Reliability

Possibly the cheapest reliability improvement ever invented.

Yes, I’m serious, the humble grease nipple cap. It costs pence but can save you thousands…… Think about it and what it does, it protects contaminants from getting into the lubricant. Next time you walk around your plant, take a look at your equipment. How many grease nipples can you see without a cap? I’m going to bet you see several, …

PacDrive

Elau PacDrive repairs

Elau PacDrive & SM Servo Test Rig These Elau drive units from our experience are mainly found in the food and drink sectors. Fletcher Moorland offer a true 24 hours, 7 days a week repair service for the Elau controllers C*00 series, the MC-4 Pacdrives and the SH & SM series servo motors. We can fully test all units in …

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See video updates on your repairs via SERVICEview

Fletcher Moorland’s service has always been centred on our customers’ needs and providing positive experiences. We do this by ensuring that our repair service is not only fast and reliable, but that we also keep customers informed and updated on the progress of their repairs. This is why we introduced SERVICEview in 2015, a value-added innovation that gives our customers …

Obsolete

What happens when it’s obsolete and you can’t ‘simply’ upgrade it?

I read a lot of articles in regard to obsolete equipment and the solution is usually to upgrade to a modern equivalent unit. But what happens when an upgrade is not so simple? Take these two Thorn Stardrives, 1970’s technology, a pretty simple DC drive and considering their size, they are only 5 amp units! The unit on the left developed …