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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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MCI was asked to supply and fit a pneumatic ram with controls to an existing safety gate that was previously opened manually by the operator. MCI worked with the customer to find out their needs, researched the parts required, attended their site and performed the installation.The design incorporated a bump…
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MCI was asked by a new customer, that services the oil and gas sector, nuclear power and national fabricators, to replace the control system for a shot blast process. The customer asked not only for us to replace the old panel, but also to redesign it. We were asked to…
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MCI received a call from a new customer whose printing machine had a servo drive and motor going into fault. We carried out an onsite visit to determine the fault and connected our laptop to the drive. We then found that the drive parameters were incorrect and, once we modified…
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MCI received a request from a food supplier who wanted a safety system fitted to their automated fryer. MCI designed, manufactured and installed a system based around the customer’s requirements. This system works with the existing machine sensors, to shut the machine down if there is an issue. If you…
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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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A customer in the pharmaceutical distribution industry asked MCI to help reduce the energy usage of one of its lines. MCI designed and installed this automated PLC control system, which reduced the customer’s energy consumption and unnecessary mechanical wear and tear. If you’re interested in learning more about how we…
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MCI received a setting system for an industrial band mill from a local sawmill. As you can see from the video above, the system gave inconsistent readings. Our engineers found that there was damage to the encoder inputs. We replaced the damaged components and tested the system to ensure that…
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MCI has a service repairing and refurbishing broken commercial oven control boards. These ovens are commonly used in high street bakeries. Services in Addition to Repairing Oven Control Boards MCI has over a decade of experience in dealing with bakery machinery. From industrial ovens to blast freezers, we have fixed…
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MCI had a client with a faulty variable speed drive (VSD) in a high production machine and approached us to see if we could assist. We checked our stock in our warehouse and found that we had a replacement VSD available. However, it was a different type of drive. MCI…