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It is highly unlikely that anyone has been unaware of the tariffs that have been introduced this year. It has dominated the media, and its effects on the global stock markets have been marked. The situation appears to still be fluid, and its effect on the geopolitical landscape has been…
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MCI were approached by a local farm to fix a rather unusual problem. Their tractor driver had put the baler control underneath the driving seat rather than hang it up on the hook provided.When the driver’s seat was lowered, it pushed the joystick through the control assembly, damaging an important…
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MCI were approached by a major worldwide air conditioning company to repair a circuit board from their test equipment, used to ensure the air conditioning units pass their quality process before dispatch. The hand made circuit board came from a bespoke testing machine. The board needed to be fully realised…
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MCI received an urgent call from a local confectionery company which was part of a larger national group of companies. An essential piece of equipment, a metal detector, had stopped working and production was set to be severely compromised if MCI couldn’t get the machine working again. An engineer had been…
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MCI received an emergency repair from a nationally renowned bakery. A chocolate extrusion machine had broken down. No chocolate extrusion machine, no lovely chocolatey delights. MCI wasn’t just helping the bakery, it was almost performing a public service! Time was definitely of the essence with this repair. MCI’s engineers came…
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MCI has a long association with the maritime community, from leisure craft to submarines, we can help repair the electrical and electronic elements of it all. This time, we were asked to repair the steering control for a vessel which was stuck in port. MCI’s engineers dismantled the steering control…
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Today, MCI celebrates the life of Robert Noyce. He was known as ‘the Mayor of Silicon Valley’ and was the founder of the Intel Corporation. If you’re not sure of the impact that Noyce has had in your life, look at your PC, laptop or tablet – we’re pretty sure…
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Automation is an essential part of modern manufacturing facilities. Without machinery to help us, we wouldn’t have the accuracy or efficiency that we enjoy today. When our machinery breaks down, it’s more than an inconvenience – valuable time and loss of production can lead to missing a customer’s delivery. Disappointing…
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MCI were asked to attend a custom door manufacturer’s factory to repair an edge banding machine that had failed. On arrival, we found that the PLC had failed, with no power and no lights illuminated. Because of the age of the machine, the PLC was obsolete – but for MCI,…
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Today, MCI wants to celebrate the life and inventions of Marlan Bourns, who passed on March 18th 2014. He was the inventor of the Trimpot trimming potentiometer in 1952. A potentiometer is fitted directly onto the circuit board and allows you to adjust the resistance in a circuit. The current…
