[labnetwork] Oxford Black PLC Failure

[Travis Gabel]

This past February we had luck reaching out to BR Automation for
troubleshooting and remote session assistance with our Oxford PLC. Xavier
Smith was the product support engineer that we dealt with.


Travis

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM Golan Tanami <golant at savion.huji.ac.il>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> About two months ago, our 18-years old oxford’s ICP-RIE has stopped
> working due to PLC malfunction. Estimated machine shut down time was 6
> months.
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> With no other choice, we turned into google. You need to know the exact
> model you have and browse it directly it in google search engine.
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> The model is printed just above the barcode:
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> It took us several hours to place an order for two units from:
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> https://www.classicautomation.com/Part/7cp476-0209
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> We have received them and replaced it successfully. The machine is
> working. The communication with them is very good, fast shipping. They also
> offer 2 years warranty. They also have a repair service.
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> The other alternative was to upgrade the PLC coupled with software update,
> which is very expensive and the lead time is several months.
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> I wish you luck!
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> Golan.
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> *Golan A. Tanami, PhD* *| *Head of the Unit for Nanofabrication (UNF)
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> *From:* labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin,
> Mario
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 21, 2024 7:13 PM
> *To:* labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [labnetwork] Oxford Black PLC Failure
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> Try https://qualtx.com/
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> Mario
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> On 2024-08-21 5:51 a.m., Shawn Wright wrote:
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> [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Our old Oxford Plasmalab System 100 (ICP RIE) had a failure with its PLC, and it’s the older black style.  Does anyone know of a company that works on these older systems and possibly retrofits them? I haven’t been very successful with Oxford, it seems that this system is too old for them to consider taking on.
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> Thanks,
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> Shawn Wright
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> Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
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> University of Michigan
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Best Regards
Travis Gabel
IML Technical Support Engineer
208-426-5752
travisgabel at boisestate.edu
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