Did you ever think something as simple as a fan could hold up the completion of a huge order? No one at this major U.S. aviation manufacturer saw this coming as work on the order had been humming along smoothly. Until it wasn’t.
“Shocking” Info Bites: Almost 500 people die each year from electrical accidents, mostly in the workplace, putting it among the top 10 causes of accidental death in the U.S. Approximately 80% of all injuries and fatalities caused by electrical accidents are not caused by the electric shock itself, but by […]
Yes, I shamefully admit it, I HAVE put at least two cell phones into a bag of dry white rice to save them from having taken a swim in a toilet bowl and a swimming pool respectively. While this may work for the occasional cell phone, it’s not the magic […]
Got a stack of damaged circuit boards gathering dust in your plant? If so, you are in some good company. Instead of waiting for someone else to figure out what to do with these, go ahead and grab the bull by the proverbial horns…or rather the circuit board by its […]
Did you know that more than 70% of the U.S. industrial electricity consumption involves motor-driven systems used mostly for pumps, fans, blower systems, and air compression? That’s a lot of motors and a lot of motor repair needs. You can avoid motor problems by implementing these simple strategies:
Variable frequency drives for motor driven systems is pretty much a no-brainer what with the energy savings and process improvements. If you are looking for some beneficial reasons to invest in a VFD take a look at this post I wrote awhile back http://www.acsindustrial.com/blog/industrial-electronic-repair-services/install-a-variable-speed-drive-and-reap-the-rewards/. If you want to know the […]
Every week…no, no, make that every DAY we get interesting items in for repair. They are causing trouble for the various industrial plants, offices, or wherever they came out of. This week’s Troublemaker: a Varian circuit board 03-930210-01. The defective board (pictured) comes out of a Varian Saturn 2000 MS […]
The EPAs NESHAP Rule 6X went into effect in July 2011. Did you miss the announcement of this rule? If so, according to The Fabricator.com reports you are not alone.
Easy as pie. Pie in the sky. 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie. I just can’t help thinking of all kinds of pie today because yes, it is International Pi day! As in the irrational and never ending Pi. For four thousand years we humans have relied on […]
Plant Engineering has just released the results of their 2012 Salary Survey Analysis which very nicely covers much more than just salary data. The overall impression from this survey is that American manufacturers are really raring to go and are ready to be done with all things recessionary.
