Engineering & automation
Automation and control engineering
DDI designs, builds and integrates electromechanical systems and finished machines, with specialized software for supervision, operation and data acquisition.
01From panel to screen
A panel built in Envigado, running a plant
DDI panels drive the motors; DDI screens show the process.
02What DDI does
Six capabilities, one team
Each capability links to a DDI machine or a project DDI has published.
01
Machine design and manufacture
Labelers, cappers, fillers and proofers designed and built in Envigado, configured to each customer’s product, container and output.
Automatic labeler02
Control panels
Panels for machines or processes: Rittal enclosures, Rockwell or Siemens drives, soft starters, wiring to NEC.
Control panels03
Plant automation and control systems
Control systems for complete process plants, from PLC and motor-control panels to plant-wide HMI screens.
PQP Barranquilla04
SCADA and data-acquisition software
Supervision, operation and data-acquisition software, with HMI and SCADA screens built by DDI.
Control system — China05
Electrical installation on site
Plant electrical installation by DDI technicians, including cable trays and risers, in Colombia and the US.
California installation06
Integration with existing lines
Machines built to fit a customer’s existing line, container and process requirements.
Custom screw capper
03Hardware and software
Platforms DDI works with
DDI works with Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software®, and uses Siemens drives when the customer prefers them.
- Controllers and HMIs
- Allen-Bradley®
- Software
- Rockwell Software®; supervision and data acquisition
- Variable-frequency drives
- Rockwell or Siemens, per customer choice
- Soft starters
- Rockwell solid-state, or Siemens bypass starters
- Enclosures
- Rittal
- Wiring standard
- NEC (National Electrical Code)
Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® are trademarks of their respective owners. Siemens and Rittal are named descriptively.
Control panel specsSupervision and data
Screens DDI has built
Plant supervision for ECO Green’s tire-recycling plant in China, the sulfonation plant SCADA for PQP in Bogotá, and the sulfuric-acid plant HMI for PQP in Barranquilla. On the DDI dough proofer, the control system stores batch temperature and humidity curves to USB or PC.
04Envigado
Designed, machined and wired in-house
Design, machining, fabrication and panel wiring happen in DDI’s Envigado workshop, where machines also run their functional tests.
From requirement to commissioning
Service & after-sales01 / 05
Engineering
DDI reviews the product, container, output and process with the customer and defines the technical requirement.
02 / 05
Design
Mechanical, electrical and control design by DDI’s in-house engineers and designers.
03 / 05
Manufacturing
Fabrication, panel assembly and wiring in DDI’s Envigado workshop, with functional tests of the machine.
04 / 05
Installation and commissioning
Installation and start-up at the customer’s plant.
05 / 05
After-sales support
On-site and remote support, during the project and over the equipment’s working life.
DDI — Desarrollos de Ingeniería
Discuss an automation project
Describe the machine, process or plant. DDI engineering will review it with you.