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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 9, 2012 | Aircraft, Control Systems, CSI, Oil and Gas
THE MYSTERY An aircraft manufacturer was experiencing intermittent problems with one of their fuel tank valves: It would work fine for a while and then randomly give a fail-to-close alarm. THE CLUES The first day the Control Systems Inspector (CSI) visited the plant,...
by Staff | Jul 26, 2012 | Aircraft, Control Systems, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens, Yaskawa VFDs
THE MYSTERY An aircraft parts manufacturer had an aluminum heat treat oven that wasn’t meeting its surveys. The customer surmised that what the oven needed was more airflow, and they called ACES to make the adjustment. THE CLUES The fan was running 500 rpm, and being...
by Staff | Feb 1, 2012 | Aircraft, Control Systems, CSI, Data Acquisition Systems
THE MYSTERY An aircraft manufacturer has been using a system-wide data acquisition system (DAQ) designed by ACES about three years ago. Part of the protocol involves measuring metal heat treat batches that sometimes run around the clock. The customer called ACES...
