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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today may be National Donut Day (really, it is!) but I say let’s declare it Appreciate Your Test Equipment Day! For all you guys out in the field, where would you be without your trusty test equipment? Those high tech, nearly indestructible gadgets help us see what we can’t see, […]
Last evening as the sky grew dark and ominous, I was reminded that it is THAT time of year. Only this year it seems like it is getting started ahead of schedule. It is thunderstorm time of year bringing with it storm and lightning damaged electronics. In fact, we’ve already […]
The fields of battle and the faces may change through the years, but the courage, honor and heroism remain the same.
