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Collaboration Delivers Siemens Pitch and Yaw Controls Project
NDC’s Servo Motor and Electronics Divisions recently collaborated to deliver a Reverse Engineering Project involving the Siemens Sinamics S120 Drive and the Siemens Simotics 1FK7 Servo Motor, devices typically utilised in wind turbine pitch and yaw control cabinets.
Handtmann Servo Motors & Controllers Repair Service Goes Worldwide
One of the major sausage manufacturers in Italy had one of their Handtmann Vacuum Fillers fail due to the seizure of the Servo Motor (Handtmann M406D-0101-001 Motor). This seizure resulted in the failure of the controller (Handtmann ACS40).
MOOG Drive And Motor Support For The Plastics Industry
Following extensive reverse engineering, modelling and testing of the MOOG servo system, NDC has captured the circuits, parts lists, schematics and set up / test data necessary to produce in house Test – Diagnose – Repair – Test Procedures for the MOOG MD Servo Motor and MSD Servo Drive, devices widely utilised by OEMs in the manufacture of electric plastic injection moulding machines.
NDC ServoLab Preferred To OEM Yet Another Time
A major automotive spring manufacturer had a one of their automatic coiling machine stop during the middle of a major production schedule. Their maintenance department found the fault to be one of the axis motors (an ABB 8C441500V002SG3MB Servo Motor) which had overheated.
KONE MonoSpace® Technologies Now Fully Supported By NDC
NDC’s dedicated ServoLab motor facility has now added the KONE EcoDisc® MRL Motor to its impressive portfolio of MRL motors now supported. The addition of this repair and test capability completes NDC’s overall support package for KONE MonoSpace® technology as a world class facility for the repair and test of the V3F series VVVF drives was also completed in 2011.
NDC Prove OEM’s ‘Beyond Repair Analysis’ Incorrect
A major processed food manufacturer had one of their critical machines go down due to the failure of the slicer motor (a Control Techniques 95DSB300US). The motor was very badly damaged and engineers at the processing plant decided to send the motor back to the OEM for evaluation.
Programming Of Digital Encoders For Rexroth MSK & MHD Servo Motors
NDC ServoLab’s dedicated R&D motor team have been busy finalizing the latest breakthroughs in the programming and testing of Rexroth Servo Motors in our laboratories.
NDC ServoLab Preferred To OEM In Minimizing Critical Downtime
A major CNC parts manufacturer had one of their HAAS Milling Machines stop due to a Spindle failure. The in-house maintenance engineers found the cause of the fault to be the main spindle (a HAAS 30-5911-W)
Engineering Update: Weber Servo Control System
NDC’s ServoLab facility has recently completed a Reverse Engineering Project to establish Test - Diagnose - Repair - Test Procedures for Weber’s DSG Servo Motor, WUM Servo Amplifier and WUG Power Supply Unit.
Engineering Update: Fanuc Alpha I Series AC Servo Motor, Spindle Motor & Amplifier
NDC’s R&D team have been busy finalizing the latest breakthroughs in the repair and testing of the new generation Fanuc Alpha i AC Servo Motor, Spindle Motor & Amplifier
Test System Rolled Out Nationally For The Kinetix 6000 Multi Axis Servo Drives And Integrated Motion Solution
We were recently approached by a customer in the food and packaging industry to look into establishing a full in-house repair and function test facility to support these units.
Programming Hiperface Encoders for Elau SM Servo Motor
NDC's dedicated R & D team have been busy finalizing the latest breakthroughs in the programming and testing of Elau Servo Motors
As tempers escalate - NDC called in to help passengers get away
An escalator at a major UK international airport suddenly stopped working causing a lot of inconvenience for passengers during a busy weekend.
Robot nods approvingly at NDC fault response
(Well you didn't expect it to do a 'Crouchy' did you?)
A major electrical equipment manufacturer recently had one of their Staubli robots fail on a primary production line - output was halted and expensive downtime immediately incurred.
Some common faults in MRL PM Motors and the associated effects on the application.
The launch in 2010 of NDC's ServoLab, a dedicated facility undertaking the repair, service, re-building and function testing of permanent magnet motors has seen an influx of faulty motors from MRL lift applications.
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NDC's ServoLab selected ahead of OEM to effect repair to MRL PM Motor
A Lift in a high-rise tower came to a sudden halt causing a lot of inconvenience to the people working in the tower. The Facilities Manager called in the Lift service company who identified the cause of the problem as the main Lift motor (a Control Techniques PM UniMotor with a Stegmann SinCos Hiperface Encoder).
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MRL Permanent Magnet Motors: An Overview
On average lifts are responsible for about 10% of the energy consumption in high-rise buildings. Due to this, one of the core goals of the industry is higher energy efficiency.
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NDC Completes Baumuller Modular Reverse Engineering Project
NDC’s ServoLab facility has recently completed a Reverse Engineering Project to establish Test - Diagnose - Repair - Test Procedures across the range of Baumuller’s DS/DA Servo Motors.
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Do you know about NDC’s Test - Diagnose - Repair - Test Policy?
When your job arrives at an NDC Service Centre, it is initially subject to routine, function and load tests, plus an electrical and mechanical inspection.
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Servo Motor Repair is ‘Spot On’
One of our customers was experiencing problems on a welding application due to encoder failure in one of the motors, a Parker PO-L20-P54.
Major Investment At NDC ServoLab
(25/06/2009)
NDC has made a significant new investment at ServoLab, its world class centre of excellence for the service, repair and testing of servo motors.
NDC's specialist ServoLab facility has recently completed repair projects covering the Allen Bradley 1326AB Servo Motor.
(15/05/2009)
These high performance, three-phase, brushless, AC synchronous servo motors are designed by Allen-Bradley to meet the stringent requirements of high performance motion systems.
Elau Pac-Drive MC-4 and SM Servomotor Repairs
(20/02/2009)
NDC now offer a comprehensive repair and full-function testing service to the meat slicing industry across the Elau range of Pac-Drives.
Investment into servo motor 'centre of excellence'
(07/04/2008)
NDC has given it’s backing to the establishment of a dedicated servo motor repair and test facility at its Manchester Service Centre.
NDC repair, test and commission drive and motor application
(13/03/2008)
An NDC site services team recently attended the plant of a large switchgear manufacturer that had lost production of critical LV components.
Yaskawa SGMGH-55DCA6H servo motor
(24/08/2007)
NDC remanufacture servo motor component to effect rapid 'back to service' repair
Jetter Nano 8 PLC control for a DIMAS-ES-8 AC Servo & JL3 AC Servo Motor
(18/07/2007)
(June 2007) NDC offer a wide range of automation and industrial electronic repair services. They were recently asked to help with a problem on a Martin framemaking machine.
Pacific Scientific SC100 Servo Drive & Servo Motor
(06/06/2007)
NDC offer a wide range of automation and industrial electronic repair services. They were recently asked to help with a problem on a Pacific Scientific SC100 series Servo Drive & Servo Motor, manufactured by IMEC.
NDC NW responds to motor issue within a major Newspaper print facility
(04/04/2007)
NDC Manchester was given the task to repair and refurbish two heavy-duty Lenze motor and gearbox units for a very large newspaper printing facility in Manchester.