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07-10-2015

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Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

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Tornado Automation LLC

Programming

We program PLC's, Touch Screens, Servo's, and much more.With PLC's you can customize how your machine runs, eliminate personnel to drive cost down, or just help eliminate unnecessary down time.

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Electrical

Electrical work from design to start up.From the very basics like a start / stop station, to a complicated analog following system. We can work on your control systems or design one for you.

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Custom Equipment

We Design and Build your Custom Needs.From your ideas to the facility floor.We can build machines that would cost you 3 times more from an OEM.

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Training

All of our training is hands on. We train on Mechanical, Electric Controls, PLC's, and Touch Screens.We can do the training at your facility or at a remote site.

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Mechanical

We do all industrial mechanical work such as Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Welding, Plumbing, and General Mechanical work.

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News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Programming

What We Program

  • PLC's
  • Touch Screens
  • Servo's
  • Vision systems
  • Temperature Controls
  • Level Controls
  • DCS systems

What We Specialize In

  • Allen Bradley SLC 500
  • Compact Logix
  • Control Logix
  • micrologix controllers
  • Siemens S7-200's and 1200's
  • Moeller
  • Proface
  • Automation Direct
  • Omron
  • GE
  • Allen Bradley Panel Views
  • Siemens touch screens
  • Proface touch panels
  • And many others

We can work on all major brands of PLC's

Machine upgrades from relay logic or an out of date controller that is no longer available can be done at your facility or ours. You pick the package of hardware you want in your price range and we can give you a price.

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Many company's are converting their old machines to PLC control over buying a new one. The cost is considerably less and they can specify what controller they want to match what may be existing in their facility. With PLC's you can customize how your machine runs, eliminate personnel to drive cost down, or just help eliminate unnecessary down time. The PLC can be set up to walk your maintenance staff through problems on the machine with a touch screen interface. This can save money when you have people standing around waiting on the mechanic to fix a machine.

In order to squeeze every last minute of run time out of you equipment we offer a data tracking system. This system can be installed on a machine that currently has a PLC or one we install for you. Data Tracking can give you valuable information such as; how many times a machine has stopped, for what reason, who stopped it, total production information on the fly, a trackable P.M. program right on the touch screen, and predictive maintenance. This information can be viewed on the screen of the machine, your server, desktop computer, or from your home. This is a valuable tool if you own a business and would like to check up on your facility from home. We can also send text or e-mail to your smart phone with status updates at the intervals you require.

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News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Electrical

Electrical work from design to start up.

From the very basics like a start / stop station, to a complicated analog following system. We can work on your control systems or design one for you. We have specialists on staff that can trouble shoot, fix, add, or make drawings of your current system. We do not just rely on PLC's, we understand that not everyone wants PLC's everywhere. But PLC's do make life easier.

News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Mechanical

We do all industrial mechanical work such as:

  • Hydraulics
  • Pneumatics
  • Welding
  • Plumbing

And General Mechanical work as well.

We can do time and material, or quote what you need done.

We are a total solution provider.

Check out our Mobile Shop so you can see that we can handle almost any size job no matter where you are.

News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Training

If you feel like smashing your computer apart because you and your staff can't figure out how to optimize your current equipment. How about some training?

PLC's, touch screens, electrical controls, or just plain old mechanical training. We can do the training at your facility or at a remote site. If you are not sure where you would like to start, we can advise you. Or if you would like, we can administer a test to your trainees so you can determine where to start, or who to train.

All of our training is hands on.

  • Mechanical
  • Electrical Controls
  • PLC's
  • Touch Screens

We can train on what you feel your staff is weak on. Hydraulics, pneumatics, plumbing, or mechanical basics.

We have 2 test benches that we use for electrical training. The first is to teach the basics of control wiring. The second we use for electrical troubleshooting.

Our PLC training is from 1 - 5 days. Depending on how you would like to customize the course. We can teach from several different platforms of controllers. We prefer Siemens or Allen Bradley. We have had the best luck and excellent support from these suppliers.

Touch Screens take a little longer to teach. We recommend that the staff taking the class have already taken the PLC class.

All our classes can be customized to your needs.

Please call us for details.

News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Custom Equipment

We Design and Build your Custom Needs.

From your ideas to the facility floor.

  • We can build machines that would cost you 3 times more from an OEM.
  • We build to your specifications.
  • You do not have a few options to choose from, we offer an unlimited amount of options.
  • When your machine is delivered you will receive manuals, wiring diagrams, and Cad drawing of specialty parts.

Due to our commitment to protecting your privacy, we do not post pictures of the machinery we build.

News

Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Partners

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Recent News

Date

07-10-2015

Events and Information

Anthony Ditto is now representing Tornado down in the Texas Valley area. He is a wonderful troubleshooter and will be a great addition to our family. Please help us welcome him by swamping him with work.

Location

New Employee

Contact

Office Direct Line 210-399-3374

President

David Stainthorpe (Any issues, price quotes, projects, or consulting)

Cell: 210-823-2566

Zane Artz (VP of Operations)

Cell: 210-827-3567

Team Members

Richard Morales (Controls Tech / Estimator)

Cell: 210-373-5372

Will Holder (Controls Tech / Programmer)

Cell: 830-200-8718

Joseph Rushlow (Electrical Designer)

Cell: 210-827-5752

Doris Artz (Accounting Manager)

Cell: 210-827-3566

David Stainthorpe Sr. (Shop Supervisor / Machinist)

Cell: 210-326-6658

Department's

Accounting Department (Accounting Department handles all Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable only)

Web Administrator (Zach handles all website questions or website related issues)

Emergency Call Cell Phone  (After 5pm and weekend support)

Cell: 210-827-2077