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Today MCI has a history mystery for you. The 29th September 1913 was the date that Rudolf Diesel disappeared. As you can probably guess from the name, Rudolph Diesel was the inventor of the diesel internal combustion engine. He was a French – German engineer who wanted to create the…
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Today MCI takes a closer look at the working week as we celebrate the invention of the 5 day working week courtesy of Henry Ford this day in 1926. If you hate Mondays, think back to the turn of the 20th century when there wasn’t a weekend off. Henry Ford…
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MCI received a request from a fire safety company to update an existing control box. As you can see from the pictures, quite an improvement! Another happy customer. If you have any machinery or equipment that needs an electrical or electronic upgrade, call MCI on 01324 611371, to see how…
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This month, MCI is celebrating An Wang – the inventor of the magnetic pulse transfer controlling device which is related to computer memory. Without An Wang’s invention, we wouldn’t have the digital information technology that we have today. If you need a PLC recoded, give MCI a call on 01324…
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When MCI says the word CERN, most of you will think of a particle accelerator. Yes, today MCI wants to celebrate the Large Hadron Collider (“LHC”), the massive (and we really mean massive) particle accelerator that was started up on the 10 September 2008. Without this amazing piece of equipment,…
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Today MCI wants to celebrate the life of Elias Howe, the man who should be more celebrated for changing the way clothing is made. Frankly, without his inventions, you would most likely have your trousers round your ankles! His story has everything, tragedy and taking on the bad corporate big…
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We received these LEV units to repair from a customer that our friends at Bannatyne Filtration introduced us to. After MCI’s engineers had a look over them, they identified the issues. After a few replacement parts were fitted, the LEV units were back in action. If you are having problems…
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This week MCI wants to celebrate the birth of Mary Shelley, the author of the book ‘Frankenstein’. Famously, the book was conceived during a holiday in Switzerland with friends. The story goes that the weather was very poor and had prevented them from leaving the house most days. The group…
