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  • Animation showing a spark erosion machine's HMI before and after repair by MCI Electronics.

    Spark Erosion Machine

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    A long standing MCI customer, who makes gas turbines for industry, civil and defence aerospace etc. had a broken spark erosion machine. This machine is used to cut vanes for turbines from very hard materials like titanium. Traditionally, a milling machine would be used to cut materials, but because the…

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  • Animation showing obsolete drives in use plus three sourced by MCI Electronics.

    Obsolete Drives Replacement

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    Following an obsolescence audit at a customer’s facility, an expensive upgrade was recommended by the machine manufacturer which would result in loss of production for some time. As a more cost effective solution, MCI was asked to keep the original machinery going by sourcing three obsolete drives. Not only would…

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  • Animation showing before and after touch screen repair.

    Damaged Touch Screen

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    MCI received a touch screen control panel from one of our regular customers. The touch screen had been damaged by someone using a ballpoint pen on it. MCI’s engineers replaced the damaged parts and tested it before returning it to the customer. One happy customer and the machine was back…

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  • Animation showing repaired thyristor drive and running motor.

    KTK DC Thyristor drive

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    MCI has a customer who sells and refurbishes machinery. This time, they had a centre lathe that could not power up. We received an old KTK DC Thyristor drive and motor to test and repair from it. Our engineers set to work, and found lots of blown electronic components, Relays…

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  • Animation showing the before and after repair of a vehicle ECU circuit board.

    Vehicle ECU

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    MCI received an ECU for a well known German vehicle. Once our engineers had cleaned the circuit board up, we were able to diagnose and replace a faulty inductor coil. Another happy customer. If you are having electrical or electronic problems with your vehicles, give MCI a call on 01324…

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  • Animation showing control panel on a food production machine repaired by MCI Electronics.

    Faulty Control Panel

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    MCI was called in by another new customer with a faulty control panel. The machine was out of action and, as a result, food production had halted. No product means no income, so (of course) it was critical to the customer. MCI removed a faulty HMI panel and diagnosed major…

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  • Thyristor panel repaired by MCI Electronics.

    Thyristor Panel

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    Another new client has come to MCI Electronics to ask them to look at a ‘dead’ Thyristor speed control drive for a lathe. Our engineers set to work fault finding the obsolete control unit and found multiple faults. After replacing all of the main power components, the panel was tested…

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  • Siemens Micromaster communications module showing blown capacitors before and after repair.

    Siemens Micromaster

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    MCI received a Siemens Micromaster communications module from a pharmaceutical distributor.  After our engineers had a look, they found that the capacitors had failed.  After removing and replacing them, the module was back in action.  Another happy customer!  MCI is proud to work for many companies across the UK and…

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  • Animation showing a Dutch Schooner and a shot of the helm.

    Autohelm Controller

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    MCI has received this testimonial from another happy new customer: “My boat …[is] an 11metre steel Dutch Schooner. I sailed home to Glencoe from Friesland in 2018…using the ST7000 Autohelm continuously after leaving the Dutch canals…[and, during that time,] it failed on passage to Rathlin Island… I struggled to isolate…

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  • A textile weaving loom.

    Weaving Loom Sensor

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    MCI was asked by a new customer to service their long-serving weaving loom that had an issue with its bespoke sensors. The sensor is essential as it determined when the shuttle needs refilling before the material runs out. Once we saw the application, MCI set to work designing a sensor…

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