Case Study - MCI Electronics Ltd Minimising the expense of machine downtime Many companies have their own repair and maintenance team onsite. Most of the time, those teams can handle minor electrical and even electronic faults when they occur. However, every so often, a specialist is needed to get a machine back up and running. We received an urgent call from the operator of a timber yard. A critical piece of machinery had broken down and it was costing the business £30,000 for every hour that it was out of action. Attempts by their own staff and a local maintenance firm to fix it had failed and they were now desperate for help. Within hours, one of our engineers had arrived onsite. After an initial faultfind, he quickly determined that it was a PLC networking problem. After only one hour

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