by Staff Writer | Jul 25, 2016 | CSI, Furnaces and Ovens
THE MYSTERY An aerospace manufacturer contacted ACES with concerns about a 45′ conveyor oven used to heat-treat primer on aircraft parts. The oven was brand new from the manufacturer, purchased as an improvement over a defunct oven with unusual sensors: the...
by Staff Writer | Jul 10, 2016 | Featured Projects, Aircraft, Control Systems, Furnaces and Ovens, Programming, Wiring and Electricity
50-Foot Oven Reaches Peak Performance with Redesign ACES partnered with Bogh Industries, experts in burners, ovens, heat-treat and mechanical engineering, on major design revisions to an oven in Chandler, AZ. This machine is part of a production facility which...
by Staff Writer | May 24, 2016 | News, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens, Wiring and Electricity
THE MYSTERY A VFD swap caused an oven’s burner to stop lighting. Control Systems Inspector traced the wiring and found something unexpected. One of ACES’ clients called with an oven that suddenly wouldn’t light. This is a mission-critical industrial oven in a...
by Staff Writer | May 24, 2016 | News, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens, Wiring and Electricity
THE MYSTERY One of ACES customers is a fine food producer with 20 facilities across the US and Mexico. One of the ovens they used for final processing had always been finicky and difficult to start, with a startup routine of 12 seconds, so they asked ACES to modify...
by Staff Writer | Nov 19, 2015 | Aircraft, Control Systems, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens, Programming
THE MYSTERY ACES routinely maintains a legacy oven at an aircraft plant that is used to cure composite parts for long periods at relatively low temperatures. Recently the customer had been having issues with identifying serial numbers for aircraft parts, which were...
by Staff Writer | Nov 19, 2015 | Control Systems, CSI, Oil and Gas, Programming
THE MYSTERY A purchaser and transporter of crude oil products contacted ACES with a challenge relating to one of their LACT stations. A LACT unit (Lease Account Custody Transfer) is the critical control system in an oil pumping station, which measures and regulates...
by Staff Writer | Nov 12, 2015 | CSI, Steam Generators
THE MYSTERY The customer had issues with two of their Once Through Steam Generators (OTSG). They called ACES to the scene of a large biodiesel production facility. Feedwater and heated air pass through a bank of steel tubes and combine to create high-quality steam....
by Staff Writer | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured Projects
We’re proud to announce that we’ve earned the UL 698A designation, which qualifies us to build explosion-proof cabinets to UL standards. These industrial cabinets use heavy-duty construction such as 1.5″ thick cast aluminum studded with Grade 8 bolts to contain...
by Staff Writer | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured Projects
FlexMetrics Remote Dashboard For Your Steam Generator Monitor critical parameters from anywhere in the world. Quick, what’s your steam quality right now? Do you know what your feed water flow rate is at this moment? Have there been dips in your fuel flow rate over the...
by Staff Writer | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured Projects
One of ACES’s customers is a company that processes wastewater using advanced technology, removing contaminants and returning 100% reclaimed water. They called ACES to retrofit a hydraulically-powered filter press that had originally been integrated into an automated...