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Charlotte, NC · Selected work

Practical IT.
Proven in the real world.

From manufacturing-floor computers to home networks and business websites, our work starts with a real problem and a solution built around the people using it.

Manufacturing expertise. Business & home solutions.Industrial IT · Backup planning · Historians · Websites
Experience behind the work

IT expertise.
Manufacturing perspective.

Justin brings over 15 years of inline thermoforming experience and his role as a Senior Process Engineer at a plastics manufacturing company to his work at BizHostNC. His experience spans continuous production lines that extrude sheet and form parts inline, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That background connects hands-on IT knowledge with a practical understanding of manufacturing processes and the systems used on the production floor.

Drives & motion control

  • Yaskawa drives
  • Galil motion controllers

PLCs & industrial I/O

  • Allen-Bradley PLCs
  • Opto 22 I/O systems
01 / MANUFACTURING IT
Well-known plastics manufacturer · Charlotte

Modernizing HMI workstations.
Reducing hardware costs.

For a well-known plastics manufacturing company in Charlotte, BizHostNC modernized HMI workstations with Windows 11 upgrades and lower-cost Dell OptiPlex 7050 systems in place of expensive OEM HMI computers.

The challenge

Replacing HMI computers through the original equipment manufacturer carried a high hardware cost. The customer needed a practical modernization approach for its manufacturing environment.

What we delivered

  • HMI workstation modernization and Windows 11 upgrades.
  • Dell OptiPlex 7050 systems as lower-cost replacements for OEM HMI PCs.
  • A backup plan covering HMI, PLC, and engineering PCs to support recovery planning.
In progress

Connecting machinery with FactoryTalk Optix

We’re now implementing an industrial IoT system across this customer’s Allen-Bradley PLC-driven machinery, using FactoryTalk Optix to bring machine data together for centralized visualization. This phase is underway; deployment and its outcomes are not presented as complete.

HMI workstationsBackup planningAllen-Bradley PLCsFactoryTalk Optix
02 / MANUFACTURING RELIABILITY
Manufacturing company · Client name withheld

A graceful shutdown.
A recurring problem resolved.

For another manufacturing company, BizHostNC installed HMI computers and addressed abrupt power loss that was repeatedly corrupting drives. The HMI PCs previously lost power immediately when machine power was isolated.

The challenge

The HMI computers lacked UPS battery protection. Immediate power cuts prevented an orderly operating-system shutdown and were followed by frequent drive corruption.

What we delivered

  • Installation of HMI computers.
  • UPS systems sized for the HMI PC loads.
  • Battery-backed power and graceful PC shutdown when supply power is removed.
HMI installationUPS sizing & installationGraceful shutdown
03 / INDUSTRIAL DATA & VISUALIZATION
Manufacturing company · Client name withheld

Machine data.
A history you can see.

BizHostNC designed and deployed a custom historian system for another factory’s HMI, connecting through an OPC UA client, storing historical readings in InfluxDB, and visualizing trends in Grafana.

The solution

  • An OPC UA client connects the HMI data to the historian system.
  • InfluxDB stores time-series readings for historical reference.
  • Grafana presents the data through dashboards and trend visualizations.
Deployed · Ongoing development

Built and in use

The historian is deployed and operational. Further development continues as the system’s capabilities evolve.

Industrial historianOPC UAInfluxDBGrafanaHMI data
04 / RESIDENTIAL NETWORKING
Large residential property · Homeowner name withheld

One property.
A connection that reaches further.

BizHostNC completed a WiFi and network improvement project for a large home with a pool and a pool house approximately 400 feet from the main house.

The challenge

The project called for improved WiFi in a large home and a network connection to a separate pool house, with considerable distance between the buildings.

What we installed

  • A UniFi WiFi system in the main home.
  • A UniFi point-to-point system for the pool house connection.

The installation brings the home and outbuilding into the property’s network.

UniFiHome WiFiPoint-to-point wirelessPool house connectivity
05 / BUSINESS WEBSITES

Local businesses.
A place of their own online.

Website design that brings each business’s services and work into focus, with hosting support where it’s part of the project.

L & M Construction

BizHostNC designed and built the website for a large landscaping and land management company serving North Carolina DOT highways and private businesses statewide.

The project provides an online home for the company’s landscaping, construction, and land management work.

Website design & buildNorth Carolina business
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Fast Wood Customs

BizHostNC designed and hosts the website for Fast Wood Customs, a family-owned woodworking business.

This project brings our website design and web hosting services together to give the business a home online for its woodcraft work.

Website designWeb hostingWoodworking business
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Manufacturing customer and homeowner names are withheld for privacy. Results describe these individual projects; the FactoryTalk Optix integration remains in progress.

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