On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:54:33 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
wrote:


"Joachim Wunder" wrote in message
.. .

Yes, I know, chances are low. Tomorrow I´ll try again at the small
German company which installed it back in 1990.

Sometimes they know a guy who knows a guy . . . . .

Right. I will give it a last try.


In a company I worked at, we had 4 injection moulding machines of poor
design and reliability which were made in Austria by a company that went
bankrupt. It was a PITA keeping those suckers going. We had to reinforce
various parts with welded bracing.

Hey, could you do me a favour please? What was the name of the company
in Austria? That all rings a bell to me: Company "Schiel" in Germany
still believes, that my garage door opener´s motor control PCB was
made in Austria as well. And when I look at the backside of the PCB,
oh man, the soldering.. like if a 5-year-old child would have done
some work on it. Various parts with welded bracing as well. Ufff. I
will need some real professional soldering work to get all of that
crap corrected anyway.


The Swiss ones (design styling by Italians) we replaced them with were
expensive but were a joy to work on and would take anything you could dish
out. Watching them mould a 2 litre bowl every 4 seconds was almost
frightening to see.


I see.. I am not yet decided, but may do so soon if that hunting for
the manufacturer won´t come to an end soon.