Does it seem like your maintenance staff is constantly putting out “fires?” Or that your production equipment is always running to failure requiring industrial electronics repair and causing unplanned work stoppages? 

Lean manufacturing may be the answer.  Lean manufacturing concepts aren’t new but they are gaining momentum…and for good reason. 

By implementing some lean manufacturing strategies, you can track equipment breakdowns, schedule preventive maintenance, and anticipate needs for maintenance parts.   Benefits include:

• Waste elimination
• Defect reduction
• Productivity maximization
• Engaging  your work force as a team

Touch screen monitors have virtually kicked their conventional CRT and LCD cousins to the curb.  You may love your touch screen, or you may hate it, but there it is…staring you in the face and begging for a little understanding.  Touch screen repair and maintenance are not as intimidating as you may think.

First off, there are three basic types of touch screens:

Resistive – Has a multi-layer screen that detects electrical changes from your touch.

Capacitive - Touch transfers some of the electrical charge, so the charge on the capacitive layer decreases sending a signal.  Capacitive screens have a clearer picture than resistive due to a large transmission of light from the monitor.

Not surprisingly, reliability ranked the most important criteria in purchasing industrial electronics according to a recent survey by Plant Engineering & Maintenance. 

Reliability was followed, in descending order, by quality, safety, maintenance, service, price, throughput, technology, noise, speed, and “green”.

Maintenance ranked 4th out of 11 so we know it’s pretty high on your list.  Nobody wants equipment that is difficult or excessively expensive to maintain.  Downtime is lost time and lost time is lost money.  

Save money in the long run by purchasing quality industrial electronic equipment with a good warranty.  And when that warranty runs out, or the OEM does not provide responsive service, send your repairs to a reliable expert. 

Most Touch Screen Monitors , CRT Monitors and LCD Monitors require sophisticated and expensive lab and test equipment to successfully repair. In addition, highly trained and experienced techs are also important.

When you attempt to repair a monitor…a Monitor Repair Manual is not enough to effectively get the job done. If you are frustrated and fed-up with trying to repair a monitor, you should think about sending your damaged monitor to ACS Industrial Services for repair. Most monitors are repaired for much less than the cost of a new one. ACS specializes in touch screen displays, CRT monitor repairs, LCD Display repairs and obsolete monitor repairs of every kind.