From a machine, or just an idea, to a working control system.
Gross Automation is best known as a distributor. Behind that is a full-time engineering team that designs control systems, and much of what it designs ends up inside products our customers sell to their own customers.
Start from wherever you are
A running plant
Machines and processes that work, but are hard to change, connect or record.
A machine
Equipment you have built or bought that needs controls, or needs to work with the rest of the plant.
Just an idea
A process you want to run, or a product you want to build and sell. We can take it from a description to a designed and built control system.
What our engineers do
Electrical design and documentation
Schematics, panel layouts, bills of materials, I/O lists, terminal maps and as-built drawings, as part of a build or on their own.
PLC, HMI and SCADA programming
ABB AC500 and Freelance, Danfoss, WEG, Beijer and Siemens, including remote SCADA and RTU panels.
Start-up, commissioning and field service
On-site commissioning of the panels we build, service calls and PLC troubleshooting. Field service →
Retrofits and migrations
Obsolete drives, PLCs and SCADA replaced, with the programming carried over where it can be.
Design-build
Design, panels from our own UL 508A shop, and start-up, from one company. Design-build →
Power and power quality
Power distribution, generator and UPS panels, and finding and fixing power-factor problems.
Industries include water and wastewater, power and utilities, food and beverage, machine building, material handling, renewables, data centers, defense and government, and research labs.
Where our engineers spend their time
How a project starts
With a description, not a specification. Tell us:
- What has to happen. The process, the machine's job, or the product you have in mind.
- What exists today. Equipment, controls, drawings, photos, or nothing yet.
- What has to be recorded or connected. Batch records, other machines, plant systems.
- Where and when. The site, and the date you are working toward.