Hot take: The biggest change in my shop came from ditching the old 'run it until it breaks' mindset.

We switched to a strict 500-hour preventive maintenance schedule on our main Haas mill three years ago. The difference in tool life and part consistency is night and day. Anyone else see a big payoff from getting ahead of machine wear?

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lucas9725d ago

That schedule sounds great for a newer machine, but it can be a money pit on older equipment. We tried something similar and ended up fixing things that weren't even broken yet. Sometimes you just gotta let a machine run its course.

nora7355d ago

Fixing things that weren't even broken yet" is the whole problem right there. That's not real maintenance, that's just guessing and wasting cash. A good schedule on an old machine means checking the stuff that actually WEARS OUT, not just throwing parts at it. Letting it run its course just means a bigger, nastier bill when it finally does break down for real.