Problem AIC received an emergency service call during the Fourth of July holiday from a plastic sheet manufacturer in Kentucky. Their 1990s-era extruder with a cut-to-length flying knife system was down and they needed it repaired. The existing Siemens master drive was obsolete and difficult to find replacement parts for. Motion coordination is a critical…

Problem A composite plastics manufacturer’s 25-year-old extruder drive system was down, shutting down production and costing thousands of dollars per hour.  The obsolete drive system could not be repaired. With no replacements on hand, the plant manager began calling all of his sister plants across the country to see if another plant had a replacement…