REPAIR SOLUTIONS FROM THE PLANT FLOOR: KABOOM! Rarely a good sound on the plant floor! What happened to this Allen Bradley Powerflex servo drive p/n 20AD065A0AYNANC0 to give our food industry plant customer a headache – literally!? Excessive current is the typical cause for damage like this to fuses in a […]
Is your PLC behaving erratically? Suddenly just “lose” its program? Or maybe it faulted and now the red light is on and you can’t get your error codes to clear? Does this mean you will be spending your maintenance budget on unplanned PLC repairs? The short answer is: maybe. These are actually common […]
A direct lightning strike WILL damage your equipment, no doubt about it! But what about those tiny, almost unnoticeable surges of static referred to as electrostatic discharge (ESD)? Those little surges are trouble makers too! Here’s how to prevent electrostatic discharge from damaging your electronics
Save yourself a headache AND unnecessary drive repair expenses by checking your equipment BEFORE reinstalling a freshly repaired unit.
Are you getting over voltage faults from your VFD? Erratic operation? Hearing strange noises? VFD failure? Chances are you may need to change your use and maintenance routines for your VFD and probably other equipment too. As a rule, VFDs are reliable as hell. But like most things, they have their critical […]
As you probably know by now, printed circuit boards don’t last forever. Not even the very expensive ones inside your industrial equipment. But did you know that you can extend the life of your circuit boards? And, potentially put off the need for circuit board repairs a little longer? The […]
The sad but simple answer to this question is some water damaged circuit boards can be repaired some of the time. Once exposed to water, damage to your electronics begins within seconds – and the longer the exposure the worse the damage. Technically, it’s not really the water itself that […]
Encoder tips to diagnose problems… BEFORE sending out for encoder repair service. If motion control is important to your production, then your encoder is one of the keys to your success. Encoders are exposed to shock, contaminants/oil, excess vibration, moisture, and high temperatures that regularly put their toughness to the test.
Your production line went down due to electronic equipment failure and now you have to decide fast – replace or repair? Every minute down is killing your bottom line. When to hold and when to fold can be a gut decision (and often is) but there are some hard facts […]
Are you suffering from an expensive case of downtime – the unplanned kind? Unplanned downtime in manufacturing is a budget-killer like no other. Some estimates put the average cost at $7,900 per MINUTE and its rising! It’s frustrating to watch production come to a stop and deliveries go unmet. Finger-pointing […]
