The ACS Troublemaker of the Week award goes to this Okuma BL-MC200J-12TB servo motor. The motor came out of a major U.S. East Coast heavy industrial manufacturing plant.
The motor quit while on the job, and, not surprisingly, upon evaluation we discovered it was heavily contaminated with oil. The is one of the most common causes of servo motor failure. Why? Because, even in the best motors, there are plenty of places for the motor to leak allowing liquids such as oil or coolants to intrude into areas where they do not belong.
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Continue Reading | No Comments | June 15th, 2012
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 phone or tablet with our new Mobile website at http://mobile.acsindustrial.com. We are excited to announce that, as of this week, we have officially launched our mobile website so that no matterwhere you are you can quickly bring up the ACS Industrial website.
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A famous ocean-side candy shop chain came to ACS recently with a Combiscale circuit board that wasn’t working. That wouldn’t be so alarming if they weren’t facing the start of the beach-going season when they make the majority of their sales for the year. Virtually everyone who visits East Coast beaches will shop here – and that’s a lot of candy!
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Surf’s Up But Candy Won’t Be Served Unless the Scale is Working
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Continue Reading | No Comments | June 7th, 2012
Today may be National Donut Day (really, it is!) but I say let’s declare it Appreciate Your Test Equipment Day!
For all you guys out in the field, where would you be without your trusty test equipment? Those high tech, nearly indestructible gadgets help us see what we can’t see, hear what we can’t hear, sense what we can’t. They are invaluable and most of us couldn’t do our jobs without them.
It’s easy to take our gadgets for granted so take a moment to give a little gratitude to your test equipment today.
If, however, your out-of-warranty test equipment is damaged or not working, they can still usually be cost effectively repaired. Click here for more information about
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The ACS Troublemaker of the Week award goes to this Okuma BL-MC200J-12TB servo motor. The motor came out of a major U.S. East Coast heavy industrial manufacturing plant.
