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Beating the Heat
ACES partnered with Bogh Industries, experts in burners, ovens, heat-treat and mechanical engineering, on major design revisions to an oven in Chandler, AZ. This machine is part of a production facility which…
The Case of the Shy Burner
A VFD swap caused an oven’s burner to stop lighting. Control Systems Inspector traced the wiring and found something unexpected. One of ACES’ clients called with an oven that suddenly wouldn’t light. This is a mission-critical industrial oven in a food…
The Case of the Cold Oven
One of ACES customers is a fine food producer with 20 facilities across the US and Mexico. One of the ovens they used for final processing had always been finicky and difficult to start, with a startup routine of 12 seconds, so they asked ACES to modify…
The Case of the Shifting Serial Numbers
ACES routinely maintains a legacy oven at an aircraft plant that is used to cure composite parts for long periods at relatively low temperatures. Recently the customer had been having issues with identifying serial numbers for aircraft parts, which were…
The Case of the Stubborn LACT Station
A purchaser and transporter of crude oil products contacted ACES with a challenge relating to one of their LACT stations. A LACT unit (Lease Account Custody Transfer) is the critical control system in an oil pumping station, which measures and regulates…
The Case of the Whistling Generator Tubes
The customer had issues with two of their Once Through Steam Generators (OTSG). They called ACES to the scene of a large biodiesel production facility. Feedwater and heated air pass through a bank of steel tubes and combine to create high-quality steam….
ACES Now UL 698A Listed
We’re proud to announce that we’ve earned the UL 698A designation, which qualifies us to build explosion-proof cabinets to UL standards. These industrial cabinets use heavy-duty construction such as 1.5″ thick cast aluminum studded with Grade 8…
FlexMetrics Remote Dashboard
For Your Steam Generator Monitor critical parameters from anywhere in the world. Quick, what’s your steam quality right now? Do you know what your feed water flow rate is at this moment? Have there been dips in your fuel flow rate over the…
Streamlining a Filter Press
One of ACES’s customers is a company that processes wastewater using advanced technology, removing contaminants and returning 100% reclaimed water. They called ACES to retrofit a hydraulically-powered filter press that had originally been integrated into an…
Mining Oil Sands with Steam Generators
Oil fields of Canada hold an estimated 169 billion barrels, second only to Saudi Arabia in potential oil production. The challenge lies in extracting the particularly sticky, semi-solid bitumen from the sand. Enhanced Oil Recovery…