Autostore AS-35085 robot motor refurbishment Autostore robot motors (part number AS-35085) are used on many of the Autostore robot units in distribution, sorter and pick systems worldwide. The motors are an Engel GNM8070/4 permanent magnet DC servo motor. Our customers have found that these motors are either not readily available or on a long lead time so refurbishing these motors...

automotive plant confirmed HUge saving due to Meerkat! One UK automotive plant has confirmed a €316,000 saving in just six months by installing a Meerkat Remote Condition Monitoring System in their paint plant. This site specified a system to monitor vibration, temperature and current on their paint plant air handing units. Typically a paint plants can suffer fan failures due to a...

How Much Work Goes Into An Armature Rewind? “I never knew how much work was involved!” That was a comment made by a visitor to our workshops earlier this week when we stopped by this DC electric motor armature being rewound. Many people make the assumption that the rewind is done by machines. Whilst this is usually true when it’s...

Estimates suggest that globally, around 60 million tonnes of waste electronic equipment are thrown away every year. As we fight the effects of global warming, growing pressure from consumers and environmental groups means this level of disposal is unacceptable. With this in mind, Matt Fletcher, Managing Director at Fletcher Moorland, dispels some myths surrounding the practice of repairing printed circuit...

  This 4 minute video explains why rewinding an electric motor does NOT reduce efficiency….providing it is done correctly with the correct processes, tools and follows the strict guidelines set out by EASA & AEMT. Here’s a link to the guidelines if you wish to read for yourself – Motor rewind efficiency study    ...

Whilst this may work when your PC or laptop stops working properly, it’s definitely not the thing to do when industrial automation equipment stops working. It might sound pretty obvious really but it is something that happens all too often. Just think about it for a moment, your machine tool or CNC stops working. There’s a reason for it, some...

Three times this was picked up on recently and all from visitors to our workshops. I have no idea what people expect when they visit a workshop, I should say that these people were buyers and not engineers. Maybe engineering still holds onto it’s wrongly-perceived image of ‘being dirty’ but engineering isn’t always about dirty shitty environments. Ok, sometimes we...

Repair Or Replace Your Electric Motor, That Is The Question! Matt Fletcher, MD of Fletcher Moorlands opinion! While I’m not sure who first raised the question. I do know that around the world, this question is asked every day. And the answer? Well, the answer you will get depends on who you ask. And, If you’re the one responsible for...

It’s more by accident rather than by design that my recent posts have featured technology and processes that are environmentally friendly. This one, as it so happens, is the same. We’re all I expect very used to traditional electric motors in my posts, but here’s one that is a little different. If you’ve not seen one of these before, it...

Brush Inspection & Maintenance There is a type of AC motor in industry that you may have hidden away in your process plant that has brushes in too. These are known as slip-ring motors. They are often referred to as wound-rotor motors too. That description probably explains more of the construction of the motor then slip-ring does actually.CONTACT US TODAYInstead...

What do you see…a pile of scrap PCBs, or an opportunity to refurbish and reuse? If you see an opportunity to refurbish and reuse, great, you need not read any further. If you see these as scrap PCBs destined for landfill, then this is an opportunity for education. PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) are in all electronic equipment the World over....

Take a look at the electric motor rewinding process. Here is a video we shot a few months ago showing a behind-the-scenes-look at the electric motor rewinding process. Electric Motor Rewind Video It’s a process that is carried out around the world every day. The material specifications and process quality might change but the process is pretty much the same....