Enercon IGBT PCB repair

Enercon IGBT PCB repairUK based repair and refurbishment for wind turbine electronic controls.Click on this link to watch the full video on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-XxiIymGQo&t=25sWatch video

Obsolete Rail Electronic Equipment Repair.

Refurbishment, servicing and repair of obsolete rail electronics.Because something is obsolete, it doesn’t mean that it can’t be supported. It doesn’t meant that it can’t be repaired. It doesn’t mean that you have to upgrade it. This is especially true when it comes to electronic equipment used on the rail network. Take this sample of electronic items, these are some …

Don’t ditch that faulty PCB!

Estimates suggest that globally, around 60 million tonnes of waste electronic equipment are thrown away every year. As we fight the effects of global warming, growing pressure from consumers and environmental groups means this level of disposal is unacceptable. With this in mind, Matt Fletcher, Managing Director at Fletcher Moorland, dispels some myths surrounding the practice of repairing printed circuit …

“You can’t just switch it off and back on again, it’s not a computer!”

Whilst this may work when your PC or laptop stops working properly, it’s definitely not the thing to do when industrial automation equipment stops working. It might sound pretty obvious really but it is something that happens all too often. Just think about it for a moment, your machine tool or CNC stops working. There’s a reason for it, some …

A pile of scrap PCBs or an opportunity to refurbish and reuse?

  What do you see…a pile of scrap PCBs, or an opportunity to refurbish and reuse? If you see an opportunity to refurbish and reuse, great, you need not read any further. If you see these as scrap PCBs destined for landfill, then this is an opportunity for education. PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) are in all electronic equipment the World …

Think Repair - Save Money

Think Repair – Save Money

A view on repairing electronic control systems Sometimes it takes something drastic to happen to change your mindset on a process or decision. Let’s take a look at repairing electronic control systems or replacing with new. How repairs are viewed is the first question? are they or can they ever be as good as new? Surveying a number of contacts I found that …

Repairing automation equipment has a valid place in obsolescence management

Repairing automation equipment has a valid place in obsolescence management

I was fortunate enough to introduce my company to some of Norway’s major oil producers recently. I was there to present ‘The benefits of repairing equipment over replacements’. Now what I found was not really surprising, generally when they had a failure on electronic control equipment the usual response was to buy new from the manufacturer. All good really but the …

Midas Touch Screen Repaired

A crisp eye on a production line

Our quick and reliable repair service has always been admired in the industry and one Tuesday night recently we were called on by a well known crisp manufacturer to help them out. They had a Midas PC1090.2 touch-screen controller that had failed quite abruptly, it quite literally went blank. We collected the controller and bought it back to our workshops …

Fanuc Servo Drive Test Rig

Fanuc Servo Drives Test Rig

Fletcher Moorland have been servicing Fanuc drives for over 20 years. As part of a major upgrade in our automation repair department, we have combined our Fanuc drives test rig into one universal Fanuc test rig. This is probably the most complete Fanuc drives test facility around, giving us the ability to fully test the entire alpha series of drives. …