My Machine Has a Problem
Stopped, alarming, failing on and off, or waiting for a part nobody sells any more. Every hour of downtime costs you, so we start with the fault.
SSM registered IP0587974-MOnsite root cause troubleshooting3-month repair warranty
Machine Repair & Engineering Consultancy in Penang
Find the Real Problem. Engineer the Right Solution.
When a machine stops, we troubleshoot onsite until we find the root cause, then fix it. When it runs but holds you back, we work out what you need from it next and engineer the change: retrofit, automation, monitoring or a new process. For factories, labs and clinics.
Machine down? Send a photo of the alarm screen and the nameplate. It's the fastest way for us to tell you what we'd check first.
Fault trace
Dual-group scrubber: automatic rotation stopped working
Case note
Power supply and wiringVoltages, protection, earthing
OKField inputs and outputsSensors, contactors, I/O signals
OKPumps and motorsStarters, overloads, rotation
OKPLC sequence logicRotation condition written as AND, should be OR
FaultLogic corrected. Auto and manual rotation restored.
Controller kept. One condition rewritten.
Two Ways We Help
Pick the side closest to your situation.
I Want More From My Machines
Downtime, waste, bottlenecks, or plans your current equipment can't keep up with. We listen first, then engineer what you actually need.
Prefer to Just Message Us?
Fill in the brackets and attach photos of the nameplate, the alarm screen and the panel. With that we can tell you what we'd check first.
3 months
warranty on our repair work, with terms written into each quotation
700 → 1,200
pieces per day on a 40-year-old line after our rebuild, client-reported
About ½
of the supplier's quote for a pathology chiller control upgrade
1,000+
test cycles without a positioning alarm on a custom loader
Why Factories, Labs and Clinics Call AAS
We Listen Before We Quote
What a client asks for and what they need are often different. One asked for a smart meter. What they needed was an alert while the waste was happening. We ask until we know.
How We WorkWe Find the Real Problem
A failed machine rarely tells you which discipline the fault belongs to. We test across every layer until the evidence points to one cause.
Read Real Fault NotesOne Engineer, Start to Finish
You talk to the engineer who diagnoses the problem, and the same team delivers the fix, with drawings and program backups handed over.
Meet the EngineerRepair. Recover. Modernise.
Every machine we take on leaves with a way forward. Which one depends on the machine, and on what you need it to do next.
Repair
For machines that have stopped
We find the fault and fix it, at component level where that makes sense. You keep the machine your team already knows and avoid the cost of a new one.
- Onsite root cause troubleshooting
- Breakdowns and intermittent faults
- PLC, PCB, drive and HMI faults
Recover
For machines whose parts are no longer made
When a spare part is no longer made, we recover the machine with a retrofit: a current controller, drive or board in place of the obsolete one, and everything that still works kept. The obsolescence risk goes. The machine stays.
- Obsolete PLCs and HMIs
- Discontinued drives and boards
- Idle machines back for new models
Modernise
For machines that run, but not well enough
Get more out of equipment you already own: higher output, lower power use, changes to fit a new process, or live alerts the moment something goes wrong.
- More output, lower power use
- Changes to fit a new process
- Monitoring with real-time alerts
What We Repair in Penang
If it has power, signals or logic in it, we can trace the fault.
All Repair Services
Factories
Industrial Machine Repair
Breakdowns, intermittent stops, repeated faults and downtime on production lines.
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Controls
PLC & HMI Repair
PLC troubleshooting, lost or undocumented programs, I/O and communication faults, and replacement of obsolete controllers.
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Electronics
PCB & Control Board Repair
Chip-level repair of control boards, power boards and interface cards, including boards that are no longer sold.
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Motion
Servo Drive & Inverter Repair
Servo drive, VFD and motor faults: positioning alarms, tuning problems, and power stage and capacitor failures.
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Labs and hospitals
Laboratory & Medical Equipment Repair
Equipment in labs, hospitals and universities that has stopped working or no longer has supplier support.
