About Northbridge

Northbridge was founded by a former Siemens Australia electrical engineer with over 25 years of experience in Siemens automation and motion control drive systems in Australia.

That experience spans two complementary areas:

• STS crane lifecycle services: Over 15 years of hands-on field experience across the full lifecycle of STS container cranes in Australia and New Zealand, including commissioning, upgrades, field service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and training.
• Automation and drive project engineering: A further decade of project engineering experience delivering automation and motion control drive projects across Australian industry.

The result is a practical, engineering-led approach: an understanding of how these systems are designed and built, combined with years of experience keeping them running in demanding operational environments.

Services

• Field service: On-site engineering support for Siemens automation and drive systems.
• Commissioning: Commissioning of new and refurbished crane electrical and control systems.
• Drive and PLC upgrades: Migration of obsolete drives and controllers to current Siemens platforms.
• Control system retrofits: Planning and delivery of control system modernisation projects.
• New function development and integration: Design, programming and integration of new crane functions and features.
• Cycle time optimisation: Analysis and tuning of motion and control performance to improve crane productivity.
• Preventive maintenance: Scheduled condition checks on drives, PLCs, safety systems and networks.
• Fault diagnosis and repair: Systematic fault finding, corrective repairs and root cause analysis.
• Maintenance training: On-site, system-specific training for electrical and maintenance teams5