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MCI recently had the opportunity to work with a manufacturer of mobility aids for vehicles. This company approached us to design and build an initial batch of 25 specialised control boxes. These control boxes serve a crucial role, allowing users to simply plug in handset to effortlessly operate the up…
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This week MCI visits the world of copyright. The 23rd April is World Book and Copyright Day. Copyright law in the UK has a very long history starting in 1710 with the Statute of Anne. It marked a pivotal moment, with the Statute pioneering governmental oversight and legal protection for…
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MCI wants to celebrate a important part of our local history. As some of you will know, our office is in Falkirk. Falkirk is famous for its giant sculptures of two horses’ heads called the Kelpies. The sculptures stand in a beautiful park called the Helix. The sculptures were unveiled…
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MCI was called out to another new customer. The customer is a local stainless steel fabrication company. Their press brake machine was not working at full capacity. For those of you who are not familiar, a press brake is a machine that bends flat pieces of metal into shapes or…
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Last Friday, MCI were celebrating National Flash Drive Day. For those of us old enough to to remember 20cm floppy discs, temperamental, bendable square storage devices. These giant floppy discs might just save your document long enough to get it to another computer, so the invention of the flash drive…
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MCI received a meat slicer with a fault from a food manufacturer. Our engineers set to work to find out what was wrong and discovered that the inverter drive had failed. We replaced the drive, and the meat slicer was back in action. Another happy customer! If you are having…
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Today MCI is celebrating Easter! Not only is this the time in Scotland when flowers are beginning to bloom and the weather gets warmer (apparently). We are going to be giving one another chocolate Easter eggs, stuffed with sweet treats. Some families will be going on Easter egg hunts, trying…
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This week, MCI wants to celebrate the granting of a very important patent – the patent for RAM (coincident current magnetic core memory). As you all know, no one would be able to use a computer or even read this post without this invention. The inventor was Jay Forrester. His…
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MCI wants to remind everyone that it’s a leap year’s day on the 29th February. Not only does a leap year mean lots of sporting excitement with the Olympics (this year to be held in Paris) but lots of leap year day traditions around the world. In the UK, the…
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MCI received an ECU for a well known German vehicle. Once our engineers had cleaned the circuit board up, we were able to diagnose and replace a faulty inductor coil. Another happy customer. If you are having electrical or electronic problems with your vehicles, give MCI a call on 01324…
