www.thefabricator.com: ecause they operate in the background, they often receive less attention than machines directly tied to production. But when airflow drops, filters load, belts slip, or a fan starts running out of alignment, the effects show up quickly on the floor. Capture weakens at the source. Dust appears where it should not. Smoke or haze lingers longer than usual. A system that was easy to ignore suddenly becomes a maintenance problem.
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In the shop where I worked last summer, the dust collection system had crapped out before we even showed up. Because of this, we had to work with a slightly faulty, temporary dust collection system while waiting for the new one to come in. By the time we received and finished installing the new dust collection system in our shop, it had been several months and I left back for Pittsburgh around 2-1/2 weeks later. Something that is often overlooked, particularly in theatre is the maintenance of the machines and systems that keep us moving. I have often run into the mindset of 'I'll use it till I can't anymore, and then I'll fix it", which seems fine until you account for the time it takes to fix it, and what measures need to be taken during that time. Taking this approach of different daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly inspections to many different things may just prove to save our asses in the future.
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