Engineering delivered properly. Not just running — supported.
Five focused service areas covering the full range of industrial and stage automation work: re-controls, Siemens motion, FANUC robotics, stage automation design, and engineering training.
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Five areas of work, each with a dedicated page covering full scope, project examples, platforms, and how to engage.
PLC Retrofit & Re-Controls
Keep the mechanics you trust. Replace end-of-life or unsupported control systems with a fully engineered, documented solution. Siemens, Allen-Bradley, TRIO.
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Siemens Motion Control
S120, CU320, EtherCAT and SINAMICS — from new machine bring-up and axis configuration to intermittent fault diagnosis and acceptance testing.
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FANUC Robot Integration
CNC machine tending, cell builds, PLC handshake design and recovery logic. Experience working alongside FANUC UK’s own engineering team.
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Stage Automation Design
Hoists, lifts, fly rig safety systems, ArtNet and MA console integration, laser presence detection, and cue light systems for live performance.
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Training & Consultancy
Practical PLC, Siemens motion, and FANUC training for maintenance teams and OEM engineers — on-site, at our workshop, or remote. Plus design review and system audit consultancy.
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Keep the mechanics you trust. Replace the controls you do not.
For ageing or unsupported equipment: PLC, HMI, drives, safety and wiring treated as one scoped engineering package. The aim is not only to get the machine running again — it is to leave it in a state the next engineer can follow and maintain.
Typical deliverables
- Architecture and IO plan aligned to devices, terminals, cables and naming
- Panel build or rebuild with wiring layout and safety / enable chain design
- PLC structure with clear interlocks, sequences, recovery and alarm handling
- Operator-focused HMI screens with useful diagnostics
- Commissioning notes, acceptance checks and a handover pack that stays useful
Platforms & scope notes
Preferred platforms are Siemens S7 (TIA Portal), Allen-Bradley and TRIO. Other platforms can be accommodated — cost and timeline implications stated upfront.
Minor mechanical changes — brackets, sensor mounts, tooling — can sit inside the same package. Larger redesign supported alongside partners where required.
Bring-up support for new builds and brownfield systems.
On-site work structured around proving the machine safely and methodically: IO validation, known-good states, motion readiness, recoverability and clear documentation of what changed and why.
This includes the hard part most teams struggle with under time pressure: reproducing faults, proving the real cause, and leaving the software and documentation in a cleaner state than before.
What happens on site
- Structured IO checkout and sensor / actuator validation
- Enable chain confirmation and proof of safe states
- Motion tuning and test sequences where applicable
- Fault reproduction and root-cause diagnostics
- Operator usability passes and handover preparation
Outputs you keep
- Commissioning notes showing what changed and how it was tested
- Acceptance checklist aligned to operations and safety behaviour
- Known-good backups and version notes
- Recommended spares and maintenance actions
Motion systems designed for performers, operators, and tonight’s show.
Stage automation is not industrial automation in a theatre. The risk environment, the operators, and the consequences of failure are all different. CinePath systems are designed around that reality: laser scanner presence detection as standard, ArtNet and GrandMA console integration, and fly rig safety systems that preserve manual operation while removing the most dangerous failure modes.
Training built by the engineer who commissioned the system you are learning on.
For maintenance teams who want to self-service their own machines, and OEM engineering teams who need to get up to speed with newer hardware. On-site, at our workshop using our own FANUC robots and S120 demo rig, or remote.
Consultancy covers design review, system audit, specification writing and pre-commissioning check — without needing an engineer on-site for the full job.
Scoped, structured and delivered. No mystery states, no open-ended day rates.
Most work follows the same pattern: discovery, design and build off-site where possible, structured on-site commissioning, and a handover pack. That keeps decisions visible and reduces the chance of hidden behaviour appearing late under pressure.
1) Discovery
Constraints, drawings, access windows, safety requirements, and what “done” actually means to you.
2) Design
IO plan, enable philosophy, software structure, architecture and documentation approach defined before build starts.
3) Build + test
Panel, wiring and software build plus bench checks where possible — reducing on-site time and downtime risk.
4) Commission + handover
Structured bring-up, acceptance checks, backups, and a handover pack the next engineer can actually use.
See how it looks in practice
Projects, portfolio and training pages show the same service areas in real application.
Projects
Selected examples — robotics integration, re-controls, commissioning and fabrication.
Hydraulic press rig
Built and commissioned over one weekend to save an aerospace production trial for Unison Ltd.
Tube bending cell
FANUC robot integration for Unison’s production cell — commissioned on-site in Ohio, USA.
Siemens S120 demo case
Portable multi-axis motion rig — loaned to clients, used for development, brought to trade shows.
Training
PLC, Siemens motion and FANUC robotics — on-site, at our workshop, or remote.
Start a conversation
Send the scope, timeline, constraints and target hardware. That is all that is needed to begin.
Send a short brief — machine, problem, timeline, and target hardware.
The fastest way to start is a concise summary: what the machine or project needs to do, what currently blocks it, and when the work needs to happen. That makes it straightforward to define next steps and quote accurately without avoidable back-and-forth.
