Autostore AS-35085 robot motor refurbishmentAutostore robot motors (part number AS-35085) are used on many of the Autostore robot units in distribution, sorter and pick systems worldwide. The motors are an Engel GNM8070/4 permanent magnet DC servo motor. Our customers have found that these motors are either not readily available or on a long lead time so refurbishing these motors is …
How a LinkedIn post resulted in a stepper motor repair for us
This is a LinkedIn success story where a referral enabled us to help a new customer. We were tagged into a post after a LinkedIn member posted a picture and a simple request for a motor repair. We replied to the post, along with many others initially offering help, we saw many recommendations for several companies which are where LinkedIn …
A motor repair with some interesting UK engineering history
Recently, there was a great deal of interest in an article I wrote about the resurrection of a DC motor. This reminded me of a much more interesting recovery and refurbishment of a DC motor. Let me start with a bit of history In the 19th century a French engineer and eccentric, Thomé de Gamond spent nearly 40 years and …
Before and after of a DC Motor Repair
A few week ago I posted a photo of a failed DC motor where the commutator has failed and taken out the brush gear. The failure was quite spectacular and the photo prompted many, many comments. I promised to post an ‘after’ photo when the repair had been completed but instead of just a photo, here’s a brief article about …
Having a ‘can do’ approach really pays off when supporting customers
As happens most Saturday mornings at Fletcher Moorland, the phone starts to ring and there’s a customer on the line with an urgent breakdown which needs sorting. Most calls at the weekend will be calmly and professionally handled by Jennie, who then puts the wheels into motion to make sure we do all that we can to get our customers …
SERVICEview – Transparency in the repair industry
Wouldn’t it be great to see exactly what happens when you send equipment for repair or servicing? We’ve created SERVICEview for greater transparency and trust for our customers. Now, when you send an item of equipment away for servicing or repair, you’ll receive a video link to the condition of it and the faults found. What’s more, we will send …
Servo Motor Repairs; why electrical, electronic and mechanical skills are needed
Servo motors are very specialist and high precision motors. They contain both precessions mechanical and miniature electronic components. Repairs to them require a specialist set of skills in electronic, electrical and mechanical repair along with specialised test facilities.Fletcher Moorland is unique in that we are a fully integrated electromechanical and electronic repair centre with a dedicated servo repair department. We started …
Getting ABB servo repairs right
Robot servo motors are critical to plant operation and production, Our customer who is a major automotive parts supplier had sent this ABB servo motor to his motor rewind company, who did in fairness say they could not repair servo motors and recommended they use us. We received the motor, a PS130/6 series servo motor on a Thursday afternoon and …
Watch How a Servo Motor is Refurbished
I’ve been asked by customers so many times “how do you refurbish servo motors?” Well here’s a video showing a pretty common (Siemens 1FT6044 type) servo motor being refurbished. It goes to show something we at Fletcher Moorland have been thorough on for years, that you need electrical, mechanical and electronic skills to correctly and successfully refurbish servo motors. https://youtu.be/EwI86_n8Tq8 Grab a …
Elau PacDrives and Servo Motors used in Food Processing and Packaging
Fast and reliable repairs to Elau PacDrives and Elau/Schneider servo motors from a leading UK repair company. Fletcher Moorland offers a true 24 hours, 7 days a week repair service for the Elau controllers C*00 series, the MC-4 Pacdrives and the SH & SM series servo motors. We can fully test all units in the drive system to guarantee repair. …
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