SMALLER IS BETTER

Traditional automation design teams consist of a salesperson, a project manager, plus multiple engineers and designers for mechanical, electrical, and software tasks. While these teams can accomplish a lot, they have inherent drawbacks:

  • Requirements get lost in translation

  • Time spent "getting everybody up to speed"

  • Higher cost, longer lead time for small projects

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We will not waste your time in meetings with salesmen, project managers, or other support staff. You will work directly with the engineer doing the work. Although this prevents us from taking on million-dollar projects, it provides a number of significant advantages when building smaller systems:

  • Better communication

  • Faster delivery

  • Lower cost

LOW-COST
AUTOMATION
IS A THING

Pixel Automation provides low-cost automation without sacrificing quality or reliability. Beyond keeping overhead low, we choose components that are appropriate to the task at hand. Why put a $10k control system in a $20k machine?

For this reason, we focus on these low-cost, high-value control systems:

  • Beckhoff

  • AutomationDirect

 
 
 

In addition, we carefully select mechanical components with value in mind. For example, we recommend lower-cost AC induction or DC stepper motors when the situation allows. When higher performance is required, we implement servomotors.

  • AC induction motors for on/off, speed control

  • DC stepper motors for predictable loads/moves

  • Servomotors when higher performance required