Hey,
we recently had to clean a vacuum pump for one of our CNC machines, and while checking the user manual, I noticed it specifies a recommended number of operating hours after which the pump should be cleaned and inspected.
That got me thinking, since FabMan already tracks a machine’s idle and active states, what if it allowed to set a maintenance interval based on total busy hours? Once the machine reaches the specified time, the system could have a new activity in the Activity log for maintenance.
I’m sure this could also be done externally through an integration.
This idea stuck in my head, and I´ve come up with more ideas for this:
- Users sometimes report that they have multiple sets of parameters for laser cutters based on how long the lens hasn´t been cleaned. This could give them the current state.
- There could be more maintenance intervals for each machine (e.g., on 3D printers, nozzle wear, belt tension, first layer calibration, etc., could be checked after x number of busy hours).
- Really cool would be having a input, which would track expenses (e.g. new 3D printing nozzle, new filter for laser cutter, etc.). Every maintanance task could have a cost asociated with it.
Did someone build something like that as an integration?