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...
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 | 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...
