Life’s Lessons

Working in a manufacturing plant for years has made me acquainted with motors but if you ask me now to enumerate those, I cannot say it instantly. Seems to me those were stored in my short term memory. What I cannot forget are the die (for the extruder machines) and pneumatic valves. Guess those were two of the few motors or motor parts that I could still recall until now. Working in the office is a good excuse for forgetting those things!LOL.

Anyway, I could still recall how maintenance people’s faces are so worried and stressed when there’s machine trouble or Electric motors problem. Of course, who would be happy with that? Production is at stake when one machine won’t work. So management will keep their eyes to these people in charge in maintenance and trouble shooting. Another stressed person during machine trouble is the purchasing assistant in looking for supplier that could deliver the requirement the soonest possible time. Aside from looking at Fremont Industrial Supply’s website, she would then call one supplier after another hoping they have available motors such as Hydraulic rams that functions as a hydraulic transformer. Times like that, I cannot help but blame the maintenance people for not doing a regular preventive maintenance. Such problem could have been prevented if preventive maintenance is being conducted regularly as they can see the status of the machine or a motor if it’s close to giving up.