Projects & Industries
From offshore to civil engineering, each project illustrates our mastery of the entire control chain.
Each sector has its constraints, standards and safety requirements. From special machinery to industrial processes, including industry 4.0/IoT, our versatility allows us to operate in widely varied industrial environments.
Special machines
Nuclear
RJH — Experimental reactor
Special machine ‘underwater elevator stations’, FAT technical assistance / system commissioning.
Construction & civil engineering
TELT-LTF (Lyon-Turin) — TBM FEDERICA
Tunnel boring machine, 2 km of excavation, study / development / integration / FAT / SAT technical assistance for operations
Oil & Gas Offshore
FPSO Kaombo / Egina / Pazflor
Offshore RPS Systems: study / development / integration / FAT / SAT technical assistance for installation and operations.
Industrial process
Naval
SNCC (DCS) — Shipbuilding
Integration, reception and commissioning of industrial supervision system
Petrochemicals
Fos-sur-Mer oil depot
Retrofit of 38 PLCs + supervision, 40 fluid storage/transport units.
Food & beverage
Storage & processing of durum wheat
Reverse engineering of the control system, PLC / SCADA / MES exchanges.
Pharmaceutical
Air handling unit (AHU)
AHU (Air Handling Unit) study / development / integration / FAT.
Water treatment
SCADA
Design and integration of automation and supervision solutions for the treatment, decantation and reuse of concrete production water.
IoT
Maritime / IoT
Fleet of 200 vessels
Embedded near real-time data acquisition systems.
Case Studies — Flagship Projects
🚇 TELT-LTF — TBM FEDERICA Tunnel Boring Machine (Lyon-Turin)
Context: As part of the Lyon-Turin cross-border rail project, AUTOM Technologies designed and integrated the control system for tunnel boring machine TBM FEDERICA, responsible for excavating 2 km of underground gallery through mountainous terrain.
Technical challenge: Real-time coordination of over 300 I/O signals, critical alarm management in an underground ATEX environment, interfaces with ventilation, conveyor and rock-bolting subsystems. Maximum availability was mandatory — any unplanned stop directly impacted project deadlines.
AUTOM solution: Redundant Siemens S7-1500 architecture, WinCC Unified SCADA, full project scope from functional specification to on-site commissioning. Deliverables: functional analysis, PLC programming, HMI configuration, factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT).
🛢️ FPSO Kaombo / Egina / Pazflor — Offshore Oil & Gas
Context: Interventions on three deepwater FPSOs (Angola, Nigeria, Congo). These floating production, storage and offloading units require SIL-2 certified safety instrumented systems for fire, gas and overpressure protection.
Technical challenge: ATEX Zone 1 environment, 24/7 availability, offshore interventions requiring BOSIET certification. Development and validation of Riser Protection Systems (RPS) compliant with IEC 61511, with stringent documentation requirements imposed by TotalEnergies.
AUTOM solution: Design, development, integration and FAT of RPS systems on Triconex and Siemens S7-400H safety PLCs. Technical assistance during installation and offshore operations. Outcome: zero non-conformities during SIL certification audits.
🚢 Maritime IoT — Fleet of 200 Connected Vessels
Context: Deployment of an industrial IoT solution across a fleet of 200 merchant vessels and marine construction ships. The objective: centralise engine, auxiliary and cargo data to optimise predictive maintenance and reduce fuel consumption.
Technical challenge: Heterogeneous on-board equipment (PLCs from various manufacturers and generations), intermittent satellite connectivity, near-real-time data synchronisation, cybersecurity for onboard communications compliant with BIMCO and DNV GL guidelines.
AUTOM solution: IIoT architecture based on OPC-UA, MQTT and InfluxDB. Embedded gateways on each vessel, data aggregation on a supervised cloud portal. Custom Grafana dashboards per fleet segment. Outcome: 12% reduction in unplanned incidents and 8% fuel saving across the fleet.
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