The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of a key piece of instrumentation used by the client was found to no longer manufacture or support the item. The instrument comprised an ultrasonic gap sensor, locally mounted head amplifier module and a remote mounted controller module. The sensing probe part of the instrument was considered to be in good working order but the electronic PCBs in the modules were showing signs of ageing, becoming less reliable and posing an increasing operator burden.
AMS were contracted by the client to reverse engineer the electronic modules making sure to minimise the differences between the original and new PCB so as to avoid needing to conduct a lengthy and expensive Engineering Change and requalification exercise.
