Volvo Cars is officially opening up shop in the United States. Its Ridgeville, SC, plant opened this past Wednesday with intentions of having customer-ready cars by Q4, producingapproximately 130,000 vehicles at peak capacity. As the first automaker to commit to manufacturing cars without internal combustion engines, Volvo’s taking the opportunity to invest in other green…
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While some industrial machine failures are major breakdowns requiring extensive repair, every once in a while, you may encounter a machine that requires a simple part replacement to get it back on track. Knowing how to do minor repairs can greatly increase your efficiency on the floor. Even if you send out for those minor…
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Areas of a Hydraulic System Where Noise Comes From Other Problematic Causes of Hydraulic System Noise How to Control and Prevent Noise in a Hydraulic System Hydraulic System Repair From Global Electronic Services Hydraulic systems have valuable applications in many machine solutions, however, they can also be extremely noisy. And, in industrial facilities with many…
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Welding is one of the most common repair processes found in any manufacturing facility. When a metal piece of machinery breaks, welding can be a cheap, fast solution to getting things running again. But as common as it is, there are many methods to welding and each has their own pros and cons. Those that…
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Friday morning, President Trump announced new 25% tariffs on approximately $50 billion in exported Chinese goods. The first wave of tariffs will be enacted in the first week of July, with more tariffs going into effect after a review period. This latest round of tariffs – targeting the automotive, manufacturing, robotics and aerospace industries –…
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Social media can be a great boom to industry today, getting the word out about your products much faster, to many more people, than ever before at little or no cost to you. But when it comes to customer service, social media is a double-edged sword. If your customers are not happy with your customer…
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Modern Variable Frequency Drives come equipped with sensors, signaling circuits and logic that can tell a user what is wrong in the case of a failure which is a very useful feature. The built-in ability to detect failures is very important towards preventing possible catastrophic machine breakdown and potentially very expensive downtime. Thus, motor controllers…
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Inspections are a crucial part of the operations of many industrial sectors. Conducting regular, thorough examinations helps to ensure reliable equipment performance, worker safety and more in the manufacturing, energy, transportation and other industries. As with so many other aspects of industrial activities, robotics is playing an increasingly central role in conducting inspections. Today, robots…
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It was recently announced that the city of Shanghai plans to emphasize green manufacturing in order to combat its heavy air pollution. Specifically, the city intends to open, refurbish or renovate upwards of 100 green factories, 20 green industrial parks and 10 entirely green supply chains by 2020. The deadline of less than two years…
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For those unfamiliar with what a spindle motor is, it is a motor that is designed to rotate at high speeds, most commonly used in applications such as CNC milling machines. Like all motors, spindle motors can and will break suffering many of the same failure modes as other types of motors. But repairing a…
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