TS Controls is a controls and robotics integrator with its office in Anderson. From here we program, debug, and commission PLCs, HMIs, drives, networks, and robots at your plant, in the software it already uses. For a plant in Anderson, Belton, Williamston, or Pendleton, the controls team is in the same county: we drive over, stand at the machine, see the problem for ourselves, and fit the work into the outage you can give.
Anderson is home base
Every TS Controls job starts from Anderson. Plants in town and along I-85 toward Greenville are the shortest drive we make, so an on-site evaluation is a short trip, not a crew flying in or crossing the state. We take work across the Southeast and on-site jobs nationwide as well, but Anderson is where the office is and where our day starts.
Why the work starts at the machine
A phone call or a screenshot rarely explains a controls fault. Logic that looks wrong on the screen can be covering for a sensor that has worn out, and a stop that seems new can go back to a network change from months earlier. So the first visit is an on-site evaluation, not a guess: we read the program, check the hardware and the network, watch how your operators run the line, and then send you a written plan.
Platforms we program
- Siemens. Step 5 on older S5 systems, STEP 7 / SIMATIC Manager for S7-300, and TIA Portal for S7-1200 and S7-1500, plus WinCC panels, SINAMICS drives, and PROFINET.
- Allen-Bradley / Rockwell. RSLogix for PLC-5 and SLC 500 racks and Studio 5000 for ControlLogix and CompactLogix, with FactoryTalk View panels, PowerFlex drives, and Kinetix servo motion.
- Robots. KUKA, FANUC, and ABB, with offline programming ahead of the outage. In a cell where the PLC and the robots come from different makers, the same engineers write both sides of the handshake.
- Networks and I/O. PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, and PROFIBUS, along with I/O changes and panel checkout.
Typical jobs for Anderson-area plants
- New logic for an added part, product, or station, proven out before the line runs on it
- Tracking down intermittent faults, nuisance stops, and dropped communication
- HMI screen edits, alarm cleanup, and the changes your operators ask for
- New drives, devices, or remote I/O added to a network that is already running
- Commissioning help while equipment is installed or a line is moved
- Old programs nobody has opened in years, recovered, documented, and backed up (program backup)
- A plan to get off PLC-5, SLC 500, MicroLogix, Step 5, or S7-300 hardware before a failed card decides for you (legacy PLC migration)
- Hands-on training for your maintenance team on the system they already run
Industries we work in
We come from automotive work: body-in-white, spot weld, press shop, and hemming and roller cells, along with EV production and aerospace. That experience carries over to the plastics, packaging, general manufacturing, and process equipment found around Anderson. Whether the line runs on Siemens or Allen-Bradley controls or is built around a KUKA, FANUC, or ABB robot, we can work on it. Among the plants we've supported are BMW Plant 10, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Tesla, Robert Bosch LLC, and Volvo.
Areas we cover from Anderson
Anderson · Belton · Honea Path · Williamston · Pendleton · Clemson · Easley · Seneca · and the rest of the Upstate, including Greenville and Spartanburg. Outside the Upstate, we cover the Southeast and take on-site jobs nationwide.
How a job works
- Send the packet. Attach the program or project archive, describe the symptom or the change in a few lines, and give us your outage window, using the form below or our contact page.
- Evaluation. We go through the files first and, when the job calls for it, see the machine in person before agreeing to a plan. For an Anderson County plant, that visit is a short drive.
- Plan and quote. The scope comes in writing, sized to the job. We don't pad it, and safety is never the part that gets trimmed.
- On-site work. Booked inside your outage window, nights and weekends included when that is when the line can stop. See outage planning.
- Handover. The logic tested, the backups brought up to date, and notes your maintenance crew can work from next time.
Line down?
Production stopped? Call (877) 790-4697 rather than sending a form; the line-down number is answered 24/7, subject to personnel availability. Whether someone can come out, and how soon, depends on who is available, and before you commit we'll say plainly what we can do. See how line-down support works.
For planning, quotes, and site visits, call the office at (877) 524-6674, Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm Eastern, or email sales@ts-controls.com.
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