It’s another day at the plant, and the “Underside Clamp Retracted” sensor on Station 29, Op 30 is acting up again. Seems to be intermittently functioning…the operator says that the line is stopping due to “Error: Underside Clamp Not Retracted”.
You think to yourself, “Didn’t we just replace that prox last week?” A quick check of the maintenance log confirms it: that prox was indeed replaced last week. In fact, that particular prox has been replaced seven times in the last six months. Hmm….the frequency of replacement looks like it’s going up…four of the seven replacements were performed in the last two months.
What’s going on here? Is it really possible that seven defective proxes just all happened to end up at Station 29, Op 30, Underside Clamp Retract? Not likely!
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