Design Services

Available through PAS is a comprehensive set of engineering and design services.  Capable of meeting the needs of any customer in any industry, our engineering and design services team custom designs the implementation of every PowerStor, PowerStage and PowerWCS system we build.

Our design staff is comprised of professional mechanical, electrical, software and controls engineers using leading edge CAD and modeling packages. All of our engineers have hands on experience in designing and optimizing PAS system configurations to rise to your day-to-day challenges.

Design Steps

PAS follows a structured data driven approach to our design process.  Our objective is to quickly understand a customer needs, determine if PAS technologies apply and get our customers the information they need, quickly, to make value decisions.

The following steps outline that structured approach.  The sequence of the steps may vary, however, all the steps must be completed to insure a complete and proper system design.

Step 1:  Collect the Data

We start with our site survey questionnaire that provides the basic information about a customer’s operation.  Understanding the operational data that drives a customer’s business is critical in developing the correct solution. A CAD drawing of the facility is necessary to develop the best-fit solution for the specific conditions.

Step 2:  Evaluate Solution Possibilities

Based on the data collected, PAS is able to evaluate the correct application of our technologies or determine if other technologies might be more appropriate for the circumstances.  If other technologies apply, recommendations on who might help can be provided.  If PAS technologies apply, then a site visit and further refinement of the data along with the development of high level concepts can proceed.

Step 3:  Site Visit

It is important for our experienced engineers to visit the customer’s facility to get a full understanding of the operation and operational conditions.  This allows PAS to apply our experience to those real world conditions.  The original data collected can be refined and used in the next step of developing high level concept and ballpark pricing.

Step 4:  Develop High Level Concept and Ballpark Pricing Report

From the collected data and site visit experience, a high level concept including CAD drawings and budget pricing will be prepared.  This high level concept includes critical information that is used by both companies to evaluate the validity of PAS technology in solving the customer’s business challenges. 
The information provided by PAS in our Concept Report is:

• Plan and Elevation Drawings
• Scope of Work definition – PAS and others
• Throughput and System Capacity Estimate
• Estimated Implementation Schedule
• Ballpark pricing

Step 5:  Go –No Go Decision

This step is an important step for both PAS and our customers.  It is an event that determines the feasibility of proceeding with a project or not.  An honest evaluation of the applicability of PAS technology in solving our customer’s business challenges by both companies is important to insure proper application of resources and time.

Step 6:  Refine Concepts – Prepare Design Documentation/Proposals

If it is determined that the concept is valid for the business conditions, the next step is to refine the concept to a lower level of detail which requires further data refinement and analysis, refinement of the systems design, possible proof of concept simulation and more detailed proposal documentation. 
A design proposal document is prepared based on this concept refinement process to support detailed funding evaluation by the customer.  PAS also provides customer support during the funding evaluation process.

Step 7:  Project Final Design and Implementation

When the project is approved and funded, the same team that helped develop the concept in the first place will be part of the design team that develops the final implementation design and transitions the project to the installation team.  PAS does this to make certain that the people whom you have interacted with in the past remain “on point” thereby eliminating the time and cost of bringing a different team up to speed on project every time it moves to the next step.