Creative Automation Solutions, Inc.

About us

About the Company

Established in 1983,
Creative Automation Solutions is an engineering firm consisting of mechanical, electrical, and computer science professionals. We provide engineering design and system integration, factory Industrial Automation and machinery design and fabrication, Office Automation, Information Technology and software development, as well as consulting services to a variety of industries in both the U.S. and International markets.

Our Philosophy

Creative Automation Solutions is committed to providing superior products and services to meet today’s computerized automation needs, and implementing the right automation solutions for you and your organization.

Engineering Awards

Our team members have been awarded several patents for their designs. Vendor of the Year award from Lockheed-Martin

Memberships

Engineering

Baltimore Engineering Society

Instrument Society of America

Green Industry

Tree Care Industry Association

International Society of Arboriculture

Services

Industrial Automation Services

Our team of electrical, electronic, mechanical and chemical engineers are dedicated to the design and fabrication of automation equipment and industrial control systems. The diversification of talents in this team allows us to be creative and competitive in the many and varied fields of industrial process control and machine automation.

Software

We serve the "Green" industry in North America and other Commonwealth countries with our family of Commercial and Green Asset Inventory Manager office automation products and related office automation services.

The ArborSoftWorx family of software products is specialized for Arborist, Tree Care, Urban Forester, Landscape, Lawn Care, and Pest Control professionals. These powerful easy-to-use, feature rich database software applications satisfy the Green Industry's unique office and field automation, data collecting, and reporting needs.

ArborSoftWorx has found a home with organizations both small and large throughout the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Memberships

Tree Care Industry Association
International Society of Arboriculture
Society of Municipal Arborists
Society of Commercial Arborists
Mid Atlantic Chapter ISA
Penn-Del Chapter ISA
Maryland Arborists Association

Partners, Certifications, and Value Added Resellers

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Industrial Automation Services

Serving diversified industries including:

Pharmaceutical and Biotech equipment designs and controls

Metals: Steel Mill, Aluminum extrusion, and Copper anode processes

Materials handling, Palletizing and Conveying

Masonry automation and field testing

Mail Sorting equipment design, fabrication, control and Data Acquisition

Waste Water and Pumping processes

Assorted manufacturing control systems design

Government secure facilities maintenance

Skill sets including:

Consulting Engineering

Custom Machine/Equipment/WorkCenter mechatronics and manufacturing systems engineering including: design, AutoCAD documentation, fabrication, installation and on-site training

Machine/Process control systems engineering including: design, AutoCAD documentation, control panel fabrication, installation and field testing.

PLC and PC control systems design and programming

Custom Printed Circuit Board design and fabrication

Equipment Modification, Rebuilding and Refurbishing.

Clients

ALCOA ALUMINUM, Halethorpe Extrusions

Supply and integrate controls upgrade on two 11,000 ton aluminum extrusion presses and associated material handling and heating systems using a MODICON 984-785 PLC, MODBUS+ peer-to-peer PLC communications network, multiple NEMATRON AT (C++ coding) color graphics operator interfaces, to a NOVELL LAN and file server to provide data communications between factory floor and office.

AMERICAN LYOPHILIZER

Automation of "Lyophilization" pharmaceutical process equipment using NEMATRON AT (PASCAL coding) color graphics operator interface host computer and ACROMAG single point digital and analog I/O system. Control of vacuum, refrigeration, hydraulics, fluid transfer systems, and analysis equipment.

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Field testing, servicing, and product improvement designs and methods for robotic construction material handling system.

ATMS – BETHLEHEM STEEL

Instructor for Industrial Electronics, PLCs, Drives and Process Control.

Department of Commerce, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Machine controls for the Census 2000 mail sorting machines. Design and implementation of PC based machine control system on a TCP/IP network developed in C++. Management of machine electrical re-design, board level designs and overall systems development and integration. Development and implementation of operator and maintenance training, and user/operator documentation. CAS was a 1998 recipient of the Lockheed-Martin Vendor of the Year Award.

CONSOLIDATED DESIGN ASSOCIATES

Custom parts assembly machine design and fabrication for the Israeli Government.

CHANNEL CREASING MATRIX

Custom machine design and controls for materials production.

COX CREEK REFINING

Copper foundry process control upgrades using existing MODICON 584 programmable controller and multiple DC drives to position anode molds, weigh and pour the molten copper, and control the anode off-loading to tank bath for cooling and then removal.

DIXON VALVE & FITTING

Turret lathe computerization, utilizing HMI operator interface and Single Board Computer and OPTO-22 I/O.

DYNEX (formerly Dynatech Laboratories)

Biotech and pharmaceutical process machinery controls for liquid dispensing applications using OMRON, MODICON, A-B or TI PLCs.

GEA FOODS

Machine controls for the transport and filling of food and beverage container process using A-B, MODICON, and/or SIEMENS PLCs.

HALPRO

Biotech and pharmaceutical process machinery controls for filling MicroTiter trays using A-B and TI PLCs.

KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRE

Tire testing equipment controls including data acquisition and operator interfaces. Control of multi-axis hydraulic servo system for force/load, position and velocity of tire/road simulators.

C.M. KEMP Co

U.S. patent accepted for design of ASME code pressure vessel used for fluid stream drying systems, normally compressed air. Prototype design, construction and functional testing. Productizing of prototype including aluminum castings design and vendor selection, establishment of machining specifications, component and system fabrication methodology, ASME testing and sign-off, and production test methods established for this product. Dedicated board level control system design and integration.

