Pickfords – Industrial Equipment Relocation
Crown Control Systems are almost exclusively selected to carry out the electrical strip out, re-installation and commissioning.
Stadco Limited – Equipment Relocation
Stadco decided that some of its satellite operations were no longer sustainable. The decision was made to close these operations and move the equipment back to Shrewsbury.
Jaguar, Halewood – Refurbishment of Coil Shear Line
Responsible for the electrical design, electrical installation, PLC software design using Siemens S7, commissioning and productionisation of the project.
Jaguar Halewood – Mandrel Clamping System
In conjunction with Hedley Hydraulics of Huddersfield, Crown were asked to provide a proposal to solve the problem.
Land Rover T5 Software
Crown Control Systems software engineers were extensively involved in the Land Rover T5 body shop project from initial concepts until full Production and final buy-off.
Volkswagen Auto-Europa, Lisbon – Door Loading Cells
Requested to provide assistance in commissioning a new door loading facility at the plant at Lisbon manufactures the Ford Galaxy, Volkswagen Sharan and Seat Alhambra.
Development of Software Specification
Requested to assist in the development of the Siemens S7 software specification for the Discovery 3 body shop project at Land Rover Solihull.
Ford, Halewood – Press Line 53 Automation
Awarded the contract to install an interpress robot system during the 1999 Summer shutdown at Ford Halewood.
Jaguar Halewood – L359 Test Cell
Awarded the contract to electrically install a Test Cell facility in preparation for the new Land Rover Freelander at Jaguar Halewood.
Denley Hydraulics, Bradford – Aircraft Wing Manipulator
Awarded a contract to design and commission a software control system for a machine designed and manufactured by Denley Hydraulics Ltd, Bradford.
Vauxhall Ellesmere Port Van Body-sides
Awarded the contract to provide installation and commissioning services for the addition of an Astra van model.
Jaguar Halewood – Installation of Jaguar X-Type Assembly Lines
Received an order from Comau Estil to carry out the electrical installation of the body shop assembly lines for the Jaguar X Type at Halewood Merseyside.
Automatic Counter-balance System
Development an automatic counterbalance system to balance the load on a press as it strikes a component. An air reservoir is used to provide a cushion effect.
Jaguar Halewood – L359 Underbody
Crown’s software engineers has played a key role in designing, commissioning and auditing the Rockwell Automation Logix 5000 PLC software.
Jaguar Halewood – Software Support for X400 installation
Crown Control Systems engineers were requested to provide software support for the X-Type Jaguar body shop at Halewood, Merseyside.
Ford Halewood – Press Line 50
Carried out the hardware installation and commissioning on a complete press line refurbishment at Ford’s plant at Halewood, Liverpool.
Range Rover – Production Line Commissioning
requested to provide assistance in the commissioning of the control system for the new Range Rover production line.
Jaguar Castle Bromwich – Rivet Station Trials
Software engineers were hired for the project for their specialist knowledge of the IPC 620-30 processor and their thorough understanding of the Jaguar software specification.
Jaguar Halewood – X-Type Robot Cells
In preparation for the introduction of the new Land Rover Freelander at Halewood, Jaguar decided to automate a series of Jaguar X-Type manual operations, thereby freeing labour to work on the new Production lines.
EDDI PLC Programming Method Training
Crown Control Systems were asked to devise a suitable course for the body shop maintenance electricians to meet this need.
Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port – Roof Cell Modifications
As part of a project undertaken by Automated System Services of Southampton (ASS), Crown were tasked with the electrical installation and commissioning of four new roof loading cells at Vauxhall Motors Ellesmere Port.
Jaguar Halewood – Addition of Estate Variant
An estate variant of the X-Type Jaguar was to be added to the existing production facility at Jaguar Halewood. Crown were awarded the project contract to install the electrical control system on the bodyside lines.
Jetter Process PLC – Usage & Programming Training
A significant number (15 up to the start of 2001) of Jetter Process PLCs have been installed by Crown Control Systems Ltd in Jaguar’s press shop at Halewood.
Ford Halewood – Automated Cowl Top Assembly
Electrical design, installation, commissioning and robot programming was sub-contracted to Crown Control Systems.