Industrial Electronic Services We Provide

Our overall repair process remains consistent across different industrial electronic services, and we work with many kinds of equipment. We service a vast array of industrial electronic equipment, from AC drives to circuit boards. Here are the devices we commonly work with.

 

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AC and DC Drives

For any industrial repair company, it’s vital to understand the workings of AC and DC drives . We can quickly diagnose the problem with your drive and have it fixed in no time. We’re familiar with a range of AC and DC drive brands, including the following:

• Mitsubishi
• Allen-Bradley
• Danfoss
• Toshiba
• General Electric
• Reliance

 

When your company sends in an AC or DC drive for industrial repair, we perform standard checks and procedures like these:

• – Component testing with meters and signature analysis devices
• – Evaluating parts prone to failure, including capacitors, output and drive transistors, silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs), firing circuits and power supplies
• – Checking output waveform
• – Load testing with the appropriate motor and dynamometer

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Chart Recorders

When your chart recorder breaks down, you may be inclined to buy a new one, but that isn’t the most cost-effective choice. We work with various chart recorder brands such as:

• – Honeywell
• – Chessell
• – Dickson
• – Barber Colman
• – Omega

 

Equipment repair on chart recorders generally includes these steps:

• – Testing batteries, power components and fuses
• – Inspecting for loose connections
• – Troubleshooting to component level
• – Checking inputs, outputs, control circuits and microcontrollers
• – Resetting to factory default input signals
• – Verifying output

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CNC Controls

CNC controls are vulnerable to plenty of issues, from dull parts to faulty maintenance. Fortunately, we repair CNC controls from plenty of well-known brands like the following:

• – Haas
• – Mori Seiki
• – Okuma
• – Allen-Bradley

 

CNC control repairs generally consist of these steps:

• – Testing common failure components like diodes, capacitors, switches and potentiometers
• – Checking supply voltages
• – Applying test signals

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Counters and Timers

Industrial counters and timers need maintenance occasionally, most often from having a broken connector ring. Thankfully, we have the equipment to test and repair those devices. We service many different counter and timer brands, including:

• – Red Lion
• – Love
• – Eagle
• – Barber Colman
• – Watlow
• – Eurotherm

 

Repairs on counters and timers include different processes depending on the type. For mechanical timers, repairs may include these steps:

• – Verifying the mechanism
• – Replacing relays
• – Aligning and adjusting mechanics
• – Verifying timekeeping and actuating

 

Electric timers could require these repair methods:

• – Verifying the inputs and outputs and the frequency of the oscillator
• – Evaluating mechanical contacts for tightness

 

Counters often get these repair treatments:

• – Verifying logic functions
• – Testing power supplies
• – Verifying proper count

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Encoders

Many different kinds of encoders are used throughout various industries, but we can handle nearly all of them, including the following types:

• – Linear
• – Incremental
• – Serial
• – Moto
• – Absolute
• – Magnetic
• – Parallel
• – Optical
• – Rotary

 

We can repair encoders from brands like SONY and Honeywell, among others. Our standard processes and inspections include these steps:

• – Inspecting the gratical for damage
• – Rotating the shaft at specified RPMs
• – Verifying signals, pulses and counts

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Flowmeters

When your flowmeter breaks down, it affects your whole system. You can’t transfer substances without being able to regulate how much gets through, so you’re forced to grind everything to a halt until it’s repaired. We service various flowmeter types, including:

• – Positive displacement
• – Mass
• – Liquid
• – Turbine
• – Ultrasonic
• – Gravimetric flow

 

Our flowmeter repair process generally includes methods like:

• – Checking the sensor wheel for worn or damaged parts
• – Testing circuitry
• – Testing outputs
• – Verifying set points
• – Evaluating transmitters for strength and data content

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I/O Modules

I/O modules are common pieces of equipment to need repairs, often from something as simple as being overloaded with dust. We’re familiar with many different I/O manufacturers and can get your I/O boards fixed quickly. Brands of I/O modules we’ve repaired include:

• – Fanuc
• – Omron
• – Texas Instruments
• – Allen-Bradley
• – Reliance
• – General Electric

 

Repairs for I/O modules generally involve these procedures:

• – Checking power supplies
• – Verifying inputs, outputs, ladder logic and sink and source current
• – Assessing common failure components like driver ICs, transistors, optocouplers, transients and capacitors

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Industrial Controls

One of the types of equipment we most specialize in is industrial controls. These controls are supposed to tell your other machinery what to do, so if they stop working, so does your other equipment. We’ll take a look at your faulty controls to determine the source of the problem and replace any malfunctioning parts to have it running smoothly again in a matter of days.

Repairing industrial controls typically involves:

• – Checking power and output components
• – Inspecting common failure components like MOVs, capacitors and transistors
• – Load-checking outputs like mechanical outputs, transistors and solid-state relays
• – Verifying functional software
• – Running a test program to evaluate the repair

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PLCs

Like industrial controls, PLCs — programmable logic controllers — are vital to the way your different devices and pieces of equipment communicate with each other. Losing a PLC can have major repercussions if not addressed quickly. We provide fast PLC repair service to get your system up and running again. We specialize in PLC brands like:

• – Allen-Bradley
• – Honeywell
• – Modicon
• – Siemens
• – Texas Instruments
• – Westinghouse

 

The PLC repair process often includes:

• – Checking inputs and outputs
• – Evaluating common failure components like relays, capacitors and optoisolators
• – Verifying correct functioning of the CPU and logic
• – Testing the circuit, ladder logic and battery backup

