System Controls, Inc. - Control System Design & Manufacturing

System Controls, Inc. was organized in 1964 to offer a control system design and manufacturing service to industries throughout the United States.

We are now serving customers in all regions of the country as well as in other countries such as England, Germany, Canada, Korea, Israel, Indonesia, Columbia and Venezuela with control equipment ranging in size and complexity from multi-million dollar material handling systems to room lighting control panels.

Our facility is located in Birmingham, Alabama, where we presently have 22,500 square feet of air-conditioned manufacturing space and 7,500 square feet of office space. Our engineering facilities include a Programmable Controller laboratory, a Microsoft Windows Computer Network consisting of multi processor based servers, workstations, laptops, and an Autodesk AutoCAD Computer Aided Design and Drafting System.

News & Events

January 9, 2012 - Jerry Walker retired today after more than 42 years of dedicated service. Jerry started his career in 1969 after his discharge from the Navy and was a Sr. Shop Supervisor who trained many of our current technicians. Our hope is that the only interruption to your woodworking hobby is to go fishing and that your only trouble is that you never have a day off.

June 16, 2011 - System Controls, Inc. honors four employees for thirty and forty years of service:

Jerry Walker started his service in 1969 and is a Sr. Shop Supervisor responsible for training new technicians. Mr. Walker is married with two children and two grandchildren.
Deborah Higgins, Office Manager, started as a part-time temporary employee in 1978. Mrs. Higgins is married with two sons and two granddaughters.
Randy Perkins started as a Service Technician in 1979 and is now the VP of Manufacturing. Mr. Perkins is married with one daughter and one work-in-progress '69 Chevelle.
Jerald Glass, a Sr. Shop Supervisor, started in 1980. Mr. Glass was born in Winter Haven, FL, and is married with two children and four grandchildren.

Left to right - Jerry Walker, Randy Perkins, Deborah Higgins, and Jerald Glass

June 29, 2010 - System Controls, Inc. announces the retirement of Ern Hallmark after more than 40 years of dedicated service. Mr. Hallmark started his career in 1965 shortly after the formation of the company. His ever present smile, helpful attitude, and dedication to excellence will be greatly missed.

April 10, 2010 - A Single 500 HP Regenerative AC Drive and custom controls were commissioned today on the latest application of the Vector Winch technology for Continental Conveyor Products, a division of Joy Mining Machinery, at the Atlantic Marine facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The existing 4160 VAC wound rotor motor and controls were replaced with a 480 VAC motor, VFD, and controls on one of the facility's marine rail winches. The new technology will eliminate the speed and torque changes generated by the wound rotor system and provide for smoother movement of the winch platform.

February 11, 2010 - System Controls, Inc. released the latest feature for control of belt conveyors today. Auto Slip Correction is now available on all AC and DC belt controllers. This feature determines when a drive pulley is in a slip condition and by changing the setpoint to the AC drive eliminates the belt slip and returns to the normal operation. The number of times that this correction may attempt to correct slip before declaring a fault condition is operator configurable. This feature will eliminate nuisance tripping of conveyor belts.