Question – How can you measure amperage?
January 20, 2017How can you measure amp?
Get the Right Repairs for Your Manufacturing Equipment
January 19, 2017You took the motor off your assembly line. You broke it down, found the problem, and repaired or replaced the part … but the motor still isn’t working properly — even though you tested it before reinstallation. The shaft was spinning properly, so of course the motor was running properly, right? Not necessarily. A spinning shaft is…
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How Reshoring Could Change America’s Manufacturing Landscape
January 18, 2017With the shift from manufacturing to services and tech jobs in recent decades, a regular talking point for most U.S. elections is domestic jobs. Sustainability of any and all jobs will play a huge role in America’s manufacturing power finding its past success and maintaining it. With that in mind, it will be just as…
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Finding a Footprint – Sourcing Obsolete & Unidentifiable Components
January 17, 2017It’s the eleventh hour and pressure is on! We have a plant down that has a crucial drive in need of repair and this unit hasn’t been available in 20 years! To top it off one of the components we need to replace is unidentifiable. In fact, the part number and any identifying marks had long…
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The Usual Suspect – How a Common Failure Component Can Get a Bad Rap
January 16, 2017In the world of DC motor controls, SCR’s (Silicon Controlled Rectifier, a trade name invented by General Electric) have always had a bad reputation. I have never really understood why; they are typically very dependable. Often I have seen customers change them out as a first response to a failure when some other components and…
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“Don’t believe it until you see it!”
January 15, 2017My grandpa always used to tell me, “Don’t believe it until you see it!” This saying is true for many things but especially true when it comes to some repair places that say they repair “EVERYTHING” in house. Anytime an opportunity presents itself, I always encourage customers to tour our facility. I want them to…
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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! Global Rewards!
January 14, 2017How many times have we all been offered a promotion, gotten really excited about the prizes and then we see the fine print? Odds are 1 in 2,000; 1 in 146,000; 1 in 10 Million! What a letdown! True, it only takes one to win, but wouldn’t you prefer something a bit more, well, rewarding?…
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Don’t let out the “Magic Smoke”
January 13, 2017When I first began my career in electronics one of my fondest memories was my first introduction to “the magic smoke test”. The test is essentially when you power on any electrical device for the first time it must power on without releasing any of its “Magic Smoke”. The humor of this is of course…
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Don’t Let Mechanical Failures Ruin Your Business
January 12, 2017When running a manufacturing business or production line — regardless of whether it’s a single-outlet or multinational organization — mechanical failure is costly. Even a failure lasting only a few hours can cause huge productivity disruptions, which can lead to a loss of thousands of dollars — or more. You need to maintain every piece…
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Myth Busting the Safety vs. Profit Culture – How a Focus on Safety Can Lead to Naturally Increased Profits
January 11, 2017In the early 1900s, Manufacturing in America was booming. The industrial revolution was in full swing and more and more jobs were moving from the farms and fields to factories in the cities. In those times working in a manufacturing facility was hard, dirty and often times deadly. The machinery was loud, clanky, and without…
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