KIDDE SYSTEMS

Waste water treatment plant process controls programming using ALLEN-BRADLEY 3/10 PLCs and IDT color graphic operator interfaces.

LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT

Conversion and upgrade of palletizer and feeding/staging conveyors controls from SIEMENS S-3 to MODICON 984-680 PLC system

M&M CONSULTING

Design, construct, and test control system for "Mechatronically-Assisted Mason's Aid" (MAMA) for International Masonry Institute and the Army Corps of Engineers CERL. Patent accepted.

MAIER & MAYHALL ASSOCIATES

Control of component assembly machinery using A-B 5/12 PLC to pick-and-place and sense parts for US Bureau of Engraving.

NEORx

Control systems and operator interface for robotic material handling equipment, and metered dispensing of a radio-active cancer serum. Control systems provide complete materials handling from vile picking, dispensing and filling to capping. System resides in a sealed lead-lined containment vessel.

NORTH AMERICAN PHILLIPS

Design and construct sequential spot welding machinery for assembly process, controlled utilizing TI PLC, stepper motor, weld package interfaces, and pneumatics. Design and construct rotary welders for radial joining of parts. Design and construct a fully automated, temperature controlled, assembly chamber with conveyors, pick and place mechanisms, spot welding, pneumatics, HVAC controls, stepper and synchronous motors and motion controls using Allen-Bradley PLC and operator interface.

PAPENMIER-WEBER, Germany

Plastic extruder controls for DC motor drives, transfers, cooling baths, and cut-to-length machinery. Multi-loop PID controls.

SANDY SPRING INSTRUMENTS

Design and implement automated vial filling machine controls for biotech and pharmaceutical reagent product metered dispensing systems using Allen-Bradley or TI PLCs.

TELSTAR S.A., Spain

Lyophilizer equipment mechanical and electrical design and integration of PC-based "CompuDry" (PASCAL coding) lyophilizer controls meeting FDA GMPs and European standards for resale.

USIFROID SA, France

Pharmaceutical/biotech lyophilizer installation, CGMP validation and customer service for DuPont, Monsanto, Scherring-Plough and others.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT

Waste water treatment plant controls, boiler feedwater pump control and alarm annunciation using A-B PLCs.

WESTINGHOUSE BALTIMORE AUTOMATION CENTER

Design and construct fixturing equipment and controls for 1 ton railroad car components to be welded by robot. Sense/Control part positioning, weld robot communications interface, operator interfaces, hydraulic systems, and alarms using MODICON 984 PLC.

W.R. GRACE

Automate crystal growing process and integrate ph controls.

Office Automation Services

Custom Software Design and Development

Creative Automation Solutions software design specialists have extensive experience in a variety of coding languages, Visual Programming and Object Oriented Programming in both real-time and batch mode processing using: Delphi, C++ Builder, Visual C, Visual Basic, and more. Databases are designed to fit your business/industry needs using the latest tools and databases including MS Access, SQL Server. Sybase, Oracle, Interbase, and more...

Systems Auditing

Our strategic systems audit will provide the baseline for present security and configuration issues and will lay the groundwork for future expansion. Recommended prior to any upgrade or implementation – or for peace of mind – this comprehensive survey and analysis will touch on every component of your infrastructure to ensure all devices are in good health, functioning optimally and securely, determine how near capacity you are, and ensure you are in good standing with Industry Association standards.

Microsoft Windows Domain Installation and Support

Our Microsoft Certified Professional Engineers are certified in and provide expert service, support, installation and migrations of the following platforms:

Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008, including

Microsoft Active Directory design and implementation

Windows 2000, XP and Vista client support

Messaging & Collaboration Services

Microsoft Exchange Server provides industry standard email, calendar, and contact services and is the foundation for efficient office and client communication in business. Our Certified Engineers plan, implement, migrate and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure you stay current and do not experience interruption in vital communication.

Mobile Computing Solutions and Remote Access

Empowering employees with mission critical data while in the field saves time and increases efficiency. Laptops, Tablet PCs and PDA’s can be configured for secure live access to office data or provisioned to carry encrypted synchronized data, and Virtual Private Networks are a cost-effective method of securely sharing live data between multiple sites. Each businesses needs are different and we will design a solutions custom tailored for you.

Disaster Recovery Planning

Hurricanes, lightning strikes, inconsistent power and floods will destroy the equipment holding your vital data. The best way to ensure your business continues without interruption in the event of a disaster is to have a well engineered and closely monitored backup solution. We will design, implement and monitor a backup solution to ensure that you are prepared if the worse happens.

Advanced SPAM & AntiVirus Solutions

Email and Internet viruses wreak havoc on a data network in a variety of ways ranging from compromising your data to executing illegal activities from your Internet connection. Stopping these malicious entities before they strike is crucial. Let our experienced engineers ensure your business is not at risk with our Advanced SPAM and AntiVirus Solutions.

3rd Party Vendor Coordination

Dealing with multiple Technology vendors is a confusing, time-consuming task and it is hard to be certain you are getting the best for your business. We have extensive experience dealing with Internet Service Providers, Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers on our Client’s behalf, and our only commitment is to ensuring you have the best solution for your needs.