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New plant or modernization? A decision guide
New plant or modernization? Manufacturer-independent retrofit service for machines and production facilities — including VFD and servo EOL.
EOL & scarce drives: modernization, not a parts shop
Overview of common legacy/EOL nodes — focused on retrofit and first assessment, not stock sales.
Regulatory & certification: knowledge hub with FAQs and deep dives
Public pages on CRA, EU AI Act, Machinery Regulation, ISO/IEC 42001, CE/EMC/FCC/IC, NIS2 and RED — accompaniment, not a notified body.
Choosing a retrofit service company: checklist for maintenance & OEMs
Solvetronix — industrial retrofit service company: modernize EOL nodes, don’t replace the whole machine. DACH / EU engineering.
Line down on EOL: retrofit before buying a new machine
OEM recommends a replacement machine — often too early. Structure the path from downtime → root cause → documented retrofit options.
Yaskawa SGDH / XtraDrive EOL: servo amplifiers hard to source
Sigma-II SGDH and XtraDrive (XD-*-TN) are legacy. On failure — surplus, repair, or retrofit to current servo tech?
Yaskawa V1000 EOL: spare, repair, or retrofit?
V1000 (CIMR-VC*) is discontinued in the EU. What to do on failure — buy used, repair, or modernize the drive path?
What does your legacy system really cost?
Maintenance is only the tip of the iceberg. A structured cost model — plus an interactive ROI calculator on the page.
Protocol reverse engineering: make old machines talk again
Step by step: passive traffic capture, pattern analysis, and a custom protocol bridge. What to watch out for — and what can go wrong.
Firmware upgrade without replacing hardware
From firmware extraction and static analysis to a safe OTA rollout — a structured, practical approach.
EOL components: 5 strategies when the vendor is gone
A critical chip is end‑of‑life and replacements are scarce. Here are the realistic options — and how to decide.
Pascal, old C, assembly: how we modernize unreadable code
No source code, no docs — just a binary. Our methodology for reverse engineering, reconstruction, and safe modernization.
Prompt injection in industrial AI systems — an underestimated risk
Why OWASP LLM01 matters especially in automation — and what mitigations actually work.