Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technician || SMRP Member || Power systems Engineer || Certified Forklift Operator
MY MACHINES ARE SPEAKING, DO I UNDERSTAND THEIR LANGUAGE? It is important to know when your machines are speaking to you as a technician or an operator. Before your machines eventually break down, they have been speaking in different languages but your inability to understand them makes their communication ineffective. Aside from undergoing your structured maintenance plan, it's a good practice to adopt the following: 🔺As an Operator or Technician, it's good to train your visual and sensory organs tuned with the machines operation. Know the sound of your machines when operating under normal conditions. Know when you have the perception of a worrisome smell. It's your machine, you should understand it better. 🔺What do you do with your readings? It's advisable to do analysis of your data at regular intervals. The measurements provided by your metering devices is telling you something. Your machines are communicating through them. The electrical and mechanical measurements are telling you about the status of your machine. It's a good practice to be conversant with the acceptable range, and know when your equipment are deviating from them. Operators and technicians, Decode. 🔺The operation of your protection systems are actually communicating something. Tripping of breakers, fault relays, and other SSDs are not for fun. Don't just go ahead and reset all the time, without understanding why they operated. Don't just assume it's transient everytime. Don't say the system is obsolete and that's why you're getting the tripping. Verify the language and ensure you're responding in line with your machine. Imminent/potential failures actually lead to functional failures. No equipment breaks down without prior signal(s), but inability to decode them was the major issue that worsen the condition. I'm open to learn more from various expertise as contributions and corrections are highly welcomed. #reliabilityengineering #maintenanceengineering #troubleshooting #diagnostics #analysis
Certified Lean Practitioner || Mobile Harbour Crane Technician || Heavy Equipment Diesel Fitter || Heavy Duty Equipment Technician || Asset Maintenance Technician @ A.P. Moller- Maersk
10moIt depends on the languages!are they speaking in Swahilis or in native pidgin?! But it’s very important that we should know when our machines are not feeling fine and when they about to start a conversation with us concerning their sickness by showing some symptoms which can leads to breakdown. They can talk through the electric motors or contactors or relays either ways for those who understand their styles of languages.Our machines are like patient to us engineers as Doctors is to sick patients in the hospital.Thanks