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 | Jan 25, 2013 | Control Systems, CSI, Furnaces and Ovens, Motion Control
THE MYSTERY A customer called ACES to the scene of a drop bottom furnace, which was used to fabricate aircraft detail parts and components. Like all drop bottom furnaces this one was equipped with a parts basket that was lowered from the underside of the furnace into...