Keeping it short and sweet, as I was shown round a surface mount technology assembly line, the guy asked me before stepping forward if I have a pace maker. I said no, he quickly explained one of their colleagues finds it interferes with him being near the line because of the magnetic fields. But what would it do to me as an operator for 40 hours a week? What effect would it be having on me?

I get that this sounds like a tin foil hat question but im genuinely curious. Many thanks

I recently interviewed for a mechanic position which they refure to as a machine keeper at one of their battery plants. They were giving off the vibes they wanted a maintenance guy/part time production worker when everything is running. The HR lady also made it clear they like to run lean as far as personal. Just wondering if anybody had any insight or experience with the role or company.

Everyday I carry around 16in channel locks, a 8in dog bone, a 8in pipe wrench, wire snips, and nickel tape. The plant I work at is really cracking down on keeping tools in our pockets bc of chemical exposure and stuff. Does anyone have any recommendations of some belt pouches that can hold this stuff?

Has anyone taken a maintenance test for Toyota recently, the job title is skilled maintenance. I have a test in a week but all I know is it covers "electrical, pneumatics, hydraulics, machining, and mechanical drives"

I only have to pass 2 sections so long as 1 is electrical. And I know it's mainly practical / troubleshooting not just math.

Mainly looking for specific study resources that are accessible like YouTube series.

Which PLC do you like best or think is the best? You can name more brands and explain why.

After seeing the prices of the hardware sorting systems out there, I felt like we could do better. No more blue bin shuffling. And unused bolts are actually making there way back to there spot now.

I asked my lead and he said it's not possible. Wondering if you guys actually have reversed them. I've only reversed single phase motors in school from the windings that had an access plate with terminal spades. I couldn't find it on this one. I thought all single phase motors were reversible unless I misunderstood when I was in class.

This is for one of the grainger industrial fans

We’re trying to get new flashlights for the team. One of our managers has been buying and testing different lights. He asked for some input. His favorite so far is a Warsun T9pro but he says it dies too fast.

Key features they want is a pocket clip and magnetic base. Adjustable brightness. And decent battery life. I think most techs like the ones that have a “work light” on the side.

It also needs to be relatively inexpensive so no Olight. And preferably something sold and shipped by Amazon.

Shaft bent about 36 hours after it was repaired and installed. Also damaged the tank.

Some of these guys legitimately couldn’t find their way out of a wet paper bag and make equipment worse with every ‘repair’ they do, or they do literally nothing, like literally just sit their ass down and ignore every call only to show up to ‘help’ after the job is already done. Even the bosses who tell you everything you did is wrong despite you doing it the way they told you to do it because they don’t want to be the one who is wrong, I’ve worked at 4 different facilities the last 10 years and there’s always one or two of these potatoes of a person🤦‍♂️

Hi, r/IndustrialMaintenance, I am interviewing for a multi-craft maintenance position for one of the factories in Normal, IL.

I was curious what the position is like if anyone has information about it or interviewing tips as I've never worked for a EV Auto manufacturer before. My background is based as an automotive mechanic and recently almost 3 years in industrial maintenance.

Thank you for any help in advance.

Does the star/delta start on a 100kW motor. ✨ No mechanical interlock ✨

Our old Fluke bit the dust so we put in for a replacement and this is the megger they ordered us. The clips are just big enough to hook to a single strand on most of our stuff. And even worse, this is the same megger they bought for the actual electricians (I'm in refrigeration) if you want one, you can get one on Amazon for $30-40 just don't forget to order some C batteries because batteries weren't included 🤣. If the boss is cool with it I'm going to swap the leads out (soldered to the board) with something more useful to us lmao.

It sounds horrible and we just shut it down because it made a new noise and the bearings are eating themselves alive. I tried to get a decent picture of the oil with the amount of metal shavings in it but I couldn't. Last time they did the run it till it breaks bs it caught on fire. 😭

If this limit switch says 2 NC 1 NO, I should be able to find 2 sets of contacts with near 0 resistance, right? I have two in the parts room and one has one set of closed contacts and the other has none. Are they both bad?

The one I'm replacing got water in it so ALL the contacts are NC 🤷‍♂️

For years, my email signature has had "prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent" under my contact info. Was thinking of updating to a more safety-related quote (“When safety is first, you last", for example) but was hoping to find another maintenance related line.

I thought about "semper in excretum sed alta variat", but unfortunately it's probably not professional enough 😅

What's your favorite you've heard over the years that would make a good signature line?

weekend shift was fooling with an RFID sensor all day Sunday wound up on the phone with engineering to address the new sensor that weekend said "would be the fix" and got curious, wound up finding a loose 4 prong prox cable inside one of the wireways. L1 error disappeared,

rebuilt 2 peristaltic pumps last night used a hand lathe and a swing press to clean roller shafts and knock bearings in.

30 minutes before shift ended, one of the gold plated electrical pins broke off, recessed inside the machine. wound up dragging the whole soldering iron kit from the electrical desk out on to the floor, opened the connection box and soldered a new pin and sheathe in there.

share your cool moments, probably more hardcore than what im doing lol lets hear em

I just wanna do a 8-5 job and forget about it. I dream about the machines bro... things I didnt do, things I have to do tomorow.

Does anybody else have the responsibility of their inventory shelves? Inherited a bad system from the old guard and a trying to make it better. What’s your way of determining minimum/maximum for an item on the shelf?

I want to use a 10/20 rule where we count how many of that item we have on the floor and keep min 10% and max 20%

Example: we have 95 AODD pumps on the floor. 55 are all the same brand and size. I want to keep the repair kits on the shelf, minimum of 5 maximum of 10