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?
Getting ready for your annual or semi-annual plant maintenance shutdown? To keep your budget and schedule on target, make your to-do list as short as possible and focus only on things that can realistically be accomplished during a major shutdown. Everything else can be scheduled during normal minor shutdowns for preventive maintenance. […]
Have you ever had a “Machine Down” crisis in your plant? Most likely you have, just like our customer, an East Coast U.S.-based beauty product manufacturer just did. With the holiday season upon them, they needed to be able to fulfill orders on time.
Have you ever blown up components in your electronics? Pow! After the smoke clears, it’s charred, it’s black, it has holes in it and worst of all, it doesn’t work. Creative cursing may result from this frustrating situation! Why did this happen? Is there anything you could have done to […]
Maybe your production came to an abrupt halt, or you are getting all kinds of beeping and error codes. These are expensive problems to have when it means production is affected. You want to get answers fast!
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” Yep, we’ve heard that a time or two or three. On the face of it, Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) theory might seem like just another version of that casual approach to maintenance. But not exactly, as this would be way over simplifying and […]
Is your PLC finally dead now that you’ve reprogrammed the channels on the I/O cards about 10 times? (Did you think we didn’t know you did this? Everyone does this.) Did your Mitsubishi PLC suddenly just “lose” its program? Or maybe your GE Fanuc PLC faulted and now the little red light is […]
The trees are losing their leaves, the kids are back in school – autumn is right around the corner. Which makes me think of the fable about The Ant and the Grasshopper. In case you have forgotten here’s the quickie version: the Ant was busy during the summer putting away […]
