What Is Your Machine Trying to Tell You?

Author:  Kumar Balan, Empire Abrasive Equipment
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 29, Issue 3, Summer 2015
Doc ID:  2015028
Year of Publication:  2015
Abstract:  
If you are reading this, there is a good chance you work in Aerospace, Automotive or a similar advanced manufacturing sector. You might be engaged in shot peening, grit blasting, etching or another value-added surface preparation operation on your component. Furthermore, if your machine is less than ten years old, and automated, it likely has a PLC, HMI and diagnostics to help you identify, or at least narrow down, issues when they arise.