Tooling and Care Lead · Claire Els
Quarterly service without drama
Alignment visits that do not stop the week.
Book it like a delivery
A quarterly service visit fails when it is treated as optional. Put it in the diary like a client delivery. Plan around it: no big nest that day, the machine clean, the last report on hand.
What gets checked
Gantry square, belt tension and condition, bearings, spindle runout, limit switches, lubrication and spoilboard condition. The report lists what was found and which parts to order before the next visit.
Read the trend
One report is a snapshot. Four reports in a year show a trend. If a belt is a little worse each visit, order it now rather than waiting for it to snap on a Friday afternoon.
The slip we see most
Moving the visit to next month, three months in a row.
How you know it is working
Breakdowns become rare, and parts arrive before they are needed instead of after.
Written by Claire Els, Tooling and Care Lead. Claire looks after the bit sets, care kits and the Friday audit routine.
Checklist
- Visit in the diary
- Machine clean before arrival
- Parts from the report ordered
- Reports kept together
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Stuck after the checklist? Email cnc@cncpme.co.za with your city, machine and a photo.
