Providing Products and Application Support for the Horner Range of Operator Control Stations and Associated Software

We have partnered with Horner to improve the awareness and availability of Horner Products in Ireland. With over 25 years of designing and applying Horner Products we feel we can support the expansion of Horner within the home region of its European HQ.

About Horner

An Innovative Company

Horner is a Innovative company based in Indianapolis USA and its European HQ is based in Cork, Ireland. Since the Mid 90’s Horner has focussed on bringing innovation to the Automation market worldwide.

Horner’s offering is based around the OCS which is a range of products that offer tight integration of PLC, HMI and Communications features. This integration is enabled by a single software. The range includes a variety of screen sizes and many I/O options from small to large systems.

"Excellence in Automation is not just about providing products—it's about empowering organisations to discover and maintain a lasting solution and partner for their automation requirements."

— Richard Cooper,  Operator Control Solutions

Horner's Innovative Solution

The OCS from Horner provides a PLC, Networking , I/O and HMI Visualisation all in one easy to use product. This level of Integration afords rapid and easy application development.

Customer Centric and Customisation

Meeting customer application requirements is our focus along with the Horner’s ability to customise Hardware and Software for OEM and medium volume opportunities

Free Software

Cscape is a Free but powerfull and Intuitive software that combines all of the configuation needed for PLC Logic, HMI, Networking and I/O and speaks all of the IEC61131 programming languages

Digitisation

OCS 360 is a Cloud or Server based IIOT Solution that can provide  the acquisition, storgage, export  and visualisation of data and the actions needed to digitalise your environment

Operator Control Solutions

A vast experience applying Horner solutions

Operator Control Solutions brings decades of experience helping organisations apply Horner products to solve their automation requirements. We are providing access to the complete range of Horner products along with access to very experienced experts in their application.

Specialist Product Focus

We only support Horner products in the Irish market. This focus allows us to bring knowledgeable support to our Customers in order to support their application. We are not just selling products we aim to advise how the solution can solve your requirements

Local Stock, Rapid Delivery

Together with Horner we maintain a large stock of products for a rapid delivery. We aim to deliver on a 2-5 working day timescale.

Horner also provides a “Build to Order” service to quickly provide customised product

Technical Training

In conjunction with Horner experts we can provide local Training Courses at various levels. From getting started to advanced application development we can provide the knowledge and training you require to complete your application.

Customisation

We can help you customise the Horner product with your own branding by the development of custom overlays for many of the Horner Products. This allows you to maintain your branding with your customer

The Digital Factory

We can apply the Horner product to assist you in Digitalising your factory. Horner products are powerful enough to act as a complete machine or process controller or can act as a Gateway to your existing automation.

Local Support

Ensure your business reaches the right prospects and has a process in place to create that sales growth from prospect to sale

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Applications across a Wide Number of Vertical Markets

Explore how we've helped organisations across industries achieve measurable success through the implementation of Horner products and software

Digital Transformation Initiative

Controling a Robotic Pig Pen Washing System

The main aim of this application was to develop the next generation of world leading high pressure washing robots for use in the agricultural industry, specifically in pig barns. The process of manually cleaning pig barns is very hazardous for one’s health and can put an enormous physical strain on the body. With a washing robot, a better working environment is created while also improving productivity and biosecurity.

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Digital Transformation Initiative

Water Treatment Application

The main aims of this project were to simplify the day-today work for the operator of the water treatment plant and to ensure a stable, high quality water treatment process. The water treatment plant is fed from a mountain lake, through a 300mm pipe, at about 4 bars of pressure (natural high difference, no pumps). The facility supplies water to roughly 500 homes in addition to a local nursing home and local businesses.

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Digital Transformation Initiative

Solar Panel Monitoring

OCS can easily be connected to any network or building automation system via the Modbus Serial port. Data points like temperatures, quantity of energy produced and capacity of solar panels can be reported and stored for further analysis. With the OCS, The Solar Panel System Provider is also able to monitor and control the installation (in case of a breakdown) and to quickly establish the cause of failure. To go even further, The Customer is also using the GSM/GPRS modem from Horner for remote control of the installations

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Trusted by Leading Organisations

Horner in Europe has a very wide and diverse installed base of Industries and companies

Proud to Work With

Water and Waste Water

Special Purpose Machinery

Remewable Energy

Agriculture and Farming

Factory Digitalisation

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