Amazing Charmilles CNC Board Repairs Get Machine Shop Up and Running

Machine shops are usually pretty busy places, and sometimes, pretty dirty places.  All that grease and dirt have a sneaky way of getting in where you don’t want them.  Take a look at the before picture of this board out of a Charmilles Wire EDM.  Now that is one dirty […]

A Case Study for Creative Solutions for Allen Bradley Touch Screen Repair

Case Study for Repairs on aging Touch Screen:   Who says electronic repair work doesn’t require creativity?  Yes, experience, education, skill, and patience (lots of that!) are necessary.  But a good dose of creativity is just what can make the difference in solving a challenging repair.

Current Predictions for Manufacturing Business Conditions

Back in June the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) were predicting a significant decline in business conditions during the 2012 summer months.  This report samples 114 metal forming companies in the U.S. and Canada and is an economic indicator for manufacturing.  However, by July PMA had modified their predictions considerably and […]

PMA Makes Predictions for Manufacturing Business Conditions

Back in June the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) were predicting a significant decline in business conditions during the 2012 summer months.  This report samples 114 metal forming companies in the U.S. and Canada and is an economic indicator for manufacturing.  However, by July PMA had modified their predictions considerably and […]

Dropped Power Supply Gets Amazing Repair

Have you ever dropped a power supply?  The results can be pretty disastrous no matter the size or complexity of the unit.  But how about this…one of our customers dropped a 25 lb Kikusui power supply and all that extra weight resulted in a lot of extra damage.

Simplified On-line Repair Form Makes Getting Electronic Repairs Easy

Have you tried our new, simplified on-line repair form yet?  It’s been live for a few weeks and WOW is all we can say!  Wish we’d done it sooner. The process is working great and our customer surveys are producing comments like this: “Easy as pie. Nothing more needed.” “I […]

What To Do If the OEM Says Your Electronics Are Too Old to Repair

Did  your OEM tell you your damaged electronics were “too old to repair”?Or that the newer replacement is not direct and would require additional parts and programming (costing a LOT more money)?This happens often as it did recently to a world-reknowned New York hospital that sent us a touchscreen panel […]

Servo Motor Problem Causes Trouble for Heavy Industrial Manufacturing Plant

The ACS Troublemaker of the Week award goes to this Okuma BL-MC200J-12TB  servo motor.  The motor came out of a major U.S. East Coast heavy industrial manufacturing plant. The motor quit while on the job, and, not surprisingly, upon evaluation we discovered it was heavily contaminated with oil. The is […]

ACS Industrial Services Has Gone Mobile!

Before, it was super-easy to find ACS Industrial Services’ website and online RMA/free evaluation form at your desktop computer. But now it’s even easier! You can find it anywhere, anytime on your cell phone or tablet with our new Mobile website at http://mobile.acsindustrial.com. We are excited to announce that, as […]

Surf’s Up But Candy Won’t Be Served Unless the Scale is Working

A famous ocean-side candy shop chain came to ACS recently with a Combiscale circuit board that wasn’t working.  That wouldn’t be so alarming if they weren’t facing the start of the beach-going season when they make the majority of their sales for the year.  Virtually everyone who visits East Coast […]