Machine Failure Root Cause Analysis: The 5 Whys for Automation Downtime
The Bearing That Failed for the Third Time A rotary indexer on one of our machines kept failing. The bearing lasted three months, got noisy, and we replaced it. Three months later, same bearing, same noise. We replaced it again with a higher-grade bearing. Three months later, it failed again. Finally we stopped replacing parts …
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