A lightning strike lasts about 1-2 microseconds…not even time to blink an eye and yet long enough to cause destruction of life and property. Storms this spring are already ferocious and violent in the U.S. Lightning bolts and electronics do not play well together.
Awhile back, in the best interests of your valuable servo motors, I wrote “Four Easy Ways to Keep Your Motor Up and Running”. Hopefully, since that time your equipment has been humming along in perfect working order and you haven’t needed servo motor repairs. But maybe things haven’t gone so well and […]
There are many ways to annihilate your industrial electronics. Likewise, there are equally as many to protect them. If you have ever fried your servo drive or your power supply for example, you might think the unit was defective to start with. Well, maybe. More likely it was caused by […]
Taken for granted until they fail, circuit boards are key to the operation of virtually everything these days. Many industrial printed circuit boards today are complicated, high value items that are cost effective to repair. If your industrial electronics stop working and you are suspicious, or even absolutely certain, that […]
Are you looking to save energy? Trying to gain speed and torque control? Wishing you could control your starting current? Variable speed or frequency drives can do just that and much more. Read on for benefits, maintenance, and troubleshooting tips for VFDs.
Let’s say one of your PLCs is faulting or behaving erratically affecting your manufacturing production. Besides being frustrated, you also now face some tough choices knowing that your primary objective is to keep production going and to minimize downtime.
Chicken soup is delicious…steaming hot, homemade and swimming with noodles and chunks of tender chicken…you can almost taste it can’t you? Well, I can whip up some mean chicken soup. Just ask my three buffalo-sized sons! And, I’ve got some chicken soup for you too. That is, chicken soup for […]
Broken industrial touch screens such as the one in the picture are a common problem. What might surprise you is that these units can be repaired and do NOT have to be sent back to the OEM as so many touch screen owners/operators seem to think. These types of units […]
Baby it’s cold outside! You can add the much talked about “polar vortex” to your list of enemies of your electronics. It’s not that the cold specifically is the problem, but the dry air that comes along with the cold upping the chances of electrostatic discharge (ESD) which can result […]
Ever wonder what happens to your servo drive when the motor is bad or there are line spikes? Besides the obvious (it stops working) nearly every component inside gets damaged, burnt or blown to bits, often beyond recognition. What then?
