A few of the Customers supplied by John Ford Automation
Tata Steel | Development of a machine to automatically repair rail defects on train tracks. |
Lincoln Welding | Automatic welding system. |
Celanese Acetate | Various projects aimed at filter toe production enhancements. |
Calcarb | Design, Build and Installation of an SLC 500 based SCADA and PLC system. |
Ramsey Timber | Special purpose machine to automatically produce parts use in the production of beds. |
Boots PLC | Existing machine upgrade to dramatically reduce compressed air consumption. |
Reckitt and Benckiser | Hopper layering system to improve the plant production capacity. |
Paul Fabs | Punch press automation. |
VacEx | Design of a vacuum excavator. |
US Navy | Design and build of a control system to operate a portable CNC machine.(CAD CAM). |
Coors Brewery | Design and Build of a SCADA system to integrate into a small micro brewery. |
S & A Foods Ltd | In place cleaning system to overcome a “slight” listeria problem. |
Black & Decker USA | Design and build of a machine that automatically attaches a protective cover to the teeth of circular saw blades. (Won a National Machinery Award for it). |
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres | Machine upgrade to automate the cutting angle of tyre ply material. |
Johnson & Johnson | Design and build of a machine to automatically polish the surface of medical implants. |
Focal Foods | Design and build of a machine to automatically orientate onions prior to introduction to a peeling machine. (using PLC controlled cameras). |
Closures Ltd | Design, Build and Integrate a high speed automatic visual inspection system. |
British Sugar | Design, Build and Integrate a control system to upgrade a bottle filling machine. |
British Steel | Design, Build and Integrate a system to automatically tension sheet steel whilst coiling onto a mandrel. |
Black and Decker UK | Project manage the relocation of a manufacturing site with process improvement wins ongoing. |