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Cleaning the pads

Posted by Technical Support on March 17, 2014 0 Comments

After our ring around last week we had a few owners ask the best way to clean the pads. 

The white powder collected in the pads is soluble in water and should be massaged out while holding them under running water. It takes about 30 secs per pad, and the cleaner you get them the longer they will last. 

The Pads need to be dry when used so cleaning them the night before allows them to dry for the next day. Dry them flat and try not to wring them out like a sponge. 

If you need to dry them quickly , dry them flat between an absorbent cloths. 

One more thing:  Leave the lid open over night as it doesn't flatten the pads and the lid damper will last longer.

Please post a comment if you have found a great system? 

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Repairing heavy damage- Xbox ring of death

Posted by chris cranshaw on March 17, 2014 0 Comments

The EcoPRO-2 can fix deep scratches, it is simply a matter of repair cycle time. 

The technology works by taking small amounts of polymer off at a rate of about 1 micron a minute.

 

The factory settings are for a 30sec cycle, and additional 60 sec and 2 minute cycles will deal to 90% of damage no problem BUT a 360 "ring of death" as it is commonly referred to is a deep scratch. Sometimes up to 15 microns but most are about 8 microns deep. 

This means that the EcoPro-2 must be working on the disc for 8 minutes if it is an 8 micron scratch...a common miss-conception is that if the disc still has the ring of death after 4-5 minutes of repair then you cant fix it...THIS IS NOT CORRECT... visually it is hard to tell that the EcoPro-2 is getting the better of the damage but it is ...just keep going because the EcoPRO-2 is a FLAT repair machine so you can just keep repairing it until it is fixed. 

We have deliberately scratched a disc in our workshop with a compass and successfully repaired the disc back to new. 

Finally, if you think you are going to repair the disc too much ...think again as you have 300 microns to work with... essentially you can repair a disc over 80 times and it still work!

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EcoPro2 Introduction

Posted by chris cranshaw on March 06, 2014 0 Comments

The first EcoPro was sold in 2009 after three years of development. 

ELM in Japan were manufacturing the best disc repair machines.  They were not the cheapest but they were well made and did an excellent job of all types of repairs.  

These machines used the multiple abrasive pad system.  This system uses a series of pads that are used in sequence.  These machines are still sold today.

As a premium product they were priced out of reach for smaller operators so an affordable, more compact machine was developed.

The expectation of this machine was high and it did not disappoint with the new customers telling us that it was the machine they had been waiting years for as they were tired of the manually operated alternatives.

 

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