Why wait for the
wrench to show up?
We’ve all heard it: Everything was fine
until someone figuratively threw a
wrench into the well-oiled machine.
Unfortunately, we have also seen it happen
much too often. The equipment/process appears
to be running well, the production schedule is
tight, and the thoughts go to, “It’ll be OK to delay
addressing those pesky maintenance schedules
and wear part rotations for a bit longer.” Well,
the obvious reason to address the maintenance
schedules is that soon the machine will stop
running well and, in some cases, will not run at all.
Sign of the time
(replacement time, that is)
Of all the processing issues that our service
department encounters that begin with, “We have
continued on p. 4
