Don’t Be “Shocked” if You’re Not Well Grounded
“Shocking” Info Bites: Almost 500 people die each year from electrical accidents, mostly in the workplace, putting it among the top 10 causes of accidental death in the U.S. Approximately 80% of all...
View ArticleRed Poppies to Remember Our Fallen Heroes
The fields of battle and the faces may change through the years, but the courage, honor and heroism remain the same. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row That mark our...
View ArticleACS Industrial Services Has Gone Mobile!
Before, it was super-easy to find ACS Industrial Services’ website and online RMA/free evaluation form at your desktop computer. But now it’s even easier! You can find it anywhere, anytime on your cell...
View ArticleWhat To Do If the OEM Says Your Electronics Are Too Old to Repair
Did your OEM tell you your damaged electronics were “too old to repair”?Or that the newer replacement is not direct and would require additional parts and programming (costing a LOT more money)?This...
View ArticleAmazing Charmilles CNC Board Repairs Get Machine Shop Up and Running
Machine shops are usually pretty busy places, and sometimes, pretty dirty places. All that grease and dirt have a sneaky way of getting in where you don’t want them. Take a look at the before picture...
View ArticleFrankenstorm Sandy Will NOT Keep Americans Down for Long
ACS Industrial Services feels very blessed and very lucky to have survived Frankenstorm Sandy relatively unscathed. All of our facilities are currently up and running at full speed. Yes, some of our...
View ArticleSimplify Your Plant Maintenance Shutdown
Getting ready for your annual or semi-annual plant maintenance shutdown at this time of year? Whether you call it a shutdown, a turnaround, or an outage, it all results in a high-cost, big-impact...
View ArticleChicken Soup for Your Broken Electronic Equipment
Chicken soup is delicious…steaming hot, homemade and swimming with noodles and chunks of tender chicken…you can almost taste it can’t you? Well, I can whip up some mean chicken soup. Just ask my three...
View ArticleRemember Those Who Paid For Our Freedom
Memorial Day has come to mean picnics and barbecues, the beginning of summer or, if you live near a coastline, the official start of beach season. All good things to be sure. In fact, these good...
View ArticleFind Out Why Your Servo Amp Blew and Tips for Prevention
Have you ever blown up components in your electronics? Pow! After the smoke clears, it’s charred, it’s black, it has holes in it and worst of all, it doesn’t work. Creative cursing may result from...
View ArticleCase Study: Machine Down Crisis Solution
Have you ever had a “Machine Down” crisis in your plant? Most likely you have, just like our customer, an East Coast U.S.-based beauty product manufacturer just did. With the holiday season upon...
View ArticleThe Case of the Mysterious Servo Drive Repair
Ever wonder what happens to your servo drive when the motor is bad or there are line spikes? Besides the obvious (it stops working) nearly every component inside gets damaged, burnt or blown to bits,...
View ArticleTips to Prevent Electrostatic Discharge Damage to Your Electronics
Baby it’s cold outside! You can add the much talked about “polar vortex” to your list of enemies of your electronics. It’s not that the cold specifically is the problem, but the dry air that comes...
View ArticleHow a Power Outage Can Damage Your Power Supplies
What? Hold on….a split-second power outage can damage your power supplies? Why? How? There are a few variations on why and how a power outage can wreck your power supplies. It depends on the kind...
View ArticleTop Reasons Why Lab Equipment Maintenance And Repair Should Not Be Taken For...
If you are in charge of running any kind of lab, it would be a good idea for you to make sure that it always runs effectively. One of the things that you ought to be very keen on is making sure that...
View Article5 Hacks for Packing a Box to Avoid Shipping Damage
Shipping damage disasters can be avoided, even accounting for the occasional overly aggressive delivery service. Look at the bent base brackets on the pictured Xantrex power supply. This is a prime...
View ArticleTips for Buying Used Industrial Electronics
Buyer beware! Caveat emptor….you’ve heard it many times. And when buying used industrial electronics (or anything for that matter) be hyper alert for problems. This 1986 Vickers controller S40 was...
View ArticleHelp for Water Damaged Industrial Electronic Equipment
Has it rained near you in the past 48 hours? Probably. Nearly every state in the U.S. has experienced heavy rains and flooding this spring. With the floods came the resulting water damaged...
View Article6 Signs Your Industrial Logic / Circuit Board Has Gone Bad
Maybe your production came to an abrupt halt, or you are getting all kinds of beeping and error codes from your industrial electronics. These are potentially expensive problems to have when it means...
View ArticleTips on Saving Money in Your Plant
I am always interested in understanding where our customers are coming from. Despite some improvement in the economy, we still hear a lot of concern about needing to “produce more while spending less”....
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