by Staff Writer | Nov 1, 2018 | News, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens
THE MYSTERY An aerospace customer had recently moved one of their composite ovens which they used for curing aircraft parts. When they hooked it back up again they ran into a couple of problems: First, the machine wasn’t warming up fast enough. Second, once it finally...
by Staff Writer | May 5, 2017 | Furnaces and Ovens, CSI, News
THE MYSTERY One of ACES’ aerospace customers had an atmosphere oven which they used for heat treating parts. It was down for an overhaul, and they asked ACES to remove the eight burners and burner tubes and clean and inspect them. When the ACES Control Systems...
by Staff Writer | Mar 6, 2017 | News, Control Systems, CSI, Measurement, Programming
THE MYSTERY A major glass manufacturer called ACES with a conundrum: One of their large glass cutting tables was acting erratically. This piece of equipment is used to trim 10′ x 10′ sheets of glass down into smaller pieces for use in the automotive and...
by Staff Writer | Mar 6, 2017 | News, Aircraft, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens
THE MYSTERY One of ACES’ customers called with a curious issue: They were an aerospace company using an older vacuum furnace to anneal stainless steel parts, making them shiny and silver — but now the parts were coming out green. A Control Systems Inspector (CSI) was...
by Staff Writer | Feb 7, 2017 | News, Control Systems, CSI, Programming
THE MYSTERY For several years ACES has serviced a 80s-era cotton gin with functional mechanical parts, but a legacy control system dating back to the 1990s. One day a Control Systems Inspector (CSI) was called to the scene when a relay output card failed on the bale...
