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Control systems · Chennai

Upgrade the plant. Don't stop it.

Control panel, PLC and SCADA retrofits across five controller platforms — engineered, commissioned and supported by the people who built them.

An engineer responds within one business day.

Photograph pending · 16:9A finished DNM control panel on the workshop floor, doors open, wiring visible, shot slightly off-axispublic/photography/hero-panel-floor.jpg
Years in operation

9

Years in operation

Engineering since 2017

Engineers on staff

14

Engineers on staff

Design, software and commissioning

Panels delivered

340+

Panels delivered

From single starters to multi-section boards

Plants commissioned

60+

Plants commissioned

Across seven industries

Controller platforms

5

Controller platforms

AB · Siemens · Schneider · Mitsubishi · Omron

The work we are built for

The plant already exists. It has to keep running.

On a greenfield project the risk is finishing late. On a retrofit the risk is that the plant does not restart — and that risk is carried by production, not by the project.

So we plan backwards from the shutdown window you can actually give us. Panel built and factory tested, program written and simulated, screens developed and reviewed — all while your plant is still running. The window itself is spent on the changeover, with a rollback route that has been tested rather than assumed.

Migration paths we run regularly

  • Allen Bradley PLC-5 / SLC-500ControlLogix or CompactLogix
  • Allen BradleySiemens S7-1500
  • Siemens S7-300 / S7-400S7-1500 on TIA Portal
  • WinCC FlexibleWinCC Unified
  • RSView32FactoryTalk View SE
  • Obsolete VFDsCurrent SINAMICS / PowerFlex / Altivar
How a changeover is planned
Photograph pending · 3:2The 'before' of a retrofit — an ageing panel with obsolete hardware, dusty, as found on sitepublic/photography/legacy-panel-before.jpg
Photograph pending · 3:2The same machine or plant area after DNM's retrofit — new panel in place, same framing as the 'before'public/photography/retrofit-after.jpg

Before and after on the same machine, shot from the same position.

Expertise

Five controller platforms, four SCADA systems, five drive lines

A plant rarely runs one brand. The utilities are Siemens, a packaging line is Omron, and the chiller skid arrived with whatever its OEM used.

ControllerFamiliesPaired SCADA
Allen BradleyRockwell AutomationControlLogix · CompactLogix · MicroLogix · SLC-500 · PLC-5FactoryTalk View / RSView, Wonderware / AVEVA
SiemensSIMATICS7-1500 · S7-1200 · S7-300 · S7-400 · ET 200 distributed I/OWinCC
Schneider ElectricModiconM580 ePAC · M340 · Quantum · PremiumCitect SCADA
Mitsubishi ElectricMELSECiQ-R · iQ-F · Q Series · FX SeriesWonderware / AVEVA, Citect SCADA
OmronSYSMACNX/NJ Machine Controllers · CJ2 · CP1Wonderware / AVEVA

Protocols

  • EtherNet/IP
  • PROFINET
  • PROFIBUS
  • Modbus TCP
  • Modbus RTU
  • CANbus
  • ControlNet
  • DeviceNet
  • OPC UA
  • OPC DA
Full platform matrix

How a project runs

Enquiry to annual maintenance, and what you get at each step

Seven steps. Each one produces something you keep, whether or not the project proceeds to the next.

  1. 01

    Enquiry

    A conversation with an engineer, not a form response. What the plant is, what has gone wrong or what is changing, and what your constraint actually is — usually a date or a shutdown window.

    You getA same-week call and an honest view of whether we are the right firm for it

  2. 02

    Site study

    What is actually installed, rather than what the drawings say. I/O count, network topology, controller and SCADA versions, licence position, backup state, spares held, and photographs of everything.

    You getAn as-found report you keep whether or not you proceed

  3. 03

    Functional design specification

    What the system will do, agreed in writing with the people who will operate it as well as the people buying it. Disagreements found here cost a meeting. Found during commissioning they cost a shutdown.

    You getAn approved FDS and a fixed scope

  4. 04

    Build and factory acceptance test

    Panel built and wired, program written and simulated, screens developed — all off-line while your plant keeps running. Then tested on the bench against a written schedule, with I/O forced point by point.

    You getA signed FAT record, and an invitation to witness it

  5. 05

    Install and site acceptance test

    Delivery, positioning, termination and loop checks. Every field device proved end to end from the device to the value on the screen.

    You getSigned loop check sheets and an SAT record

  6. 06

    Commissioning

    Dry runs, then wet runs, then production, with an engineer on site until it holds. Interlocks are deliberately tripped and observed rather than assumed to work.

    You getA closed-out defect list and operator handover at the panel

  7. 07

    Support and AMC

    On-call response, scheduled visits, and periodic program backups that are proved to restore rather than merely taken.

    You getA support agreement with a response time we can actually meet

Standards & compliance

What we work to

Engineering standards are a way of working, not a possession. These are the ones that shape how a DNM project is designed and documented.

IEC 61131-3Named in brief

PLC programming languages

Ladder, function block, structured text and sequential function chart, chosen per problem rather than per habit. Named in DNM's own capability brief as the programming standard the team works to.

IEC 62443

Industrial automation and control system security

Network segmentation, controlled remote access, account handling and patch discipline on OT networks. DNM works to its principles; this is a design posture, not a certification.

IEC 61511

Functional safety, process sector

Where a safety instrumented function is in scope, it is designed to IEC 61511 with a stated integrity level, or referred to a functional safety specialist. It is never implemented inside a basic process control system and described as done.

ISA-88

Batch control models

Recipe, unit and phase separation on batch plant, so a new product is a data change rather than a code change.

Certifications

Listed with their status shown plainly. We would rather show an honest gap than a badge a buyer cannot verify.

  • ISO 9001 — Quality management

    Accredited certification body

    Unconfirmed
  • ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety

    Accredited certification body

    Unconfirmed
  • Electrical contractor licence

    Tamil Nadu Electrical Licensing Board

    Unconfirmed
  • Controller vendor partner status

    Siemens / Rockwell Automation / Schneider Electric

    Unconfirmed
Certifications in detail

Next step

Tell us what the plant is doing

Send the problem, not a specification. An engineer will come back to you — usually the one who would do the work.

An engineer responds within one business day.

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