Product 06 · Controls & electronics
Legacy Electronics & PLC Controls Retrofit
Complete electronics redesign for equipment whose original manufacturer support has ended — so proven mechanical equipment keeps running instead of being replaced.
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Platforms
Two platforms we have already redesigned.
Pitney Bowes FX FlowMaster
Manufacturing of this platform was later acquired by BlueCrest. An MJR PLC now controls the entire process end to end, with the option to add matching cameras and an address printer.
Kirk Rudy 535CS board-level Tabber
Kirk Rudy discontinued support and offers only a new unit purchase. MJR redesigned the board-level electronics instead, and added an MJR inkjet printer that prints on the inkjet base before the tabs are applied. Printing on the tabs themselves is available as an option.
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Keep the iron. Replace the intelligence.
When the OEM stops supporting a platform, the usual answer is a forklift replacement of equipment that is still mechanically sound. We take the other path: redesign the electronics and controls, put an MJR PLC in charge of the full process, and keep the machine in production indefinitely.
Matching cameras, print verification and inkjet addressing can be engineered into the same retrofit rather than bolted on later.
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A retrofitted FlowMaster under MJR control.
Two ways to upgrade a Pitney Bowes system: add matching cameras with Read & Print to your existing system, or completely replace the electronics with all of the options.
This customer later asked to add a printer for Read & Print. See Add-On: Read & Print on the Camera Matching page.
See it running
The FlowMaster retrofit and an MJR multi-feeder collator
See it running
Kirk Rudy 535CS with MJR electronics.
Kirk Rudy discontinued support for the 535CS board-level tabber and offers only a new unit purchase. MJR redesigned the board-level electronics instead, and added an MJR inkjet printer that prints on the inkjet base before the tabs are applied. Printing on the tabs themselves is available as an option.
Next step
Send us the make and model of your line.
We will tell you what can be retrofitted, what it takes, and how fast. Parts lead time runs from immediate to about two weeks; once parts are on hand, installs are typically completed in one day.