We are the engineers behind that logic. PLC and SCADA architecture, control panel design, commissioning and connected IIoT infrastructure — specified, built and documented so your plant keeps running long after we hand it over.
How we deliver
CloudTech Automation runs every project as a fully managed engineering programme — on site where the work demands it, remote where it doesn't. The same structured process applies either way: scoping and design, programming and integration, factory acceptance testing, and commissioning support through to handover.
That structure keeps every project accountable from first specification to final sign-off, with clear documentation at each stage — so you always know what's been done, what's next, and who's responsible for it.
Process review, functional design specification and control architecture planning before a single line of logic is written.
PLC, HMI and SCADA logic development, panel integration and communication architecture, built against the agreed design.
Factory acceptance testing and structured validation before equipment ever reaches site, catching issues where they're cheapest to fix.
On-site commissioning, operator training and as-built documentation, so your team can run and maintain the system after we leave.
EU-funded research · Horizon Europe
GEOFLEXheat is a Horizon Europe research project developing technology to recover heat from geothermal brine for industrial heat applications and district heating and cooling networks. It combines a heat pipe heat exchanger, a scaling reactor that precipitates and removes silica particles from the brine to protect equipment and extend reinjection well life, and a high-temperature heat pump.
Our involvement
Oliveris Tech Incubator (Ireland) is a member of the GEOFLEXheat consortium. CloudTech Automation is Oliveris’ partner on the project, and develops and provides control system services through that partnership — working as control system integrator and automation consultant.
Our work covers the control and automation side of the research: how the process equipment is controlled, monitored and protected, from design through to commissioning.
Technical scope
Defining the control system architecture, I/O and instrumentation interfaces for the project’s process equipment.
Programming control logic, sequences, interlocks and alarm handling, with operator visualisation and trending.
Integrating instruments, actuators and subsystems over industrial communication networks.
Logging process data in a structured form to support the research team’s analysis.
Factory and site acceptance testing, loop checking, commissioning and handover documentation.
Funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe, grant agreement No 101172780. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
What we do
Every service below is control engineering seen from a different angle — the machine, the process, the panel, or the data layer above them.
Design, programming and integration of automated machinery and production lines. Covers PLC logic, HMI development, servo and drive configuration, sensor selection, motion sequencing and safety interlocking at machine level.
Service detailContinuous and batch process control — loop tuning, sequence control, interlock matrices, alarm rationalisation and instrumentation integration across plant-wide communication networks.
Service detailElectrical and control documentation to a standard that survives inspection: single-line diagrams, panel general arrangement, wiring schematics, terminal and I/O schedules, cable lists and as-built revision control.
Service detailRobot and motion integration for handling, palletising, pick-and-place and machine tending — including cell layout, cycle sequencing, coordination with line PLCs and safety-rated interlocks.
Service detailAutomated irrigation and water management — soil moisture and flow instrumentation, pump and valve control, scheduling logic, and remote monitoring for distributed agricultural sites.
Service detailGetting machine data off the plant floor and somewhere useful — edge acquisition, protocol translation, time-series storage, and dashboards that operations staff will actually open.
Service detailAnalytics layered onto conventional SCADA — anomaly detection on process signals, condition indicators derived from existing instrumentation, and decision support that sits alongside operator control rather than replacing it.
Service detailWeb-based monitoring built around your process rather than a template — live values, trends, alarm history, role-based access and reporting, reachable from any browser.
Service detailBy the numbers
Platforms
We're comfortable working across most well-known industrial automation platforms — that's your choice to make, not ours.
Platforms we work with: Siemens, Allen-Bradley (Rockwell), Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi, Omron, Delta, Yokogawa, AVEVA, Weintek, IDEC, PLCnext, AutomationDirect.
PLC & control
HMI & SCADA
Industrial comms
Data & edge
Selected work
EU-Funded Research · Ireland
Control system integrator and automation consultant on the EU-funded GEOFLEXheat geothermal heat project, in partnership with Oliveris Tech Incubator. Currently active.
View projectOil & Gas · Saudi Aramco
Pre-commissioning, loop checking, HMI development and Allen-Bradley PLC programming for an odour control unit delivered to Saudi Aramco.
View projectOil & Gas · PPL / GASCO
Commissioned gas compressors, IA compressors, a nitrogen generator and inline heater on a Centum VP DCS (Yokogawa) system for PPL, via EPC contractor GASCO.
View projectSectors
The control problem changes shape by sector. These are the nine we build for most often.
Skid and package control, odour and emissions units, tank farm monitoring, and integration of vendor packages into an existing plant SCADA.
Line control and machine integration, changeover recipes, OEE and downtime capture, and retrofit of legacy equipment onto a current control platform.
Batch sequencing, CIP cycle control, temperature and flow loops, and traceability records that hold up to an audit.
Controlled sequencing with full audit trail, alarm and event logging, and documentation structured for validation and change control.
Generation and district heating skids, outdoor panels rated for climate extremes, and remote telemetry where sites are unmanned.
Pump station control and duty rotation, level and flow instrumentation, dosing loops, and telemetry across distributed assets.
High-speed machine control, servo and motion coordination, reject handling, and safe interlocking between line stations.
Irrigation scheduling and pump control, soil and flow sensing, and remote management for sites without permanent staff.
OEM control system design and panel documentation, plus a repeatable software standard you can ship with every machine.
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Send the process description, I/O count or drawing set — whatever you have. You will get an engineer's assessment, not a sales call.