Electronic Repairs

Flateck is the largest company in the world that specializes in the repair of industrial electronic equipment.

We repair the widest array of electronic equipment used in various industries.

Our test and development centers are equipped to perform repairs of microprocessed electronic boards with SMD technology utilizing lead free welding with low, medium and high voltage power.

Rapidly becoming a new global trend, we have pioneered carrying out electronic repairs without the use of electrical diagrams.

We perform maintenance on but not limited to the following industrial electronic equipment:

Circuit Boards

Flateck is the worldwide pioneer in the repair and maintenance of industrial electronic circuit boards, without the use of electrical diagrams or schematics. Our breakthrough method of analysis and troubleshooting allows for a significant recovery rate of the various circuit boards involved in industrial automation within many different market sectors.

We specialize in SMDs, lead free or traditional welding, by using microprocessors, micro-controllers, analog and digital circuits, power sources, net and communication systems, as well as, powered circuit boards.

Our engineers have desinged inhouse technology for the repair of the circuit board's CPU, I/O, and communication channels.

Aiming at cost reduction for our clients, Flateck also provides a preventive maintenance plan for circuit boards, thus extending their life and avoiding any sudden stoppage of the equipment, which can create losses in productivity.

Converters

Frequency converters are electronic equipment that provide speed and torque control for alternating current engines.

Flateck can repair low-tension frequency converters (up to 660V) and medium-tension converters (660V to 3.8KV), of any kind or brand in any industrial sector. We rely on special inhouse technology to restore IGBT transistor blocks, thus providing further cost reduction to our clients.

We also provide a value added corrective and preventive maintenance plan for our clients to prevent the equipment from experiencing major damage or stoppages. This increases the longevity of the equipment, as well as, reduces the costs of an outage due to replacing equipment multiple times during it's life.

Encoders

Encoders are divided in two major categories: incremental or absolute. The incremental encoder, sometimes called a relative encoder, is simpler in design than the absolute encoder. They target speed and rotation, not enabling the registration positioning of the rotor. An absolute encoder, on the other hand, can register positions, speed and rotation, thus being more applicable in application requireing more accuracy, whenever positioning must be registered for example in robotics.

Flateck performs maintenance on all types of encoders available on the market today, both in the electronic circuit and the mechanic phase. We also take preventive measures, such as the replacement of bearings preserving the disc.

Resolvers

In typical applications, the resolver sensor feeds rotary position data to a decoder stationed in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) that interprets this information and executes commands based on the machines' position.

Flateck provides repair services of electro-mechanic and electronic resolvers used in industrial servo motors.

PLCs

The PLC (Programmical Logic Controller) is the most frequently used piece of equipment in any industrial automation deployment. Flateck offers full technical assistance for troubleshooting and replacing the hardware and software.

We carry out repairs in various PLC technologies, from micro-processing circuits to inlet and outlet circuits, while preserving the original software.

Flateck provides services to backup, download and upload software, and custom programming in the most frequently used PLCs by industries, such as, Siemens, Allen Braldey, Omron, Weg, Altus, Atos and ABB.

IHMs

The IHM ("Interface Homme Machine" or "Man-machine Interface") is often used by industrial industries to convert low rate language into images and operator's commands to start the various equipment. IHMs consists of a CPU, a display (liquid crystal or image tube) and one type of keyboard (common, membrane or touch screen).

Flateck performs the maintenance of various types of IHMs, providing full analysis of micro-processed CPU circuits, as well as, the repair and replacement of the display or tube, and keyboard assembly. We also provide development, backup, download and upload of IHM software by various manufacturers.

Servo Drives

Servo drives are special electric amplifiers used to power electric servo motors. It monitors feedback signals from the motor and continually adjusts for deviation from expected behavior.

Flateck carries out repairs of servo drives, covering the various types of electronic circuits (power, source, control). The electronic technology found in servo drives are micro-processors, which work together with a servo drive to assist in starting the power system, and the processing of data sent by the feedback.

Servo Motors

Industrial automation is the use of control systems to control industrial machinery and processes, replacing human operators with electrical machinery.

Flateck has developed breakthrough technical solutions to carry out the maintenance of servo motors, comprising repairs in electrical feedbacks (encoders, resolvers and taco-generators), electrical starters and cables, mechanical parts (bearings, axles, coverings, alignments, balancing and mills) and magnetic repairs (magnetized rotors).

We take special care, when reparing all servo motors, to ensure the motor is functioning properly.

Flateck also provides repair services in pace and CC motors.

Pace Motors

Pace motors are used to produce accurate movements in various industrial applications, at lower costs than those of servo motors. Because of their magnetized rotors, we recommend that clients do not disassemble them; otherwise, about 40% of their magnetic power may be lost at the moment the rotor is detached from the starter.

Flateck provides repairs of any type of pace motor, regardless of their angular accuracy, power, manufacturer or tension.

Special Motors

Due to a wide range of industrial machinery, there are numerous types of special motors that have been designed for specific manufacturing purposes.

