Both broken: Machine and Solutions

By Bob Tenney for ERS Automation

​An operator—not a maintenance technician—attempted to perform a maintenance function of cleaning a filter, which required un-wiring two motors, which he did…without first turning off the power. Not good.

Flash. Bang. Smoke. Thankfully, nobody got hurt. (Personal injury attorney can move along. Nothing more to see here….) But the machine wasn’t so lucky; it was very hurt, and stopped all production.

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