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  • B&R Touch Screen Automation PC

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    MCI received a B&R Touch screen Automation PC from a large International fresh produce supplier. The system failed to power up and this caused the production line to be down. Needless to say at this time of year the customer was desperate and needed this to be fixed as a…

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  • MCI Electronics logo animation celebrating St Andrew's Day

    St Andrew’s Day 2024

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    The 30th of November is St Andrews day, the patron saint of Scotland. MCI, of course, is always up for celebrating all things Scottish as our HQ is in Falkirk. Whether it’s hearing bagpipes that brings an emotional tear to our eye (in a good way), or celebrating Hogmanay with…

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  • Meat Processing Machine

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    MCI was contacted by a well known local meat processing company who had suffered a breakdown and loss of production. We quickly carried out some fault finding on the machine and found that metal particles had got into the hydraulic system damaging numerous components and valves. MCI’s engineers removed and…

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  • Control Box Replacement

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    A long term MCI customer asked us for help resolving a problem with the location of control buttons on a number of their machines. The standard machine came with a fixed control box that did not suit the customers operational needs. MCI’s solution was to remove the static control boxes…

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  • Happy Halloween – 2024

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    Happy Halloween everyone! As this is the last post before the big night, MCI looks at its last monster for this year… or is that hero? Frankenstein’s creation. We have already looked at the life of Mary Shelley, who wrote the book in a previous post. Today, we look at…

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  • Bela Lugosi

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    As Halloween creeps ever closer, MCI is looking at the monsters we loved to hate as kids. Whether you were a “hide-behind-the-sofa” or a “peep-from-the-cushion”, horror film monsters terrified and delighted us all. So today we take a look at Vampires. The man that many film vampires modelled themselves on…

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  • The Dark Side Of Electronics

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    At MCI we encounter many exploded drives and problem sites. To dispel the squeaky clean image of electronics and expose the dark side here are some OMG examples, happy viewing. Have a great week everyone!

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  • Monty Python

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    “… And now for something completely different…”. This week, MCI wants to celebrate the Monty Python team as they were first broadcast on the BBC on the 5th October 1969. From swallows carrying coconuts, being slapped with fish and the Spanish Inquisition, their unique brand of absurdist humour changed the…

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  • Ultrasonic Cutting Machine

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    MCI were called to a well known bakery, to investigate a problem with a Hypermill ultrasonic cutting machine. The fault was in one of the two generators which provide ultrasonic vibrations to the cutting blades. The generator was transferred to our workshop, where we found a faulty relay and a…

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  • Jim Henson

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    Today, MCI wants to celebrate the life of a man who brought much joy to children and adults over the years. We want to pay homage to the legendary Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. Jim Henson was always destined to be a puppeteer, creating his first puppets at high…

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