Flateck's expert engineering teams have developed patented technology to repair any motor that is or has been on the market, refurbishing it back to it's original state.

Tachogenerators

Tachogenerators are electro-mechanic elements used to inform rotation speed, generating a continuous tension proportional to the rotation. In view of technical constraints, tachogenerators are being replaced by electronic encoders.

Flateck provides full-service repair of tachogenerators, including brush replacement, rewinding and mechanic maintenance.

Magnetic Rotors

Current servo motors often contain magnetized rotors to boost torque produced by various electrical machines. As such, these rotors become heated due to friction, and the magnetic power of the rotor is reduced requiring the rotor to be remagnetized in order to restore it to normal operation.

Flateck provides the magnetization and restoration of magnetic rotors mechanically damaged, by replacing all magnets.

Power Modules

The wide range of electro-mechanic equipment utilized by industrial plants has formed the need for specific electronic power modules that control various electronic equipment, such as, pace motors, servo valves, and pneumatic valves.

Flateck has developed a differentiated method to repair the various power modules adopted by the market, such as, IGBTs, Tiristores, Transistors, Triacs, Mosfets, as well as, methods for efficient and reliable testing.

Control Modules

Control modules keep track of minor processes, which enable the concentration of almost all the necessary automation in a single module. They encompass a maximum of two microprocessors, capable of monitoring a minor dedicated industrial process, and a small amount of software, which prevents users from performing alterations.

Flateck utilizes all available means to avoid any loss of programming and functionality to the module. We are able to restore control module of any brand or manufacturer, making use of the same patented repair technology developed by our engineers in our test labs.

Software

The advances of industrial automation technologies have lead to the insertion, in electronic equipment, of an array of software with various types of memory.

Flateck is qualified to develop software for PLCs by Siemens, Allen Bradley, WEG, Omron, Altus and Atos, supplying control programs for any industry. We also provide a backup of the software utilized in the machines to comply with the preventive maintenance actions by onsite engineers, which benefits our clients by reducing the high cost of acquiring new equipment.

Robotics

The use of robotics in various industries, mainly in automobile manufacturing, has led to the need for specialized maintenance techniques in order to cater to a highly technical and demanding market place.

Flateck utilizes our expertise in electronics to repair any industrial robot in the market today, such as ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa, Fanuc, Reis, SEF, Comau, amoung many others. We provide maintenance for all parts of the electronical control system, such as the CPU, programming module, drive manager, servo drive and servo motor.

Automation

Flateck provides project management, design and implementation services in industrial automation using the latest technology in automation controls for any industry.

These are only a few of the services that Flateck provides:

• software development for CLPs
• frequency converters sizing
• softstarts and servo drives
• IHM programming
• equipment integration
• net communication
• supervisory system development

Panel Assembly

Flateck assembles industrial panels designed by the client or on demand, from the electrical installation to the mechanic assembly. We setup panels for low or medium tension projects, by means of all available industrial automation resources at our disposal, such as, CLP, frequency converters, servo starters, IHM, contactors, circuit breakers and wire clamps.

We rely on a highly qualified team of engineers and technicians for panel assembly that provides our clients with the best quality of services in the market today.

Thermography

In nature, any heated body sends out infrared rays. Thermography comprises the study of the temperature of these bodies through the infrared rays that are sent out. A thermographic chamber sensitive to infrared rays decodes the image in colors that stand for different temperatures, thus enabling the identification of the areas posing undue temperatures.

The strict monitoring and early depiction of alterations in the temperature of a given component, for example overloading of the equipment, help prevent stoppages of the machinary resulting in the subsequent loss in productivity.

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive maintenance encompasses the replacement of parts prior to its' end-of-life date. This avoids stoppages of the machinary and any subsequent losses in productivity and increased maintenance costs.

Flateck performs the analysis of electro-electronic equipment and industrial panels, aiming for the early identification of parts and components that might malfunction, especially where these parts are under intense utilization. Timely replacement of potentially risky parts extends the lifetime of the equipment and reduces chances of stoppage.

For servo motors, we provide the replacement of bearings, starters, rotor alignment and balancing (Warning: We recommend NOT disassembling servo motors to avoid loss of synchronization.)

For electrical panels, we check for parts exposed to intense utilization, such as, contactors, circuit breakers, fuses, wire clamps, etc.

Corrective Maintenance

Corrective maintenance consists of the replacement of the damaged parts, which prevent the equipment from working as designed.

Flateck provides corrective maintenance plans of industrial electronic and electro-mechanic equipment, followed by preventive actions to extend the longevity of the equipment.

On-Site Services

Flateck also offers on-site servicing. We provide professional engineers for the analysis and repair of any industrial eletronic equipment on the clients site.

In the event that a complex malfunction is identified and requires programming assistance, backup of industrial software, or any other task to support the electrical systems of any industrial machinary, our professional services group can assist. We will be able to gather all the necessary information to work out the best solution to the problem.