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Mix Logic - Acromix Enhanced and Sustained
Acromix was a good and capable mix control system. The problems started when the WinPLC became obsolete - a licensing issue forced the makers to cease production. The software used to program this PLC is now obsolete. Your system is frozen in time. Changes cannot be made. New features cannot be added. The creators of Acromix are no longer available to help.
It was a good system - but, sadly, is not today. Mix Logic was created to replace Acromix - to build on its strengths and to overcome its weaknesses.
Mix Logic is Acromix enhanced.
* The obsolete WinPLC is replaced with one of the best and fastest PLCs on the market.
* The old, smaller, dark display is replaced with a large, bright display.
* Mix Logic offers advanced powder charging methods and superior slump capabilities.
* The animated display shows the batcher position and qty per ingredient while batching.
* Guided calibration procedures for scales and water flow meters are included.
* A history of recent mix design changes is maintained for your review.
* More ingredient use reports are available.
* A qty on hand tracking and warning feature now lets you know when to order materials.
* An interactive I/O view allows faster, more accurate assessment of potential problems.
* Mix Logic was created using off-the-shelf hardware and open-source software.
* You should not find yourself again with obsolete hardware.
* New features can be added; old features no longer in use can be removed.
* Program and system changes are now possible - allowed - even encouraged!
Mix Logic is Acromix sustained.
* Remote and on-site support are available. We are “there” when help is needed.
* We can access your system remotely and often on short notice.
* We can accomplish some change requests without the delay and cost of travel.
* We can also come on-site to accomplish involved changes and to collaborate with you to accomplish desired and needed results to meet your business goals.
* The Mix Logic PLC CPU and HMI can be repaired/replaced.
* Your new applications can be saved and downloaded into new, replacement parts if ever needed in the future.
* Even as new versions of the CPU and HMI are created in the years ahead, the existing applications will be able to run on the new hardware revisions.
* New reports and features that many plant operators may find useful are frequently added. We also honor unique requests that only the one requesting may find useful.
* The changes you have been wanting to make are now possible. The ability to add new moisture systems (or use Mix Logic’s superior slump controls), to show data in a new way, to add color systems, to add/remove Aggs, Admixes, or powders, … All is possible with Mix Logic.
The two images below show how the main operator screen is customized per system to show data relative to the specific system.
What do clients that have upgraded to Mix Logic have to say?
Due to an electrical surge, we lost our WinPLC. We were advised to contact KCC Software. Before we even had a contract in place, KCC Software sent us a replacement WinPLC CPU and worked with our staff to locate and replace damaged I/O cards in the PLC backplane.
KCC Software was able to update our control system in two days. They left us with a laptop equipped so they could monitor our system remotely and assist if problems appear again. It is comforting knowing that we have their support in a matter of minutes if it is ever needed.
KCC Software came through for us and truly cared if we were in production before they worried about an upgrade contract. They came at their first opportunity and delivered a custom system that has run better than the old system - and should continue to do so for decades to come.
As an owner, I care greatly that we use the necessary amount of materials to produce a quality product with as little excess as possible. KCC Software worked with us to tweak our preact levels and jog times to make each subsequent mix as accurate and exact as the mix before. The interactive and informative main screen and effective slump controls provided by KCC Software helps us run and manage our mixes for the highest quality and lowest material cost possible.
Upon our request, KCC Software created new reports and also added a tracking method that warns us in advance when new materials need to be ordered. We also asked for new features to be added and KCC Software did so by accessing our system remotely - installing and monitoring the changes while we ran.
We knew the WinPLC we were using was surely going to fail soon and we did not want to wait until that happened. So, we contacted KCC Software. We did not have access to the original source code, but the experience of KCC Software in upgrading many and varied mix systems allowed them to study our system and create an accurate and complete upgrade.
KCC Software agreed to start the installation over a weekend allowing us to minimize our production downtime. Thus, our upgrade only lost one half of a production day - we were running again on Monday afternoon. KCC Software created a beautiful user interface, reports, and guided calibration procedures that we did not have before making this a better system, not just newer.
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