Maintenance & Repair
Stepper Motor Troubleshooting: Missed Steps, Vibration, Heat and Noise
Stepper losing position, stalling at speed or running too hot? Most problems trace back to sizing, resonance, current settings or...
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Maintenance & Repair
Troubleshooting, fault codes, drive repair and preventive maintenance for industrial automation equipment.
Maintenance & Repair
Preventive Maintenance Checklist for PLCs, Drives and Control Panels
Most automation breakdowns are caused by heat, dust, loose connections and lost backups. This daily-to-yearly checklist keeps PLCs...
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Servo Drive Repair: Common Alarms, Root Causes and When to Replace
Most servo alarms come from the encoder, the cable, the load or the regenerative circuit, not the amplifier itself. Here is how to...
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Mitsubishi VFD Fault Codes: Causes and Fixes for Common FR-Series Alarms
Overcurrent, overvoltage, overload and ground faults explained: what each common Mitsubishi FR-series VFD alarm means and what to...
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