Industry Automation Playbooks

Tailored modernization roadmaps for WEG drives, PLCs, and control hardware.

Gross Automation translates field experience into packaged guidance for the industries we modernize every week. These playbooks combine WEG variable speed drives, PLC500 architectures, TPW HMIs, and panel hardware recommendations with commissioning workflows, documentation templates, and sales enablement talking points.

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Playbooks Built Around Your Industry

Jump straight into vertical-specific architectures with curated equipment lists, integration deliverables, and stakeholder-ready collateral.

Water & Wastewater

Stabilize pumping networks with energy-optimized VFDs, redundant PLC500 controls, and remote diagnostics tuned for municipal standards.

  • Lift stations, filtration, and distribution grids
  • Redundant control power & alarm reporting
  • SCADA-ready documentation and checklists
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Food & Beverage

Coordinate conveyors, batching, and CIP systems with sanitary automation hardware, recipe management, and data capture.

  • Washdown drives, servos, and IO
  • Validated changeover procedures
  • OEE dashboards and reporting
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Metals & Material Handling

Modernize cranes, hoists, and transfer systems with regenerative drives, rugged controls, and safety-rated architectures.

  • Torque control & regen topologies
  • Wireless diagnostics and analytics
  • SIL-compliant safety packages
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Building Automation & HVAC

Deliver resilient BAS upgrades with high-efficiency VFDs, redundant controls, and lifecycle service plans.

  • Mission-critical air handlers and pumps
  • BACnet, Modbus, and analytics gateways
  • Sequence validation and compliance
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Water & Wastewater

Stabilize Pumping, Treatment & Distribution

Our municipal team packages WEG CFW501/CFW701 drives, PLC500 redundancy, and remote IO into secure architectures that meet SCADA, cybersecurity, and energy-reduction mandates.

Applications Covered

  • Lift stations, equalization basins, and booster stations
  • Filter backwash, blowers, and high-service pumps
  • Chemical dosing, dewatering presses, and clarifiers

Recommended WEG Platform

  • CFW501/CFW701 drives with bypass, harmonic mitigation, and remote monitoring kits
  • PLC500 hot-standby CPUs with fiber remotes and TPW HMI dashboards
  • WPS redundant control power, SRW safety, and BTB terminal infrastructure

Deliverables & Outcomes

  • Energy benchmarking, PID tuning records, and demand-response readiness
  • SCADA tag database, alarming matrix, and cybersecurity hardening checklist
  • Lifecycle service plan with spare kits, firmware roadmap, and training agenda
Food & Beverage

Synchronize Packaging, Processing & Sanitary Systems

We combine CFW300/CFW500 drives, MW500 servo axes, and PLC500 recipe control to meet sanitary design, traceability, and productivity goals for high-mix facilities.

Applications Covered

  • Primary packaging, accumulation, and palletizing lines
  • Batching, mixing, and ingredient handling skids
  • CIP/COP systems, pasteurization, and cold storage assets

Recommended WEG Platform

  • CFW300/CFW500 drives with stainless enclosures and Safe Torque Off
  • MW500 servo drives with coordinated motion blocks and absolute encoders
  • PLC500/TPW HMI suite for recipe management, OEE, and track-and-trace

Deliverables & Outcomes

  • Changeover SOPs, sanitation validation, and downtime analysis toolkit
  • ISA-88 batch libraries, alarm rationalization, and data historian integration
  • Spare parts matrix with drives, servos, and panel accessory kits
Metals & Material Handling

Modernize Cranes, Hoists & Transfer Systems

Gross Automation engineers regenerative drive systems, PLC500 safety, and rugged control hardware that thrive in the harsh environments of steel mills, foundries, and heavy manufacturing.

Applications Covered

  • Bridge, trolley, and hoist drives with synchronized motion
  • Transfer cars, coil handling, and billet processing lines
  • Furnace combustion fans, cooling beds, and auxiliary pumps

Recommended WEG Platform

  • CFW900 drives with regen units, encoder feedback, and crane firmware
  • PLC500 safety controllers with remote diagnostics and wireless HMIs
  • MPW protection, CW contactors, and SRW safety relays for SIL compliance

Deliverables & Outcomes

  • Torque proving, brake testing, and load chart documentation
  • Condition monitoring dashboards and downtime investigation templates
  • Lifecycle retrofit roadmap covering drives, cabling, and mechanical upgrades
Building Automation & HVAC

Optimize Mission-Critical Facilities

Hospitals, data centers, universities, and commercial campuses rely on our WEG-based modernization kits for resilient HVAC, pumping, and energy dashboards.

Applications Covered

  • Air handlers, cooling towers, and boiler plant retrofits
  • District energy pumping, pressure boosting, and VAV systems
  • Life-safety exhaust, smoke purge, and emergency ventilation

Recommended WEG Platform

  • CFW501/CFW701 HVAC drives with BACnet, fire override, and energy reporting
  • PLC500/TPW control center for BAS integration, analytics, and alarm escalation
  • WPS power supplies, CSW operators, and SRW safety for code-compliant panels

Deliverables & Outcomes

  • Sequence of operations validation with trending and commissioning records
  • Energy dashboards, KPI reporting, and remote support workflows
  • Maintenance toolkit including spare drives, filter kits, and inspection forms

Field-Proven Engagement Workflow

Use the playbooks to align stakeholders, then engage our engineering team to validate loads, coordinate trades, and deliver complete commissioning documentation.

1

Scope & Prioritize

Review assets, pain points, and KPIs with your sales engineer using the included intake checklist and BOM templates.

2

Engineer & Budget

We translate the playbook architecture into panel layouts, network designs, and budgetary proposals tailored to your facility.

3

Execute & Document

Panels, programming, FAT/SAT, and training are delivered alongside startup logs, testing certificates, and turnover packages.

4

Support & Optimize

Lifecycle services include firmware management, remote diagnostics, analytics reviews, and follow-up modernization planning.

Ready to Put a Playbook into Action?

Work with Gross Automation to translate these templates into executed projects with clear deliverables, verified performance, and long-term support.