Commissioning,
line-by-line
We move newly-installed automation through controlled bring-up - sub-system run-up, integration testing, throughput validation and SAT execution - until the line clears acceptance with full documentation.
Approach to delivery.
Commissioning is where installation quality becomes operational throughput. We bring up subsystems in a controlled sequence, validate against the integrator’s acceptance criteria, and clear the SAT with documentation that audits to plan.
Pre-commissioning
Loop checks, calibration, sensor verification and safety circuit validation before the line moves a single tote. The point is to surface issues at the bench, not at peak.
- I/O loop checks
- Sensor calibration
- Safety-circuit verification
- PLC software load & checksum
Loop log · Calibration
Functional bring-up
Subsystems started in a controlled sequence under load. Throughput, control-loop tuning and exception handling tested against integrator scripts. Defects logged, prioritised, resolved.
- Subsystem run-up
- Throughput validation
- Exception & recovery test
- Defect log + remedy
Bring-up · Defect closeout
SAT & handover
Site Acceptance Test executed against the integrator’s scripts. Punch-list closed, as-built dossier issued, operations team trained - line handed over with everything in writing.
- SAT script execution
- Punch-list closeout
- As-built & QC dossier
- Operations training
SAT pass · Dossier
Systems we commission.
Why quality matters.
Commissioning is the only phase where the integrator can prove to the customer that the system performs to the curve sold. A clean SAT means contract milestones release, the customer takes operations, and the integrator’s capital is no longer tied up in defect closure.
A bad commission stays bad. Loops left untuned cause stoppages weeks into operations. Sensors out of calibration cause false rejects that erode throughput. Software handshakes that “work most of the time” surface as the customer’s 03:00 callouts during peak.
Our crew runs commissioning to a written acceptance plan - every loop check signed, every defect logged with proposed remedy, every SAT script executed with the integrator’s witness present. The dossier we hand over is the audit trail the customer’s ops team will rely on.
For integrators, the result is the milestone clearing on schedule, with an as-built record that holds up six months later when a planned upgrade comes round.
Commissioning - questions.
A clean SAT.
An audit-ready dossier.
Bring-up support, integration testing and acceptance closeout - for one line or a multi-cell programme.