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Clinics and home care
Clinic & Mobility Equipment Repair
Repair for clinics, beauty centres and home-care users across Penang, for equipment that is not life-support.
Learn MoreWhat We Work On
Every major PLC brand, non-life-support equipment for hospitals, clinics, dentists and labs, and machines across industries. You don't need a different supplier for every machine on the floor.
PLC Brands
Mitsubishi ElectricMELSECOmronSysmacSiemensSIMATICAllen-BradleyLogixSchneider ElectricModiconKeyenceKVPanasonicFPDeltaDVPFatekFBsFuji ElectricMICREXLS ElectricXGTBeckhoffTwinCATYokogawaFA-M3ABBAC500
Hospital, Clinic, Dental & Lab Assets
Hospitals
- Autoclaves and sterilisers
- Pathology and lab chillers
- Medical and lab refrigerators
- Electric hospital beds
- Electric wheelchairs
Clinics & Aesthetics
- Aesthetic devices
- Beauty-centre equipment
- Handpieces and controllers
- Power and control boards
Dental
- Dental chairs and units
- Dental autoclaves
- Dental equipment controls
Laboratories
- Lab ovens
- Test rigs and tensile testers
- Heat exchanger and research rigs
- Ultrapure water systems
Equipment that is not life-support. We repair and function-test it; calibration certificates are a separate service.
Machines Across Industries
SemiconductorElectronics & PCBPharmaceuticalAutomotive PartsFood & BeverageMedical DevicesPrecision EngineeringUniversities & Research
Brand, asset or machine not listed? Send us the nameplate on WhatsApp and we'll tell you straight away whether we can take it on.
Recent Repairs
Machines and equipment we've brought back to work, and what was actually wrong with them.
All ResultsFactory
Auto and manual restoredDual-Group Scrubber
- Fault found
- Rotation condition in the PLC logic written as AND instead of OR.
- What we did
- Traced it with I/O tests and program review, then corrected the logic.
Hospital
Full cycles testedSurgical Autoclave
- Fault found
- Low voltage on the control board and a failing pump motor capacitor.
- What we did
- Replaced the regulator and capacitors, added cycle logging and a pressure timeout.
Hospital lab
Running, at about half the quotePathology Chiller
- Fault found
- Damaged HMI, with an expensive replacement from the manufacturer.
- What we did
- New PLC/HMI with RS485, temperature and defrost control, trends and data export.
University lab
Testing restoredTensile Testing Machine
- Fault found
- Original controller failed, and the manufacturer wouldn't sell it separately.
- What we did
- Built a new controller, servo interface PCB, load cell and extensometer integration, and software.
What Changed for Our Clients
Client names are kept private. Output figures are as reported by each client's own team.
All ResultsAutomotive
40-Year-Old Automotive Mirror Line
Problem: power, heating and PLC parts no longer made, and ageing controls.
What we did: rebuilt the electrical system, IGBT/SCR power stage, PLC/HMI, temperature control and production logic.
700 → 1,200pieces per day, about 71% more
PCB manufacturing
X-Ray PCB Drilling Loader
Problem: no manufacturer support, tight positioning, slow manual loading.
What we did: custom loader with PLC/HMI, servo and a custom switching PCB, with a clean handover of control to the original machine.
+30%throughput. 1,000+ test cycles without a positioning alarm.
Pharmaceutical
Ultrapure Water System
Problem: incorrect analog and digital wiring, failed instruments, process control down.
What we did: rebuilt the PLC I/O, RO/EDI/UV instrumentation and control, SCADA, alarms and reports.
Restoredbefore the audit, which the client then passed
- To get the fastest answer, send:
- A photo of the machine nameplate
- A photo of the alarm screen or error code
- When it started and what changed before it
- Whether the line is stopped or just slower
Start with a Machine Health Check
One machine, a fixed scope. We inspect it, test what matters, and give you its condition, the risks we see, and a repair, retrofit or replace comparison.