benefits (like FTP, HTML, Server, etc.)
2. Datalogging and trend analysis
3. Recipe creation, alarming, and security levels
4. The ability to view process animation in real time
5. Technical support and integration into their diverse software licenses for their printing machines