Case Study: Pharmaceutical Company Begins Manufacturing New Generic Therapeutic Drug with The Help of Advanced Process Automation System PostedMarch 7, 2023 https://malisko.com/case-study-new-generic-drug-advanced-process-automation/ A pharmaceutical manufacturer needed to finalize production of a new generic therapeutic drug. As part of their initiative, they wanted to include a state-of-the-art, robust, expandable, and supportable automation system to control, data archive and report on their world-class process. Malisko was asked to assist with specifying, designing, procuring, documenting, programming, testing, commissioning, and validating their new system for process control, data, and reporting. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Industrial Network Upgrade Lays IIoT Groundwork for Leading Minerals Producer PostedOctober 29, 2020 A global minerals producer wanted to implement IIoT at one of their U.S. facilities, and knew they needed help as they were already encountering limitations within the existing networking infrastructure. These bandwidth and connectivity limitations led the producer to first seek help with remediating their existing network and then create a baseline architecture that would enable expansion of the facility’s use of operational monitoring and data mining from numerous key points along the manufacturing processes. This client engaged Malisko Engineering to handle the tasks. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Emergency Callout Service (ECS) At Christmas Time Quickly Resolves Problems in Plant’s Critical Operations PostedOctober 6, 2020 One early-afternoon during Christmas Season, a client contacted Malisko Engineering to have a qualified technical resource on a plane the very next morning to assist with getting a critical system back up and running; a system that Malisko had nothing to do with, at a plant that Malisko had not been to. One of Malisko’s dedicated and extremely capable senior engineers offered to accept the challenge. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
COVID-19 Spawns New Opportunities for Increasing Efficiencies PostedSeptember 23, 2020 https://www.automationworld.com/covid-19/article/21137266/covid19-spawns-new-opp... Though the coronavirus has put a lot of projects on hold, virtual conferencing, screen sharing, and remote access have changed the way system integrators are interacting and working with clients. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Pharma Manufacturer Reduces Risk of Losing Ingredients In Climate Controlled Room Through Control System Upgrade PostedSeptember 10, 2020 The integrity and quality of some ingredients for pharmaceutical products are very reliant on the environmental conditions which they are stored in. Failure of the control system regulating the environment could lead to degraded ingredients, increased costs and lost production time. One of our pharmaceutical clients recently realized they were at a very high risk because their Cold Storage Room control system was obsolete, inadequately documented, unsupportable and failing. They asked Malisko for help to mitigate their risks. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
DAIRY PLANT-WIDE CONTROL SYSTEM UPGRADE IN LESS THAN 3 DAYS PostedJune 17, 2020 The objective of this project was to eliminate the risk of production going down as a result of a failed obsolete component of the control system coupled with no system backup and no means of technical support. This would be accomplished by converting six (6) remote racks and 800+ I/O points to a new control platform, integrating a new production server, upgrading network infrastructure, and updating control system documentation. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Malisko Launches New Industry 4.0 Software Solution PostedJune 4, 2020 https://frontedge.malisko.com Malisko Engineering, Inc. is excited to introduce a new Industry 4.0 software solution our Network and Automation Engineers have been working on for over 18 months. Our unique offering, Frontedge® OT Vitals™, creates visibility into your critical industrial infrastructure with a “single pane of glass” solution, providing Industrial IT infrastructure diagnostics aggregation and visibility for non-IT support staff. Improve reliability of your operation with better understanding of your infrastructure health. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Food Company Slashes Lost Batches by 95% with Best Practices in Process Automation Implemented by Malisko Engineering, Inc. PostedOctober 12, 2016 Fastest-growing yogurt company in the United States uses process automation to switch from a manual operation to an automated facility in just six months, increasing production capacity by 300%. Read how Malisko worked with this well-known, national yogurt company to design and implement a fully-automated control system for yogurt production, clean-in-place (CIP) and utilities. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Dairy Farmers of America Reduces Downtime with Resilient Thin Client Tech PostedSeptember 19, 2016 When you think of Dairy Farmers of America you probably think of milk. While you wouldn’t be wrong to have such a thought, milk processors do a lot more than you think with the raw milk that comes from the cow. ACP recently spoke with Dan Malyszko fromMalisko Engineering about upgrades to the DFA skimming plant in Portales, NM. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More
Why Hire a Systems Integrator PostedSeptember 15, 2016 Learn how to properly coordinate process automation into your capital expansion project and achieve maximum value from automation. Posted byMalisko Engineering, Inc. Read More