subject: Understanding The Rules Of Industrial Maintenance [print this page] In most manufacturing plants, there are really only two groups of people who are concerned with industrial maintenance the managers who are under the pump to get broken down machinery back into operation with as little downtime as possible, and the technicians who are responsible for actually fixing the equipment as fast as they possible can.
Anyone who works as a technician in industrial maintenance will be more than familiar with this list of rules things that shouldnt happen or go wrong in the course of your daily duties but that always do:
Once you get wedged beneath a piece of equipment and right beneath the source of the problem, you will realize that the tool you need to fix it is still in your toolbox twenty feet away.
The most difficult part of a machine to get to will always be the part that decides to break down first (and most often).
Once you finally trace a problem all the way to its original source, it will always be a part that is currently out of stock.
Teamwork is an essential part of industrial maintenance, as, if anything goes majorly wrong, theres always someone else to blame.
If you find the problem relatively easy, you will discover that this is only the beginning of your issues and that there is a much bigger problem lying underneath.
The more to the wire you are in needing to get a job finished, the higher the likelihood that your most important piece of equipment or machinery will break down.
Whenever you need to wipe the grease off something, the only available rag will be greasier than whatever you needed to clean.
Whenever you lose a wrench or other tool on an industrial maintenance shift, the machine you were working on will find it at some point during your next one.
Never fix a machine using the same method that you used to fix it last time it broke down clearly, it didnt work.
The closer you get to the end of a shift, the more likely it is that a machine or piece of equipment will break down. This likelihood only increases if it is the end of a shift before a holiday.
Whilst the above rules of industrial maintenance were just to have a bit of fun with the high-stress and difficult lives that many technicians lead, they actually do possess a grain of truth. The next time once of the above accidents or mishaps happens to you, sit back and have a laugh its not the end of the world, after all.
