Refurbish Project

We have around 4 units of Elisa machine located in our work-space which are going to be demolished. Sometimes I called it 'cannibalize' when all engineers took all the useful and working parts to be reused. We have the procedures, and the decision for cannibalize the instruments is always after the declaration of BER (beyond economical repair). Usually, all the BER instruments have bad history. Whether the engineers unable to troubleshoot the problem, or the frequent breakdown of instrument or the instruments are not worth to be repaired.

Don't forget these two talented engineers from Elisa team, Celestine and Robaain. 

Coincidentally, my Elisa team has minimized the service calls from customers. Thus, we have plenty of time to look on those 'lying' machines. We spent our time to study a bit on their history and work on it. We calibrated all the movable parts, voltages and gains were adjusted to desired values, plotter and arms alignment, faulty parts replacement, and all. Only then, we hand over the instruments to Application Specialist for evaluation. Its not easy, but somehow its fun.

We managed to repair 2 of them early of this year and those units were sent to our customers. They are working fine. Can you imagine how I feel? 

One after another.

Another instrument in queue at our work space.

Now, we are working on another unit. This time is quite challenging. I am waiting for the new parts shipment from our principle. No rush. Ready for another roll out.

Effective. Efficient. Productive.

This is just another refurbish project.