Engineered by Experts and Trusted by Facilities
Controls and automation systems shape how facilities operate, from production processes to monitoring, feedback, and safety. Reliable performance depends on tight coordination between control logic, instrumentation, and electrical infrastructure.
At ArchKey Solutions, we design, install, and support controls, automation, and instrumentation systems across industrial and commercial environments, delivering solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, and long-term operational performance.
Why Customers Choose ArchKey for Controls and Automation
Controls and automation systems require technical expertise and field experience. We support these systems across their full lifecycle, ensuring performance, reliability, and accountability.
Controls and Automation Solutions
Our controls, automation, and instrumentation services support system design, implementation, and optimization across a wide range of applications and industries.
Controls Design and Electrical Engineering Solutions
From a project as simple as a motor-start panel or push button station to a large complex, multi-PLC system and full system integration, our Controls and Automation team is equipped to handle any situation. We offer:
- Control System Assessments
- Electrical Engineering
- Control System Retrofits
- Machine Safety Enhancements
- Machine Automation Upgrades
- CAD Design and Schematics
- Obsolence Planning
Industrial Control Programming Solutions
Our team of Controls and Automation specialists work alongside you to create custom programming solutions for control systems, vision systems, barcode readers, and motion control systems. Full programming solutions at the push of a button. Literally. We’re fluent in:
- Ladder, Structured Text, and Function Block
- PLC, HMI, and SCADA Programming
- VFD and Motion
- Indusoft
- Multi-Platform Software Development and Engineering
UL508A Custom Panel Solutions
Specify your panel based on your manufacturing processes. No matter the size or complexity of the project, our UL508A panel shop creates handcrafted, durable panels with unbeatable craftsmanship, precision quality, and a level of expertise that only 150 years of experience can cultivate. We design and fabricate:
- Drive Panels
- OEM Panels
- Hazardous Area and Intrinsically Safe
- PLC I/O Panels
- Pneumatic Controlled Devices and Panels
- Field Junction Boxes
- Laser Engraving
- Multi-Bay Enclosures
CNC/Custom Enclosure Solutions
Streamline the way you work. The CNC Steinhauer machine is a precision instrument that eliminates the time-consuming and costly manual process of measuring and cutting out holes for electrical enclosures. By automating the task, we not only improve safety, but we can do in minutes what used to take hours. The CNC Steinahuer provides better efficiency, accuracy, speed, and safety for all your enclosure needs.
- Precise Clean Holes and Cutouts
- Order Easily By Supplying Existing Design Files
- Cuts Almost Any material, Cutout, Shape, or Size in a Matter of Minutes
Custom Label and Engraving Solutions
Create a variety of engraved labels and legends for any environment or application. Whether you have specific industry and application standards, sanitation requirements, or identification needs, our engraving solutions are custom-designed and capable of holding up in any environment. Our engraving solutions include:
- UL and Companion Legends
- Power and Network Plates
- Barcode and QR Code Legends
- Component Legends
- Control Panels
- Legend Plates
- Logo Engraving
- Machine Part Branding
- Medical Part Branding
- Tool Branding and Marking
- Warning Plates
- Identification Tags
- Sanitation Compliant ID Legends
- Ring Tags
Instrumentation and Calibration Solutions
Full-service electrical and automation design, installation, instrumentation calibration, and start-up support for any industrial project—including retrofits and existing control system upgrades. An EPC contractor, our team excels at fast-track installations where experience from concept to start-up is needed. We offer:
- Instrumentation Design
- Procurement
- Installation
- Loop Check and Calibration of Instruments
- Commissioning and Field Testing
- QA/QC Management
Proven Controls and Automation Experience
We deliver controls, automation, and instrumentation systems across complex environments where precision and reliability are essential.
Years controls, automation, and instrumentation experience
Controls and automation systems developed
UL508A panels created
Ranked 9th in ENR’s Top Electrical Contractors
What Customers Say About ArchKey
Common Questions
How do you ensure controls and automation systems integrate properly with instrumentation?
Instrumentation is considered early in design so sensors, feedback loops, and control logic are aligned. This ensures accurate measurement, reliable response, and consistent system behavior.
Can you support legacy or multi-vendor control environments?
Yes. We regularly work across mixed platforms and generations of control systems, integrating and upgrading where appropriate without forcing unnecessary replacement.
How do you determine whether a system should be upgraded or fully replaced?
We assess system condition, performance limitations, supportability, and long-term operational risk. The goal is to recommend the most practical path forward, not default to replacement when targeted upgrades may be sufficient.
How do you coordinate controls and automation work with production or operations teams?
We work closely with operations stakeholders to understand process dependencies, downtime constraints, and safety requirements. This allows us to sequence work carefully and reduce impact on active systems.
How do you address reliability and uptime in critical automation environments?
We focus on system architecture, redundancy where required, and disciplined installation and commissioning practices. Reliability is addressed through design choices and execution, not after-the-fact fixes.
Connect With Our Controls and Automation Team
Talk with us about controls, automation, and instrumentation needs. Our team can help evaluate options and deliver solutions that improve performance and reliability.
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