Projects

Whether PSI is involved in short-term or long-term projects, we strive for excellence in the details and maintaining open communication with our clients from start to completion.

We have had a long history of supplying control systems at the local munitions plants. Two of our senior engineers are process control engineers with over 50 years of combined experience on plant.

Process Control Systems

  • Waste Acid Control Strategies Upgrade
  • NC Cutter Upgrade and Controls Integration
  • NC Deflaking Controls Design and Ongoing Support
  • NC Slurry Mass Flow Meter Diagnostics and Integration
  • Canister Packing Systems Integration
  • Canister Labeling and Tracking
  • Waste Incinerator DEQ Permit and HMI Software

Automated Test Systems

  • Realtime X-Ray Inspection Controls
  • MACS Lab Scale Logging
  • Two-inch Rheology Press Control and Data Acquisition

Environmental Permit Systems

  • Explosive Waste Incinerator
  • Open Burning Ground

Recipe Enforcement and Material Tracking Systems

  • Bulk Material Tracking and Shipping
  • Chemical Preparation Barcode Labeling and Tracking
  • Propellant Blender Recipe Control
  • Rocket Motor Visual Inspection Logging
  • Multi-base Paste Blending and Material Tracking
  • Multi-base Slurry Storage and Tracking
  • NC Canister Tracking
  • NC Dewatering/Compacting Drum Labeling and Tracking
  • NC Scale Programming and Integration
  • Propellant Inventory Tracking and Storage (PITS)
  • Single-base Material and Recipe Control

Munitions Quality Testing

A suite of applications used to measure the pressure rise and burn rate of propellants and solid rocket motors. These systems employed various software and hardware components, which provide automated firing, data acquisition, DSP algorithms, graphical user presentation and reporting functions. Programming languages used include C, C++, Microsoft Foundation Class, and assembly. Host operating systems: MS‑Windows, PC‑DOS, and Unix. Hardware environment: National Instruments high speed analog input, proprietary TTL sequencing logic, hardware safety interlocks.

Multi-axis Stepper Motor Controller

A 19-inch rack mounted system built from Agilent and Tektronix components (DAC, oscilloscope, multimeter, function generators, etc). The customer is an ISO 9001 supplier of high-end drives and controllers. This ATE plays the role of final test station testing all functions of the controller followed by a burn in period. Results are tabulated in a database for subsequent product documentation. The system was programmed with LabVIEW on a Windows operating system.