A hectic morning and what a way to begin a new day. There was a slight malfunction on one of the assembly machine, well it wouldn't actually resulted in a NG product but having a caretaker by its side 24/7 ain't a good option either. The robotic arm is supposed to pick up the futa from the feeder and placed onto the index table. Somehow, when the arm travel downwards, it's smooth sailing but it can't return back to its original position, got stuck 3/4 of the way back. A common practice is to replace the part with a existing functioning part from another assembly machine, due to some circumstances the part cannot be remove and the move aborted. So, we literally hunted around all the toolboxes and fortunately to have found some in different sizes. The attempt to remove the spoiled mechanism- a linear bearing failed and ended up unable to salvage it, leaving no choice except replacing it entirely. Most importantly, the situation shows how hopeless when we are up against uncommon malfunction as not all spare parts are readily available. Not to mention the bureaucracy tape and cost cutting method of top management that is ever frustrating.
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