Case Studies

DMC programmed a multi-station motor endurance test system. The system utilized National Instruments hardware and software to control motors, monitor performance, and collect data throughout 500 hour endurance tests. Magtrol dynamometers apply a load to each motor and a PID control loop maintains the appropriate motor current, as specified by the test sequence. An autotuning algorithm allows the user to easily configure the system for any size motor and brake.

DMC utilized the DMC Battery Test Platform to develop a Test Control Panel software application to perform automated testing of the Battery Control Unit (BCU) for a Client's automotive lithium ion battery pack. This test system allowed the Client to instate an efficient process for evaluating the operating state of the Battery Control Units in battery packs returned under warranty claims, and thereby greatly reduced the cost of servicing these warranty claims.

DMC developed the PLC and HMI program for a high-throughput automated valve application machine. The machine stamped one-way air valves onto the packaging material in order to ensure coffee placed in the bag would remain fresh as long as possible. The system included interfaces to multiple outside systems including several smart camera vision check stations, a precision servo stamping mechanism, and another manufacturer’s downstream production lines

DMC utilized the DMC Battery Test Platform to develop a Test Control Panel software application to perform automated testing of a Client's automotive lithium ion battery packs. This test system allowed the Client to instate an efficient process for evaluating the operating state of battery packs returned under warranty claims, and thereby greatly reduced the cost of servicing these warranty claims.

DMC's client, the engineering testing facility of an automotive suspension manufacturer, was in emergency need of an additional LabVIEW developer on staff to continue developing a work-in-progress product testing application on an aggressive timeline. DMC provided flexible support for the client by making frequent onsite visits, learning the client’s product and internal processes, and becoming an extension of their engineering team. After launching the new testing application, DMC remained...

DMC's consulting services team developed a custom SharePoint solution for Celsis, a scientific research firm, to streamline their document and project management processes. The solution included digitizing of project documents, creating an organizational structure for project data storage, and initiating a workflow to manage the review of time-sensitive and secure experiment documentation.

DMC has long been a promoter of reusable code. With several of our PLC platforms, we generally have blocks for VFDs, valves, analog inputs, and many other common items that are regularly used in industrial situations. The benefit of these function blocks, is that once they are written and tested, a great deal of functionality can be achieved on future projects with very little effort. DMC's customer wanted a library of common blocks for Mitsubishi Q series PLCs. The solution...

Daley Mohan Groble is an established law firm based in Chicago, Illinois that provides a broad range of legal services for public and private clients in the transportation, energy, telecommunication, technology, real estate, construction and manufacturing industries. DMC's consulting services team implemented a hybrid extranet solution to synchronize content between their on premise SharePoint site and their new Microsoft Office 365 (SharePoint Online) Extranet to provide their...

DMC's consulting services team implemented our SharePoint OCR Solution to convert Image Only PDF documents to searchable text for an established law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The solution automatically scanned each and every document stored in the SharePoint Document Management System, identified Image Only PDF files, added a text layer to those PDF files via optical character recognition, and automatically re-saved the documents to the SharePoint Document Management System where they...

DMC supplied a fully automated end-of-line tester for high-end beverage dispensing valves. The system tests and calibrates each valve to ensure that it meets the client's stringent manufacturing standards. The test stand supplies varying pressure water to the valve throughout the test to simulate different real-world conditions. During each phase of the test, extremely accurate coriolis flowmeters within the test stand continuously monitor the flowrate through each section of the valve to...

DMC worked with a medical device company to develop a virtual simulation environment for testing a surgical product under development.  The end system allows the development team to quickly test and optimize different product control algorithms without compromising development timeline and budget.

DMC implemented the lane switching logic on a fruit juice company's bottling and packaging operation.

DMC worked with an OEM machine builder to program the controls for their 2-axis high-speed flying cutting machine.

DMC's SharePoint consultants delivered an Enterprise Document Management System and Collaboration Portal solution for Zonta International to address their enterprise document management, search, and collaboration needs.

DMC created an automated system to facilitate the planning of one of Zonta International's biggest events, The Governors Orientation, which takes place every two years. This was done while training their SharePoint champion on the creation of workflows.