Maritimes / NS

Truro

Central Nova Scotia plants get the full Bedford team, close by.

What we do in Truro

Full service, one team

Design, panels, code, install and support, delivered locally.

Automation and PLCProgramming, upgrades and support on Allen-Bradley (MicroLogix, CompactLogix and ControlLogix), Schneider Electric (Modicon), Omron (CP1, CJ, NJ and NX), Phoenix Contact (PLCnext) and Unitronics.Industrial electricalWiring, power and control, safe and to code.Panel shop buildsCustom panels from our own shop, delivered and installed.Lifeline responseEmergency and breakdown coverage: 1-833-423-3367. When you call, a real person answers and we get moving.

What runs in Truro and Colchester County

Truro sits at the junction of the Nova Scotia highway and rail networks, which is why so much of central Nova Scotia’s processing and distribution ended up here. Agri-food and dairy processing, feed and grain handling, wood products and sawmilling through Colchester County, cold storage and freight, and the manufacturing that supplies all of them.

Agricultural processing has a rhythm that controls work has to respect. Harvest and production peaks are fixed by the season, not by the maintenance calendar, so the window for a retrofit is real and short.

Agri-food and dairy. Batching, pasteurising and filling controls, clean-in-place sequencing, washdown-rated enclosures.
Feed, grain and bulk handling. Conveyor and elevator controls, dust-rated panels, weighing and blending systems.
Wood products and sawmilling. Drive and conveyor controls, optimiser interfaces, dust and vibration-tolerant installations.
Cold storage and distribution. Refrigeration controls, dock equipment, monitoring and alarm systems.
Water and wastewater. Pump and lift station controls, VFDs and telemetry for county systems.

Seasonal plants need a different plan

A plant that runs flat out for four months and quietly for eight does not want the same maintenance approach as one that runs evenly all year. The upgrade belongs in the quiet months, and the support has to be strongest in the busy ones. Getting that backwards is how a small fault becomes a lost season.

In practice that means the assessment happens well before the window, panels are built and bench-tested in Dieppe during the slow period so site time is short, and the preventative maintenance schedule is written around the production calendar rather than a generic interval.

Bedford brings the full scope to Truro: PLC, HMI and SCADA programming and legacy migrations, industrial electrical installation by Red Seal electricians, custom control panels built in our own Dieppe shop, robotics integration including palletizing and machine tending, and emergency response through Lifeline.

Working in Truro

We have people across Nova Scotia, and Truro sits on the main corridor to Halifax, so it is one of the areas we are in most regularly.

For seasonal plants that matters at both ends of the year: the pre-season walkthrough is easy to schedule, and an in-season breakdown is a short drive rather than a day lost.

When a line goes down, call 1-833-423-3367. Someone available answers, takes the details and gets the right people on it.

Straight answers

Common questions in Truro

Who provides industrial automation in Truro?Bedford Industrial Automation covers Truro and central Nova Scotia. We have people across the Maritimes, and we run our own panel shop. Controls design, custom control panels, PLC and HMI programming, industrial electrical work, robotics and ongoing service come from one team under one contract.

Can you do the upgrade in our off-season?That is usually the right way to do it. Scoping happens before the quiet period, the panel is built and exercised on the bench in Dieppe while your plant is still running, and site work lands in the window when the line is already down. It shortens the part of the project that costs you production.

Which PLC platforms do you support?Five: Allen-Bradley (MicroLogix, CompactLogix and ControlLogix), Schneider Electric (Modicon), Omron (CP1, CJ, NJ and NX), Phoenix Contact (PLCnext) and Unitronics. Older agri-food plants often run a mix, including controllers well past support, and migrating those without losing the original sequence is routine work.

Do you handle electrical permits and inspection in Nova Scotia?Industrial electrical work in Nova Scotia is done to the Canadian Electrical Code, CSA C22.1, as adopted provincially. Permitting and inspection are part of the scope and get confirmed with you before work starts.

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