Well, yes and no! When we use “automation” and “robotics” in the same sentence, we are usually talking about industrial automation. That is – controlling the physical processes of manufacturing with non-human machinery.
REAL LIFE STORIES: Even a tiny damaged circuit board can cause BIG problems! When you are producing aluminum and steel you need to be able to be able to shear! In the right place at the right time! What happens when you can’t? Downtime and a whole lot of frustration!
In a word: Yes! Legacy Pacific Scientific servo equipment CAN typically be repaired! There’s a ton of really good Pacific Scientific servo equipment still out there in manufacturing plants being used every single day. You might also be wondering what ever happened to this excellent brand. Don’t worry! The story […]
“Please rush this as fast as possible! We are down!” We get it! We don’t like downtime either! It’s costly! Time to jump into action! Let’s get this Sanyo Denki Drive CFZ0A100DR4601 with error codes back to working order.
As you probably know by now, printed circuit boards don’t last forever. Not even the expensive ones inside your industrial equipment. But did you know that you can extend the life of your circuit boards? And, potentially put off the need for circuit board repairs a little longer?
Maybe your production came to an abrupt halt, or you are getting all kinds of beeping and error codes from your industrial electronics. Could your industrial logic circuit board be the culprit? These are potentially expensive problems to have when it means production is affected. You want to get answers fast!
The short answer is no, probably not. We get calls regularly from folks who are really frustrated with their oven circuit boards or other appliance boards. Whether it’s damage from that time your aunt set the sweet potato casserole on fire, or maybe your very pricey oven clock finally decided […]
Has it rained near you in the past 48 hours? Probably. Nearly every state in the U.S. has experienced heavy rains and flooding this spring. With the floods came the resulting water damaged industrial electronic equipment. Seems like there is always another storm right behind the last one with barely a chance […]
Sometimes we receive some pretty mysterious repair jobs on the old loading dock. Recently we received three printed circuit boards that were so, so, well, so “jerry-rigged” that we were wondering how they ever worked in the first place what with the point to point hand wiring, jumpers, and patches […]
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 […]
