July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: The customer’s CPU battery failure caused the PLC to lose its program. The customer did not have a digital backup of the program. The production line was down, and there was nobody onsite…
July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: The aging thermoform machine suffered from an inoperable Allen-Bradley servo controller and servo drive. Both were obsolete and couldn’t be repaired. Even worse, the OEM quoted an exorbitant…
July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: A steel mill planned to restart production after economic conditions had mothballed it for several years. The incoming maintenance team was unfamiliar with the machines they had inherited…
July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: The petroleum coke processing plant was plagued by an aging controls system. Replacement parts were nowhere to be found. Each increasingly frequent failure resulted not only in idle workers…
July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: The customer acquired pipe mill machinery in Houston and wanted it moved to Ft. Worth. The machine controllers were made overseas and there was no available documentation since the internal…
July 25, 2022 · Admin · 1 min read
Problem: The Friday before July 4th weekend, the customer’s 400HP DC motor control died on an extruder. It was a tough weekend to find available repair techs or parts. Why is it that breakdowns…
June 20, 2022 · Admin · 2 min read
Problem: An OEM machine builder wanted to move away from using individual, body ported type pneumatic valves and modernize by utilizing modular manifold technologies. We developed modular manifold…
