FIVE bad capacitors are what got a Condor power supply grounded! Output voltage reduced to zero! Our customer had fallen victim to one of the most failure-prone components in a power supply: the electrolytic capacitor. Staying informed on the facts about  bad capacitors is IMPORTANT to pro

Many business owners know that as soon as a needed piece of equipment goes down, it can affect the whole company. If a required tool is no longer working, the employee cannot do their job, which sets a project back, affecting profitability.  To avoid profit loss and other issues down t

In an increasingly digital world, many are afraid of the possibility that robots could soon begin taking over jobs across many industries. While it’s true that the use of automation technology is increasingly being used, it will not replace human employees completely.  What

Properly maintaining your company’s electronics helps to ensure that the job gets done correctly and efficiently, all while getting your money’s worth.  There are several practices your company can use to make sure your business’s industrial electronics stay up to date, up

Why is My Light Curtain Not Working? Light curtains are one of the most reliable types of safety devices you can have installed in your operation. Designed to keep employees and machinery safe, they are invaluable and in most cases, require updates and repairs on a semi-regular bas

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? Th

Won’t power up! Erratic vacuum readback! Load issue/no output under load. No output. Intermittently trips instrumentation. Power Supply DEAD! Bad news, right? “DEAD” in this case is not always dead, of course. As it turns out, all of these Lambda v404P4K power supply repairs HAD failed

“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. So what was wrong with this old and very dirty drive

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 bra

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! This is the frustr

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. That automated machinery is made up of numerous compon

Every day that we wake up, we are thankful to do so! And we are thankful to continue to be of service to our customers! All of us must adjust to practically an entirely new playing field, every day, due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and the responses required. The safety of our employe

You’ve been asking!  These days we are frequently asked, “Do you repair medical electronics?” The answer is YES! ACS repairs many electronics for medical and laboratory devices. And, our experienced technicians have more than 20 years of experience with electronic medical and laborat

Medical monitors don’t last forever! Very frustrating! But, the good news is that most monitors, like this Philips medical monitor, are repairable! And, best of all, they are usually cost effective to repair! In a recent example, with many Philips  monitors to repair, our clinical asset ma

Can legacy controllers be repaired? Is it worth the cost? The answer to these questions are, in most cases, YES! Here’s a perfect example of a recent successful repair of a “legacy” control – ABB control p/n PM554-RP-AC repairs. This relatively simple control repair means that our marine m

TRUE or FALSE?  H20 + ELECTRONICS = Nightmare.  Are water-damaged industrial electronics repairable or always “toast”? The truth is, this is very often a true equation. Water is definitely one third of the Evil Triad (water, heat, dirt) that can spell disaster for electronic equipment

Many power supplies can be repaired! That’s the good news! So, what’s the bad news then? The bad news is that your power supply might not be WORTH repairing. The determining factors for deciding whether you should get power supply repairs go something like this: Will it be Economical?

Did your Ingersoll Rand Controller 22173579 stop controlling? Quit on the job? This is frustrating! We get it – it’s a time consuming, costly annoyance to deal with a damaged or malfunctioning controller. Good news! These Ingersoll Rand controllers are pretty well made and usuall

We repair industrial and commercial touch screens regularly here at ACS. Some have had a tough life, pounded by pens or sometimes dented or even punctured by something sharper. Many displays have lost vibrancy or developed annoying lines. Others have worn-out touch areas, or the sound

Is your Charmilles operator keyboard having problems communicating? Has your F2 key gone bad and refusing to do anything? Keys broken off altogether? If so, you could have a nasty case of what we call “HUKS”! That’s short for “Hard Use Keyboard Syndrome” – a c