Automation Solutions Built for Illinois Industry
Britton Electronics & Automation, Inc. designs, builds, programs, and commissions industrial automation systems across Illinois and the Midwest. With over 40 years of experience, we provide practical control system solutions for water treatment, wastewater, seed processing, paper operations, power generation, utilities, and industrial facilities of all types.
✓ Water & Wastewater Automation
Water and wastewater automation is the core of our business. BEA designs complete control and SCADA systems for water treatment plants, wastewater treatment facilities, lift stations, wells, chemical feed systems, and distribution networks.
Our systems give operators real-time visibility into each stage of the process with alarm management, trending, data logging, reporting, and remote access built around the needs of municipal operators.
SCADA Systems
Operator screens, alarming, trending, reporting, remote access, and real-time process visibility.
PLC & HMI Control
Controls for wells, pumps, filters, chemical feed, lift stations, blowers, and treatment equipment.
Compliance Data
Historical logging, reporting tools, alarm records, runtime totals, flow data, and operator records.
Highlights: Water plants • Wastewater plants • Lift stations • Chemical feed • SCADA reporting • Remote monitoring
✓ Seed Processing Automation
Seed processing facilities require precise, repeatable control over conditioning, sizing, treating, conveying, and packaging operations. BEA integrates automation systems that improve product consistency, throughput, traceability, and operator visibility.
We connect treating equipment, conveyors, bagging lines, recipe systems, and production reporting so plant managers can operate efficiently with less manual reconfiguration.
Treating Systems
Chemical ratio control, recipe handling, batch tracking, and treating equipment integration.
Conveying & Packaging
Automation for conveyors, blending systems, sizing lines, baggers, and packaging equipment.
Production Reporting
Batch history, inventory integration, production totals, operator data, and traceability records.
Highlights: Treating systems • Recipe control • Batch traceability • Conveyor integration • Bagging lines • Production reporting
✓ Paper & Pulp Operations
Paper and pulp facilities operate high-speed processes where downtime, waste, and inconsistency are costly. BEA provides automation upgrades, PLC modernization, drive integration, and SCADA improvements for demanding paper operations.
Our work helps extend equipment life, improve process visibility, reduce manual intervention, and provide operators with better control over production and utility systems.
Control Upgrades
Legacy PLC migrations, control system modernization, and panel replacement projects.
Process Integration
Paper machines, rewinders, dryers, pulp systems, utilities, and process variable monitoring.
Drive Systems
VFD integration, motor control center automation, diagnostics, and coordinated equipment control.
Highlights: PLC upgrades • Drive integration • Rewind automation • Process monitoring • Utility systems • Data logging
✓ Power Generation & Utilities
Power generation and utility facilities require automation systems that are reliable, secure, maintainable, and suited for high-consequence operations. BEA designs and integrates control systems for power plants, co-generation facilities, and utility infrastructure.
We support control, monitoring, reporting, and operator interface needs for plant equipment, auxiliary systems, electrical distribution, and compliance-related process data.
Plant Controls
Boiler, turbine, generator, cooling, fuel, and auxiliary equipment control integration.
Utility Systems
Electrical distribution, switchgear automation, utility monitoring, and remote system visibility.
Compliance Reporting
Emissions monitoring, alarm history, operational data, event logs, and reporting support.
Highlights: Plant controls • Utility systems • Switchgear automation • Alarm management • Compliance data • Operator interfaces
✓ Core Engineering Capabilities
PLC & HMI Programming
Allen-Bradley, Siemens, and other platforms using ladder logic, function block, and structured text.
SCADA Development
FactoryTalk, VTScada, alarming, trending, reports, remote access, and operator dashboards.
Control Panel Design
Custom control panels, MCC integration, field wiring, documentation, and NEC-aware design.
System Integration
Connecting new automation to existing equipment, networks, instrumentation, and enterprise systems.
Highlights: PLC programming • HMI design • SCADA systems • Control panels • Field commissioning • Troubleshooting
Ready to modernize your automation system?
From small control upgrades to complete plant SCADA systems, BEA can help design, program, commission, and support the automation system your facility depends on.
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