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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 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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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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Every workplace has a machine that has been there from the beginning, your workhorse and old faithful that you always rely on. It may have been there as long as you can remember, or (in the case of some of our customers) for generations. When it breaks down, production may…
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MCI had a call from a stone cutting company with a failed servo axis drive on their stone cutting machine. Production stopped. MCI’s engineers quickly set to work and found that the drive had multiple component failures and track damage caused by an electrical surge. New components were fitted and…
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Have you ever played ‘spot the ball’? Well, MCI is asking you to ‘spot the blown channel’ in this IGBT! The IGBT came from our clients inverter drive (VSD) that was giving inconsistent performance. After testing and a very close inspection, our engineer noticed this tiny hole blown from the…
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The new client to MCI sent in a faulty industrial mixer. MCI’s repair team traced the fault to a damaged probe unit built into the control panel. MCI repaired, tested, and returned the unit back to a happy customer. If you are having control unit problems, just give us a…
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MCI was, once again, asked to help one of Scotland’s finest historic sites, where the lighting system had failed. We sent out an engineer to have a look. Unfortunately, it looked as if someone had been trying to fix it and had wired it up incorrectly. The resulting surge caused…
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MCI received a railway controller from a customer. A chip in the board had clearly blown and the integrated circuit was in need of repair. We believe that an external overload probably caused the fault. MCI replaced the chip and the controller was fixed. If you are having problems with…
