A failed Protool panel can stop a machine just as surely as a failed PLC. If replacements are hard to find, upgrading before it fails is the sensible move.

Bubble Automation upgrades Protool HMIs to modern Siemens panels programmed in WinCC within TIA Portal. We migrate the existing screens and tags, then improve them where it helps. Clearer alarm messages, better navigation and screens that make sense to new operators as well as old hands.

The new panel can still talk to your existing PLC, so the HMI upgrade does not have to wait for a full control system upgrade. When you are ready to replace the PLC as well, the new panel moves across with you.

Modern panels also open up useful extras. Recipe handling, user logins, trend screens and secure remote access for support. We test the new HMI against the machine, commission it on site and leave you with full backups.

Bubble Automation is based in Droxford, Hampshire and works across the UK. Get in touch to talk t