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Power Supplies

Power supplies are essential components in many industrial and electronic systems, and when they fail, they can cause major issues for your equipment. We provide fast and reliable power supply repair services for a wide range of power supply types, including:

• – Variable AC power supplies
• – Frequency changers
• – Isolation transformers
• – Unregulated linear power supplies
• – Regulated linear power supplies
• – Switching-regulated power supplies
• – Ripple-regulated power supplies
• – Adjusted regulated power supplies
• – Battery- and solar-powered supplies
• – AC-to-DC converters
• – DC-to-AC converters

Our power supply repair process typically includes the following steps:

• Initial testing and evaluation of the power supply
• Disassembly and inspection of all components
• Cleaning and replacement of damaged or worn components
• Reassembly and testing of the power supply to ensure proper function and safety
• – Checking the input circuit
• – Verifying output voltages, regulation and sense circuit, if present
• – Verifying OEM specifications

 

We're experienced in repairing power supplies from many different manufacturers, including popular brands like Mean Well, TDK Lambda, and Delta Electronics.

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Printed Circuit Boards

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) wouldn’t be cost-effective to replace every time something goes wrong. That’s why it’s a good idea to take advantage of our experience with repairing them. We offer several SMT repair options, like:

• – Gold finger repair
• – BGA pad repair
• – Through-holes
• – Failed component repair
• – Corrosion
• – Impact damage
• – Broken traces
• – Edges
• – Mask
• – Populated boards

 

Repairs for PCBs can include these processes:

• – Inspecting for missing or damaged parts or blown traces
• – Testing all components and traces
• – Testing for functionality
• – Cleaning and recoating

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Robotics

If you use robotics, you do it for a simple reason — to increase the ease and efficiency of your job. But when a piece of robotics is malfunctioning, it usually just has the opposite effect, messing up the production process and forcing you to spend time repairing the equipment instead of doing your actual job.

The good news is we can handle those repairs for you. We’re familiar with robotics brands such as:

• – ABB
• – Fanuc
• – Motoman
• – ASI Robotics

 

Depending on the system, robotics repairs may include steps like these:

• – Inspecting for surface defects and mechanical damage
• – Testing electromechanical assemblies
• – Testing common failure components like relays, capacitors, switches and diodes
• – Refurbishing front panels
• – Servicing cooling fans, cables and interface boards
• – Loading and restoring power supplies to OEM specifications
• – Performing a final full power-up, output verifications, burn-in cycling and load testing

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Safety Equipment

In any industrial job, “safety first” is an excellent motto to have. Production speed and quality are fantastic, but you can’t prioritize them over your workers’ safety. So when your safety equipment is down for the count, you need to get it back up quickly. We repair many different types of safety equipment, including:

• – Safety light curtains
• – Photo-eyes
• – Scanner sensors

 

Repairs for safety equipment generally involve procedures like these:

• – Inspecting lenses for deep scratches or chips
• – Checking connections for bent or broken pins
• – Polishing lenses
• – Verifying signals or communications

 

For scanners, additional maintenance steps might include these:

• – Cleaning the scanning mirror
• – Verifying optical alignment
• – Checking alarm outputs

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Servo Drives

With their compact size, high torque and extreme precision, it’s no wonder servo drives are critical to your workplace. A lot of your machinery is dependent on them, so when they’re not working properly, you need to get them fixed quickly. Thankfully, we have years of experience working with servos. We’ll repair your equipment with minimal downtime to get you back in gear.

When repairing servo drives, we might follow some of these methods:

• – Checking for missing components, damaged components, standoffs and bent hardware
• – Evaluating IGBTs, relays, MOSFETs, inputs, outputs, power supplies and feedback circuits
• – Verifying correct phase, feedback, rotation and direction underload

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Temperature Control

A common cause of equipment malfunctions is overheating, which is why it’s crucial to have a temperature control unit to keep everything in check. But what do you do when your temperature control unit is what’s malfunctioning? Bring it to us. We service temperature control brands like the following:

• – Watlow
• – Honeywell
• – Red Lion
• – Barber Colman

 

Repairing a temperature control unit often involves:

• – Checking for worn or missing parts
• – Identifying and replacing defective components
• – Testing the unit to confirm an accurate repair

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Transducers

While other machine failures can cause your equipment to shut down, transducer malfunctions have a different effect. When your sensors aren’t working correctly, the other equipment might continue to run but do its job incorrectly without accurate feedback from the sensor.

That’s why it’s vital to get service on any faulty transducers as soon as you can. We work with transducers from OEMs such as:

• – Balluff
• – Norgren
• – Revere
• – Transducer
• – HBM
• – MTS
• – Dynisco
• – ITT
• – Micron

 

When we repair transducers, we often use these methods:

• – Resolving sensor errors
• – Identifying and replacing defective components
• – Testing sensors in real-world scenarios

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Ultrasonic

Measure controls, ultrasonic welders and other ultrasonic equipment are as vulnerable to malfunction as any other machinery, so it’s essential to troubleshoot them when it appears something might be going wrong. We service many different ultrasonic brands, including the following:

• – Crest Ultrasonics
• – Panametrics
• – Genesis

 

Ultrasonic equipment repairs generally include these steps:

• – Checking for missing or broken parts
• – Identifying and replacing defective components
• – Evaluating performance in real-world scenarios

We’ll keep you informed on the status of your equipment and get it back to you in good condition within only a few days.