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 | Sep 7, 2016 | Featured Projects, Furnaces and Ovens, Measurement, News
New Machine Shop, Calibration Lab and Office in the Works Ribs of massive metal beams cast shadows over a slab of newly poured concrete behind ACES’ current shop. By the summer of 2017 this space will house a new machine shop for metal fabrication of large-scale items...
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 | Mar 17, 2015 | News
TheAcesInc Social Networking Now Online With a redesigned website, American Control and Engineering Services, Inc. TheAcesInc Social Networking now online and ready for global outreach. The TheAcesInc just incorporated Social Networking into their tool bag in Q1 of...