Manufacturing
A paper machine
never takes a day off.
Mills and converters run continuous lines where an hour of downtime is a lot of tonnes, on control systems installed decades ago. We secure them, get the data to the office, and build what's missing.
Foothills Digital—Sentrello Premier Partner
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Sound familiar?
Continuous lines, decades-old controls
The machine runs at speed around the clock. The PCs watching it were current when it was installed.
- The control system's historian runs on a server nobody dares reboot, and its vendor support ended years ago.
- Reel numbers are written on the core, so a customer complaint means a walk through the warehouse.
- Grade changes are planned on a whiteboard, and the paper wasted while the machine settles is never counted.
- Downstream converters wait on stock figures the mill emails as a spreadsheet every morning.
- The control vendor's remote access is a permanent connection nobody's reviewed since it went in.
What fits
Keeping a continuous line safe
Managed Firewalls & Network Security
The control network separated from business systems, with the vendor's way in opened only when it's needed.
Read moreServer & Infrastructure Management
That historian server looked after, backed up, and planned for replacement before it picks its own date.
Read moreApplication Development
Reel numbers scanned at the winder and tracked to the customer, so a complaint names the reel and its run.
Read moreManaged Detection & Response (MDR)
Someone watching the plant and office networks through the night, because the machine runs through the night too.
Read moreIncident Response & Digital Forensics
A tested plan for a ransomware hit, including how long the line can keep running if the office goes dark.
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How old is the server on your control network?
And who has remote access to it?
We'll map what's exposed and what we'd fix first. Then a quote, made for your mill and your mill alone.
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