Manufacturing Refrigeration Control Station – One of Horner’s customers had a variety of refrigeration systems that they manufactured, but they did not utilize a universal control platform that could work across their wide range of products. They were faced with issues such as not being able to replicate control systems for their customers’ various applications,  existing control systems with high costs that were uncompetitive in the market, and a lack of uniform, standard, compact systems for their refrigeration controls.

By working directly with the customer to outline their application requirements, our team at Horner Automation was able to identify ways to improve their organization using compact, all-in-one OCS controls with extreme temperature operating ranges, that were simple systems with intuitive and easy-to-comprehend platforms, as well as being cost-effective products – saving resources on hardware and integration.

Utilizing our XLT Controller paired with SmartRail and SmartBlock Remote I/O has saved this OEM tremendous time and money by unifying their refrigeration control systems into one Horner-driven solution. These new systems work across all of their unique customers’ applications. Some improvements they’ve recognized are:

1. The ability to develop a standard control package they can reproduce very easily
2. Reduced costs through controls, panel build out, and multiple other components
3. The all-in-one nature of the OCS with FREE control software is ideal for their space-driven requirements
4. External I/O capabilities deliver more than enough inputs and outputs for their various applications
5. Quick, simple installation increases productivity and minimizes overall downtime