Services
Automation Services
We design and support custom automation systems that improve efficiency and reliability. From implementations to upgrades and repairs, our team helps optimize performance and keep your operations competitive.
Automation Services
Complete Automation Support
We support your hydraulic systems at every stage, from preventive maintenance to repairs and rapid response field service, helping extend equipment life, improve system performance, and minimize downtime across your operation.
Repair Service
Minimize downtime with expert automation controls repair. Our technicians diagnose and repair PLCs, operator interfaces, control panels, drives, and industrial control systems to restore reliable operation as quickly as possible.
Control & System Design
From concept to commissioning, we design automation control systems that improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and simplify operation. Our team delivers custom control panels, PLC programming, and system integration.
Field Service & Maintenance
Keep your automation systems running with expert field service and preventive maintenance. Our technicians troubleshoot control system issues, perform inspections, and identify potential failures before they cause costly downtime.
Authorized Warranty Repair Facility For
Repair Service
We understand if now is not the time for new automation controls. We’ll help you with a quick fix or a migration to new technology.
Our UL508 Electrical Control Panel Shop and team of programmers have decades of experience in the unique design and building of automation controls. We are ideally suited to assist customers with control panel repairs and other automation maintenance requirements.
Lubbock Electric’s technicians are field deployable and specialize in servicing Schneider Electric, Square D controls. We can troubleshoot everything, from basic relay panels to VFD motor controls, SCADA Systems, and even complex plant control systems. We can perform many of the below services in-shop, on-site, or remotely.
- Control Panel Repairs for Lightning, Fire, and Water Damage
- System Retrofitting and Technology Upgrades
- VFD and Soft Starter Troubleshooting
- Reprogramming of LECO Controls
- Fiber Optic Termination
- Replacement of Damaged Wires
- Replacement of Electronics in MasterFlow™ Controls
- Replacement of Touch Screens and HMI Operators
- Replacement of PLCs, Input Modules, and Output Modules
- Remote Troubleshooting of Controls via VPN
Control & System Design
Machine and process automation is a critical investment for industrial businesses that need to remain competitive. Expertly designed automation eliminates the need for constant human monitoring, decreases labor costs, increases employee safety, optimizes production, and boosts throughput.
At Lubbock Electric Company, we help industry in West Texas and beyond achieve growth and become more competitive with custom automation solutions. Our design approach begins with our understanding of electric circuits, motors, and pumps. Protecting your facility assets is always a key concern. We also consider the end-user and make interfaces that are simple to use.
MasterTrack
MasterTrack
A modern tracking platform for cotton gins that is built for today’s demands, not yesterday’s systems. MasterTrack helps your team run faster, smarter, and with more confidence.
Many gins still rely on legacy systems to track bales, producers, and shipments leading to frustration, delays, and risk of data loss. MasterTrack was built specifically for cotton gins to simplify the tracking process and make your operation more connected and efficient.
MasterTrack gives your gin the ability to trace every module and bale across the entire ginning and shipping process – including detailed information on growers, fields, seed varieties, and contract fulfillment.
MasterTrack was designed to transfer data into major gin systems. If you’re using GinPro, PCCA, or eCotton, we’ve already made the connection.
- Bale + Commodity Tracking
- Remote-Ready & Easy to Use
- Built to Work With Your Systems
- Traceability & Records
- Contract Tracking
- Production Reporting
Custom Control Panels
Custom Control Panels
From conception to commission, we can provide a complete automation solution for your operations. Because your motors won’t move on their own.
Of course, controls in your plant will do more than start and stop operations. Controls are critical to the safe and efficient operation of industrial facilities. In just the cotton gin industry alone, we have seen dramatic improvements in both production and employee safety.
Lubbock Electric has an in-house team of automation programmers, master electricians, and expert panel builders who collaborate to develop our line of cotton gin controls and to bring custom controls to life. We can handle any scale and any application. Our team will work closely with you to execute your vision all the way to installation and end-user.
Automation involves both control and measurement. We provide the technology needed to monitor key process variables, including flow, level, temperature, electric current and voltage, pressure, load cells and strain gauges, flame detection, and power quality.
Our versatile team of programmers works with both proprietary and open software and protocols to develop custom control systems. We utilize automation platforms such as Indusoft Web Studio, Wonderware, Modsoft Programmer, Concept, Unity, and Vijeo, along with programming languages and technologies including C# .NET, C++, VB .NET, VB, SQL Server, SQLite, and Access.
UL Panel Shop
You dream it. We design it. And we build it too. Whether your new facility is still an idea in your head or you have drawings for electric controls already designed, we will build powerful, reliable, and durable automation controls for your plant.
- Custom Design and Panel Schematics
- Electrical Schematics
- Termination Boxes
- Single-Door and Multi-Door Panels
- Multi-Cabinet Consoles
- Console Upgrades and Retrofits
- Custom Operator Interface Terminals
- Completely Integrated PLC Systems
- Complex Control Room Consoles
- Motor Controls and Pump Controls
SCADA System Design
SCADA System Design
If your company has a critical or costly process, you may need a SCADA system. Turn to Lubbock Electric for a complete SCADA solution.
A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is a computer network that measures, controls, and analyzes an industrial process. In a SCADA system, controllers communicate with intelligent sensors to collect data which is graphically represented to end-users in real time. SCADA systems save time and money by eliminating the need for constant human monitoring or frequent site visits because systems can be controlled remotely. SCADA is crucial for complex processes, such as automating water systems, and it is useful for small applications, such as climate control.
We believe that getting clear, accurate data in real time will help your company improve efficiency, increase safety, mitigate downtime, and process data for smarter decisions. Our team will design your SCADA architecture, develop the software to your exact needs, install the complete network, and provide commissioning and training.
Lubbock Electric Co. has experience developing SCADA systems for the following industries and applications:
- Cotton Gins
- Saltwater Disposal
- Wine Press
- Acid Plant
- Municipal Water Systems
- Wastewater Systems
- Fertilizer Plant
Touch Screen Interface Design
Touch Screen Interface Design
Touch screen controls are not the future. They are the present. We’ll help you unleash the versatility and efficiency of modern HMI technology in your plant.
Your legacy touch screen controls may still be working and you might think to yourself “if it isn’t broken, why fix it?” However, if you are using HMI (Human Machine Interface) technology that is over a decade old, your operations could be suffering losses in productivity and efficiency.
Our automation team can work with you to upgrade your PLC and install the latest in touch screen interface technology. Our programmers can add new tables, graphs, screens, menus, and features to your existing LECO controls. We can also redesign your program from the ground up with new hardware. Ask Lubbock Electric for an evaluation of your current controls.
Advantages of Modern Touch Screens Over Legacy Controls:
- Higher Processing Speeds
- Superior Graphical Representation
- Greater Memory
- Improved Accuracy
- Intuitive for the End User
Field Service & Preventive Maintenance
Unexpected control system failures can bring production to a halt, but many problems can be prevented before they occur. Our experienced technicians provide on-site troubleshooting, repairs, VFD service, and preventive maintenance to keep your automation systems operating safely, efficiently, and reliably. Whether you need emergency field support or a proactive maintenance program, we help maximize uptime and extend the life of your equipment.
Our field & preventive maintenance services include:
- PLC troubleshooting and repair
- VFD troubleshooting, repair, and replacement
- HMI diagnostics and support
- Control panel troubleshooting
- I/O testing and signal verification
- Electrical and control circuit diagnostics
- Preventive maintenance inspections
- Cleaning and tightening electrical connections
- Firmware updates and backup verification
- System performance testing
- Start-up and commissioning assistance
- Documentation and maintenance recommendations