A service company specializing in machine tools contacted us with an urgent issue. They had refurbished a Gildemeister machine and sold it to a customer. A few months later, the buyer reported problems: the tool changer was unreliable and required fre...
A manufacturing company based in Munich is still operating several Deckel Maho machining centers of the DMC 100V series. Although these machines have been in use for many years, they are still in excellent condition according to the customer. In gener...
Approximately fifteen years ago, a joint venture between Siemens and Yaskawa brought a new series of controllers, servopacks, and motors to the market. Several machine manufacturers, including Star and Matsuura, integrated these components into their ...
In this article, we report on a severe damage case involving a Sanyo Denki BL Super PE0A030MXXXC00 Servo Amplifier, caused by a defective motor of type Sanyo Denki 65ZBM040HCSS6. This case is representative of many Brother machines using this drive te...
A customer personally brought in his Yaskawa SGMGH-13ACA6S servo motor. The reason? The connected Servopack kept randomly showing alarm AC.9 Encoder Communication Error.
At first, the customer suspected faulty cables and replaced them, but it didn...
A sincere question to our customers and partners.
The Situation
This is one of those requests that catch you by surprise and yet feel strangely familiar:A machine supplier reached out and asked us to repair several Berger Lahr Stepper Drive.To b...
A customer from Italy contacted us with a pressing issue: his Matsuura CNC machine had gone down due to a fault in the Yaskawa SGDK-50AEA Servopack.
In a hurry to get the machine running again, he purchased a used replacement unit online, same mode...
Loss of Power: “I can no longer machine heavy parts.”
A long-time customer contacted us with a clear issue: his Mitsubishi MDS-B-SP-260 spindle drive had lost performance over the years. At first, the problem was subtle. But eventually, the mac...
A few weeks ago, we received an Okuma VACIII D6 Drive Unit in an alarming condition. The customer – a well-known automotive supplier from the Netherlands – had previously sent the device to another repair company. Instead of a functional unit, he ...
Inquiry from a Paint Machine Manufacturer.
A manufacturer of painting systems using Yaskawa robots contacted us. The required motor type SGMPH-15A1A-YR11 was no longer available from Yaskawa. The official feedback: “Either replace the robot or fi...
