Services

Most automation and control projects require the design and manufacture of control panels to house the components that make up these systems.

With its increased production capacity, Nuvision Instrumentation can now manufacture panels for projects according to drawings and specifications in our CSA-certified workshop. Whether clients need a main control panel, an operator interface or junction boxes, we deliver the highest quality products with required certifications (CSA, UL, cUL), including the supply of components, assembly, dielectric tests and packaging for shipment. This approach allows us to respond more easily to any design changes without impacting project delivery.

Nuvision Instrumentation engineers and technicians can act as a R&D department or take on a fully -inclusive R&D mandate with all the trial-and-error risks involved. Our state-of-the-art facilities allow us to validate concepts using temporary prototypes and installations and bring clients closer to a large-scale manufacturing operation. We are constantly working in an R&D environment, either for our turnkey projects or for modifications to equipment. In a way, this has become like second nature, and we can put this expertise to work to make original ideas come to life.

Innovation is often the key factor that will make clients stand out from competitors, lowering costs and thus securing a strong market position. Clients have the ideas, and we have the brains and the innovative attitude that they need.

For some projects, it is advantageous to start with a preliminary engineering phase to fully determine the project scope and feasibility. Specifically, Nuvision Instrumentation can help clients determine what will be included in the project goals, what will be excluded, and whether the project should be launched or not. Thus, for a fraction of the project’s overall cost, we provide a comprehensive document outlining the project parameters that can be used, for instance, to obtain the budget required for implementation and to accurately assess the risk related with carrying out a specific project. The project can therefore be redefined, postponed or cancelled if the findings of the preliminary engineering phase are not acceptable, thus avoiding unnecessary expenses.

Detailed engineering includes the production of all required documents for installation, calibration and start-up of control equipment, as well as staff training. Nuvision Instrumentation engineers and technicians take responsibility for generating deliverables while allowing you to remain in control of the scope and budget of your project.

• Accurate definition of scope of work
• Choice of appropriate technologies to be used on the project
• Definition of design standards to be met
• Development of basic engineering documents required for cost assessment
• Estimation of project costs
• Calculation of the return on investment
• Production of the detailed project schedule

Nuvision Instrumentation has machine safety integrated into its genetic code. All the machines it designs meet the appropriate safety standards. Thus, it is with the safety of workers in mind that we intervene in any application, whether designed by us or by third parties. Our advanced knowledge and our proven work methods ensure adequate protection and clear procedures. With clients’ cooperation, we are able to identify, measure, assess and monitor risks, and make the necessary adjustments in order to comply with precepts safety standards.

All projects at Nuvision Instrumentation meet safety requirements under current laws and regulations. Thus, each application is reviewed by our machine-safety experts and a risk analysis is performed and validated. Safety is designed to maximize productivity while minimizing risks to employees and equipment.

Project management is one of the most important factors for a successful project, and Nuvision Instrumentation adheres to the recognized principles in this field.

We promote the use of project management milestones: Definition, Design, Development, Deployment, Direction and Documentation. Our approach, based on the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), ensures monitoring that focuses on all of the levels while the project is being carried out, eliminating many problems that might interfere with the schedule.

With so many years of experience in industrial automation, nuvisioninstrumentation provides consulting services to solve expansion problems and the associated headaches.

Our consulting teams can help clients identify and eliminate the operational restrictions that impact profitability, such as inefficiencies; obsolete, under-utilized, or unsuitable technologies; capacity bottlenecks; and manufacturing, planning and resource levelling problems, as well as a lack of strategic vision. With the help of Nuvision Instrumentation, clients can turn problems into benefits for the company.

Parts and equipment that we design and manufacture are tested in the workshop to ensure quality and to validate their functionality. We try to recreate the operation conditions with the greatest possible rigor to minimize start-up time after delivery of the equipment as well as reduce risk. This guarantees that tests are performed in a controlled environment that is not subject to daily production requirements. This also ensures that only functional equipment reaches the production floor, thus maximizing the equipment’s acceptance rate among the various stakeholders.

Our technicians can install parts or entire equipment in a plant to provide clients with the most effective turnkey solution. We also subcontract electrical or plumbing work to our partner companies. Our goal is to ensure that the equipment will perform according to the needs, within requested timeframes.

Our wide range of services allows us to ensure proper implementation of our engineering solutions. We offer technical support in all electrical and mechanical aspects, as well as installation and calibration of instruments.

Our engineering team also provides support for pre-operational checks and start-up processes, in addition to providing post-start-up support. We can also rely on a group of resources from our affiliated companies in the industry.

Nuvision Instrumentation has the expertise to modify and optimize existing equipment that is often acceptable but not optimized. Our solutions help to improve productivity (increase production rate, reduce production time, minimize stoppages, increase service life of replacements parts) or to modify equipment for the manufacturing of a new product.

The systems we design can be assembled in our assembly workshop adjoining our design office. Assemblers are in constant interaction with designers to ensure the perfect installation and functionality for each component. To maximize production time, we can begin assembling equipment and components before the final parts are designed and manufactured. This is the flexibility that this practical and versatile workshop allows us.

Nuvision Instrumentation can help clients identify relevant information across the company’s various departments and then gather and integrate this information in real time to make it possible to identify the causes of operational problems or quality concerns.

For example, we can acquire relevant information that will provide an OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) level at any time or we can gather production information and make it available for manufacturing systems (ERP or MES).

For several years, Nuvision Instrumentation has been designing and manufacturing complex mechanical systems to meet its customers’ needs. Our mechanical engineers and technicians use their expertise to design a full line of products from simple parts that add to or improve equipment, right up to customized robotic production cells. Using our cutting-edge tools, we model each component individually, but also as part of a whole. Parts are designed and made ready for production based on shop drawings. Our expertise in system mechanics complements our expertise in electrical and pneumatic control to provide clients with an optimal solution.

Nuvision Instrumentation can provide all services involved in engineering instruments for all types of industries, including:

• Determining the type of instrument to use for each application;
• Establishing specifications for all types of required instruments, sensors, controllers and actuators; Preparing bid documents for product supply;
• Analyzing bids, engaging in discussions with bidders and providing recommendations to the client; Preparing installation documents for various instruments;
• Installing, calibrating, programming and certifying field equipment together with DAWCO, a partner company with an RBQ license for construction work.

Automation and controls are at the heart of Systemex Automation’s activities. We have the experience with all of the major PLC and DCS system providers on the market, as well as axis control systems. We are committed to broadening our knowledge and keeping it up to date through investment in training for our experts and continuously adding qualified resources to our team.

• Highest standards in terms of design and programming.
• Diverse and versatile knowledge leading to integrated solutions that eliminate the need to use multiple resources or companies to successfully complete projects.
• Implementation of controls and SCADA systems.
• Revenue management and operations planning.

The programming and configuration of equipment gives life to the detailed engineering developed in a project’s early stages. Whether clients need a new control system, a replacement or an upgrade of an existing system, Nuvision Instrumentation engineers and technicians have extensive experience in most common PLC and DCS equipment. They apply their knowledge using the latest engineering and programming tools to convert logic diagrams and generate standard codes to write custom applications.