Industrial Fault Diagnosis for Precision Engineering
Precision engineering depends on tight tolerances and reliable motion control. A servo tracking error, encoder fault or tooling issue can scrap a high-value part or stop a CNC cell. Wiresight helps precision engineering teams diagnose control, drive and mechanical faults in a structured way and capture the reasoning behind each repair.
Common equipment
- CNC machinery
- Motors
- Drives
- Sensors
- PLCs
- Hydraulics
- Pneumatics
- Machine alarms
- Tooling systems
- Electrical/control systems
Common maintenance challenges
- Tight tolerances making small faults costly in scrapped parts
- Tooling-related faults and break detection
- Servo and encoder feedback faults
- Coolant and hydraulic reliability
- Interpreting machine alarms accurately under time pressure
Common fault types
- Servo tracking and following errors
- Tool-break detection and tooling faults
- Coolant pump and pressure faults
- Encoder and feedback faults
- Hydraulic pressure loss
- PLC and control alarms
- Electrical control faults
Example diagnostic scenario: "CNC axis overcurrent alarm"
- 1Read and interpret the axis alarm and any HMI diagnostics.
- 2Is the mechanical load free (no obstruction or way obstruction)?
- 3Is the drive healthy and free of active faults?
- 4Is the motor and cabling healthy (phase-to-phase and insulation)?
- 5Is the encoder/feedback reading correctly?
- 6Are there process causes — feed rate, tooling or material changes?
An illustrative diagnostic structure. Wiresight is not a CNC controller integration — it supports the engineer's diagnostic process, not the controller itself.
How Wiresight helps
Wiresight structures the diagnosis of control, drive and mechanical faults so engineers work through alarms in a consistent order, and captures each resolution so recurring machine alarms come with documented causes rather than fresh investigations.
Relationship with your CMMS
Your CMMS holds the asset and work order; Wiresight adds the diagnostic reasoning and the alarm-to-cause path, so machine alarms become traceable knowledge.
Engineering knowledge capture
Machine alarms are only useful if their underlying causes are captured. Wiresight turns each resolved alarm into a procedure the whole team can follow, reducing dependence on the specialists who 'know that machine'.