There are many important things to consider when choosing an electronics repair company to work with. The right repair company for your business can ensure that your repair process is efficient and seamless. Here are five key points to consider when deciding which company to choose as your repair provider.

An Experienced Repair Company
Experienced companies have the knowledge to handle all levels of repairs. If they’ve been in business for a long time, they will also know about obsolete items and how to get parts to be able to repair such items. Overall, experience and credibility are important when choosing a repair company.

Expedited Turnaround Options
It’s important to work with a company that offers many turnaround options. It’s really important that emergency turnaround is offered. Emergencies happen and having a repair company that partners with is critical.

Extensive Evaluation Process
A company that has testing equipment is more likely to do a thorough job on your repair. Having test assets means they have invested in equipment to further support the repair process. Having the tools in place to make sure a repair is fully evaluated before the repair begins creates a smoother repair process.

Communication
It’s important to be informed of the status of your repair throughout the process. It’s also great to be able to interact with the technician who works on your repair. Being able to ask questions and receive information is a great way to feel more confident with your chosen repair facility. When you receive solid communication from the company who is handling your repair, it just makes the process more efficient.

Warranty Offered for Repairs
A company that handles repairs should also have the confidence to stand behind their work. A warranty insures repair customers that they are covered throughout the entire process.

Editor's note: This is sponsored blog post from Radwell International

A study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says that obsolete wells operate in 19 states, across 160 facilities, encompassing more than half of the total working gas capacity in the U.S. These obsolete wells are at risk of leaks.

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All over the world manufacturers in the glass fiberizing and glass wool industry are interested in increasing the quality of their products. The Gedevelop GFM System is suited for this process. It works with glass flow and collects data in real time for optimum control of the manufacturing process. This reduces material costs and shortens production downtime.

How exactly does this system work? The system uses a camera which looks at the glass stream and reads information for stream diameter and stream velocity. The information is then sent to the central unit and based on set parameters, calculates the glass flow. The glass flow meter continuously measures glass flow individually for each fiberizing unit. This glass flow meter is a non-contact, optical measurement system that calculates the flow of molten glass that falls from the bushing into the fiberizer.

Some of the benefits of Gedevelop’s System:

Increased Spinner Life

Increased Productivity

Less Rejects Due to Poor Fiber Quality

Increased Furnace Life

Gedevelop GFM System is very specialized and not easy to repair. Having advanced and specialized testing equipment is really the only way to insure that repairs are accurate. This is because simulating the actual workings of the machines is the only way to test the repairs completely. Believe it or not, there are very few, if any, companies qualified to fully repair this system. In speaking to Daniel Murphy, Branch Manager for Radwell International in St Charles, Missouri, his facility has a detailed testing system designed to assist with Gedevelop repairs and is qualified to repair every aspect of the system. In addition, a two year warranty is offered on all Gedevelop repairs. Radwell’s Missouri location services Gedevelop repairs worldwide.

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Active hyperspectral imaging technology combines with a single-pixel camera to yield portable, low-cost, sensitive methane detection technology. The imaging system captures videos of methane gas leaking from a tube at about 0.2 l/min.

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In order to save money you need to spend money – especially when financing predictive and preventative maintenance solutions for high-capital assets. In this case, even a relatively modest spend could potentially offset repair or lost-production costs that run into millions.

However, maintenance spend is, understandably, very hard to quantify in terms of its benefits, especially if nothing actually goes wrong; even more so when you couple it to budget competition from other disciplines.

In many instances computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) can help define a strategy and timetable and remove much of the guesswork and workload by determining the actual work to be undertaken on individual machines and assets.

This proactive approach is often supported by specialist products that offer a real-time snapshot of machine health. Such solutions range from simple temperature sensors and vibration probes all the way up to bespoke, fully featured condition monitoring (CMS) software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions.

Wear is often the primary issue in mechanical systems and can result in reduced tolerances, elevated heat levels, less than smooth movement and the loud squeals and grinding noises that foreshadow something going seriously wrong. The good news is, with proper servicing and regular observation, mechanical systems can easily match and even exceed the predicted overall life of the machine.

Heat generation can actually be used to your advantage thanks to the ability to measure it using simple, inexpensive temperature sensors. One example would be the PN151 NFC Infrared Temperature Sensor from Calex. By mounting a sensor like this near potential wear points, operators can be quickly made aware of any issues. Another approach would be to use thermal-visualisation solutions, such as those offered by FLIR, which are designed to highlight hotspots.

In rotating equipment, wear can also be accompanied by vibration. In this case, specialist vibration sensors, such as those from SKF, can measure multiple vibration patterns and then differentiate between normal and abnormal signals. They can even highlight specific failure modes through advanced frequency analysis. These predictive maintenance products form an integral part of the range of RS solutions for customers looking to establish an effective plant maintenance programme.

Looking higher up the technological scale, we are also seeing a new advent of software-based approaches, with some companies providing AI-based analytical solutions for maintenance operations – providing even more depth and real-time problem-solving capabilities to what is a vital function.

Maintenance expenditure should always be seen as something that can increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), enhance return on investment (ROI), lower repair costs, reduce damage and contribute to increased or maintainable product quality. And these are the tangible benefits that have to be at the forefront of any expense justification.

Editor's note: This is a sponsored blog post by RS Components.