We are pleased to have provided troubleshooting and upgrade assistance to a local mfg. of roll formed sheet metal products. We received a call that their main roll forming machine was down, and needed attention immediately. We arrived at the plant and soon noticed that the PLC in the control cabinet was not communicating with […]
I just finished an extended four day long troubleshooting job, involving a Galil motion controller, and Allen Bradley servo drive. The customer was experience erratic behavior of the servo motor, on a linear cut-to-length application. The servo drive is at the end of a large machining and assembly line at a wood window mfg. facility. […]
We have finished a small automated machine system upgrade. The machine was roughly 20 years old, and was built in-house by the plant maintenance shop. The control panel left much to be desired, and after daily use for 20 years, was not functioning as needed. The PLC controller had a couple of burned out relays, […]