You know it might be a bad day when even the test equipment can’t test and you realize you might need repairs…or when you are getting distressing messages like these from your malfunctioning test equipment: Data acquisition failure Unit failed signal path Power supply does not turn on Unlevel error […]
Ever been told that your operator control panel is unrepairable? Or that you would need to upgrade to continue production? Yep, I thought so. I know, we’ve mentioned this situation before but it happens to our customers so often it’s worth repeating. Please don’t throw in the towel on your dependable […]
REAL LIFE REPAIR SOLUTIONS : Komori Touchscreen went blank…and also, your question answered. Here’s one question we get asked a lot… “To send in an item for repair, do we need to know what the problem is with the unit?” The short answer? No! Relax, this is ok. We’ve got this! […]
REAL LIFE REPAIR SOLUTIONS FROM THE PLANT FLOOR: Gettys DC Drive Controller Quits Working The SAD part of the story: “the axis was real jerky and continued to get worse until it QUIT”. Ouch! Quitting on the job is never good, human or machine. So, what’s up with this nice […]
Real Life Repair Solutions from the Plant Floor – Festo PLC Needs Repairs NOW! In real life things break, especially when you are in a hurry, right? For our U.S.-based supplement manufacturer customer having a PLC go down was not good for filling orders on time. In their words, “This (Festo […]
“Stop the Presses!” is only a GOOD thing when there is exciting breaking news. It’s all bad news when the press comes to a stop because it is BROKEN. This Heidelberg Press Electronic Drive went bad leaving our East Coast fine printing press customer in the lurch and needing Heidelberg […]
CASE STUDY – REPAIR SOLUTIONS FROM THE PLANT: TINY parts can cause BIG problems. Perfect example – this 6 inch square ISO board was blowing a 1 amp fuse bringing the Charmilles Form 20 to a stop in our customer’s Mid-Atlantic tooling shop The results of this “mini-explosion” are a […]
It’s a good thing we have always liked playing in the dirt! Because this guy (and a few more just like it) were so dirty when they arrived on our dock we had to degrease and clean them just to identify the components.
REPAIR SOLUTIONS FROM THE PLANT FLOOR – A CASE STUDY: MG INDUSTRIES PLASMA TABLE CONTROL FAILS Is double-sided tape the only thing holding YOUR control together? Or maybe a bit of duct tape? If so, you are very much not alone. We see this all the time! Take this MG Industries […]
REPAIR SOLUTIONS FROM THE PLANT FLOOR – Allen Bradley VFD Blown! Can it be Repaired? Should it be repaired? Unlike in a box of Cracker Jacks, there was an UGLY surprise waiting inside of this drive! When this Allen Bradley VFD failed, the screen gave only a wimpy “bad fuse” […]
