Machine maintenance tracking software?

[YoDoug]

Anyone using a CMMS type of maintenance tracking software? We have really been failing at regular maintenance and I have been tasked with finding a decent tracking solution. we have 12 CNC's, 8 robots, 2 polishers, 1 chip compactor, and 1 ultrasonic cleaner. We are not large enough to hire a full time maintenance person so we want a better way to track it and assign tasks as needed. When you google it there are dozen of options that come up. Looking for experience and recommendations.

I requested demos from the following;

https://www.onupkeep.com/demo">https://www.onupkeep.com/demo
https://eworkorders.com/?source=capterra">https://eworkorders.com/?source=capterra
https://lp.fiixsoftware.com/equipment-maintenance-product-tour.html?utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=equipment_maintenance&p1=equipment+maintenance+software&utm_source=capterra&utm_source=capterra">https://lp.fiixsoftware.com/equipment-m ... e=capterra">https://lp.fiixsoftware.com/equipment-maintenance-product-tour.html?utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=equipment_maintenance&p1=equipment+maintenance+software&utm_source=capterra&utm_source=capterra

[Jon@NOWHERE]

We use micromain here, but I don't know much about it.  We are a very large shop.

https://www.micromain.com/">https://www.micromain.com/

[CNCAppsJames]

I asked about a dozen customers I know that have in-house maintenace staff, those 3 were the majority of names I heard. The rest had modules shoehorned into their ERP software.

There's one though that you put in your techncian's skills matrix and based on that determines which person(s) is/are suited for any given task. I'll see if I can find out which one that is. I remember the guy telling me it was like setting up an ERP system. Took time, but once set up, really helps the PM cause.

[Jim at Gentex]

Micromain here too.
Our Maintenance guys do a good job of keeping up with PM's, so our breakdowns are few and far between.

Our one Deckel Maho 5-axis machine has on-board maintenance software we purchased with the machine. (DMG Service Agent)
That keeps track of spindle hours and gives on-screen messages like "Perform 100 hour maintenance interval tasks".

They are mostly operator level PM tasks like changing air filter screens, cleaning the tool-changer, etc....
The operator needs to pull the Maintenance Manual to see which tasks need to be performed at that maintenance interval.
(50 hours, 100 hours, 200 hours, etc...)
The manual gives pretty good detailed instructions with pictures for each task, so almost anyone should be able to perform them.

There are a few higher level tasks at the longer intervals like 500 hours that need to be performed by maintenance techs, but the operator takes care of most of the lower level stuff.  

[CADCAM396]

we run a system of when it breaks do maintenance.

now that is some advanced thinking going on right thar.

[YoDoug]

we run a system of when it breaks do maintenance.

now that is some advanced thinking going on right thar.

LOL, that's been our approach so far as well. However we run 24/7 in high production. We have machines that are only a few years old with 15000+ in-cycle hours. We are starting to get more and more down time from neglected basic maintenance. One of our Multus machines was down for a couple days fixing the hydraulic system because the fluid and filters were never changed and 15000+ hours gummed up the system. A simple one hour fluid/filter change once a year could have saved us multiple days of downtime.

[YoDoug]

[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=16808 time=1633618562 user_id=83]
Micromain here too.
Our Maintenance guys do a good job of keeping up with PM's, so our breakdowns are few and far between.

Our one Deckel Maho 5-axis machine has on-board maintenance software we purchased with the machine. (DMG Service Agent)
That keeps track of spindle hours and gives on-screen messages like "Perform 100 hour maintenance interval tasks".

They are mostly operator level PM tasks like changing air filter screens, cleaning the tool-changer, etc....
The operator needs to pull the Maintenance Manual to see which tasks need to be performed at that maintenance interval.
(50 hours, 100 hours, 200 hours, etc...)
The manual gives pretty good detailed instructions with pictures for each task, so almost anyone should be able to perform them.

There are a few higher level tasks at the longer intervals like 500 hours that need to be performed by maintenance techs, but the operator takes care of most of the lower level stuff.  
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Micromain is doing a demo with me this afternoon.

Our Okumas have similar maintenance pages, but everybody just ignores it. Part of the problem is our operators and machinists are always running different machines. Nobody feels specific "ownership" of any machine so it is always left for the next person. We are hoping by have a maintenance manager using a software we will make sure all of those tasks are being performed and documented.

[RobertELee]

For a shop as small as yours a simple Google Calendar would suffice if you didn't want to bring in a new operating system to learn.

Once or twice a year things like hydraulic and air filters and such I've always just scheduled them for the beginning of the year. Then you know, the entire shop is good for the year/six months/whatever and IMO it's easier and quicker to do everything at once than every few weeks when the next machine comes due. Mark them with date/initials as well.

For run time related things I figure out what xxxx hours would be in days/weeks and schedule it at that rate.