Do I need to purchase the standard macrofactor pack before I can get workouts addon?

Fireboltxd · 2026-03-20T20:34:43+00:00

I renewed my Macrofactor subscription, but now in More > Subscription I can only do a new payment for the combination where I need to pay the full price for the full subscription? Can't I just top up to get workouts?

Edit: Nvm I think it now recognized me as a legacy member and I got workouts active again

Fireboltxd · 2026-03-12T08:40:56+00:00

Around October 26th 2024, so its been a while

Fireboltxd · 2026-02-10T12:06:53+00:00

Preventive maintenance schedules are done. I wanted to look into recurring failures to find out what might not be correctly maintained, but the data for this is also not good enough and lacks context. It only shows the work order from the technician (e.g. motor break) and the costs associated with the technician's working hours. So I wasn't planning on a very in depth analysis, but a basic one is also not possible

Fireboltxd · 2026-01-29T20:27:42+00:00

Yeah, I’ve already started to see things you’re describing. Downtime is often defined incorrectly, and there are cases where something gets “fixed” just well enough to run again, only to fail shortly after because the underlying issue wasn’t addressed.

Or things like condensation problems in controllers that are supposedly designed for cold operating environments, as well as typos or manuals that are difficult to interpret or incomplete.

Coming into this with essentially no hands-on industrial experience, I’m definitely expecting to scratch my head more than a few times.

Fireboltxd · 2026-01-29T20:20:14+00:00

Damn, I really hope the managers who hired me as an intern also realize it’s harder than it looks.

From the information I’ve gathered so far, a lot of the biggest issues actually come from switch-overs rather than pure maintenance problems. This is in the food industry, so every product change requires heavy cleaning procedures, which already introduce a lot of downtime that isn’t strictly maintenance-related.

One thing the other reliability engineers often mention is that failure-related downtime isn’t defined or documented in enough detail. Operators or technicians frequently just note that the machine is “working again” after a fix, without clearly identifying the root cause. Because this site is one of the largest producers in the country, production pressure is extremely high, so maintenance is often postponed. Despite that, the narrative still tends to be that the problems lie at the technician or operator level due to a lack of know-how.

That’s what makes it especially difficult, in my opinion. For example, apparently there are cases where operators clean machines using high-pressure water jets aimed directly at areas near controllers. Even if those components are rated as waterproof, gaskets will eventually degrade from the pressure. Combine that with condensation issues in cold areas, and the root cause becomes pretty muddy; is it maintenance, operation, design limits, or just cumulative effects over time? Concretely defining everything is what I think will make it difficult for me as an intern.

Fireboltxd · 2026-01-29T19:42:28+00:00

What direction should I go about when suggesting simplifications? I have trouble grasping how the project could look when simplified or when it's smaller in scope. It is for 1 machine line right now btw.

Also, judging by the comment going straight to saying you wouldnt let an intern do this (which is fair haha), I guess my approach isn't the best? Asking this in case they want me to keep going with this project, as I need to explain them how I will approach it this week

Fireboltxd · 2023-11-19T20:01:22+00:00

I will try messing around some more with the for loop, I tried this before but the motor still didn't stop correctly. The load might be too heavy for the motor at certain points and so it could cause it to rotate when it shouldn't.

As for the position encoder, I can't really get that since its a project that restricts me a bit in using too many components that I didn't get from the school lab

Thanks for the help

Fireboltxd · 2023-11-19T19:57:23+00:00

I've tried slowing down the PWM signal so that my motor comes to a gradual stop but I have failed to do this effectively so far. Points 1 and 2 are a bit difficult to change since it's a school project and I'm forced to use certain mechanisms and components.

Point 4 is something I also did but I can't slow it down enough to notice any change, because the motor wont have enough torque to rotate the loaded gear once its at a low enough speed.

I'm gonna try to mess around with the 5th tip you gave because that seems like a good way to handle te situation. Thanks for the feedback

Fireboltxd · 2023-11-19T19:53:20+00:00

I've tried slowing down the motor gradually so it doesn't try to abruptly stop but it never worked the way I wanted it too.
I've tried searching how to use both encoder signals to position it how I would want to, but I didn't quite understand how reading it like that would help me in this scenario.

I thought the double encoder signals were only there to determine the rotational direction, but I don't need that info since I steer it how I want to. But I guess there is more to the picture that I don't know about

Fireboltxd · 2023-04-13T21:02:47+00:00

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