Engineered containment that gives no indication when it stops containing. Face velocity can fail in both directions — too low will not capture, too high creates turbulence at the sash that rolls contaminant back out — and in a teaching lab the person relying on it is usually a student. Because the exhaust system is shared, rebalancing the building can silently change every hood on the run.
ChatterFix builds these as child assets under fume hood, so failure history and PM completions attach to the component that actually failed — not just to the machine.
The failure modes worth designing a maintenance schedule around — in rough order of what they cost when they happen.
Recording that a PM was "done" tells you nothing next quarter. These are the readings that let you see a failure coming — and the reason ChatterFix captures measurements against the asset rather than just completions.
The parts whose absence turns a short repair into a long outage.
The PMs ChatterFix schedules against this equipment, with intervals and time estimates.
CO2 is the hazard people in this industry are most used to and least afraid of. It is heavier than air, so it pools in cellars, pits and lo…
A fume hood is engineered containment: it protects the person at the sash by pulling contaminated air away at a specified face velocity. To…
Welding creates two hazards that behave completely differently. Fire risk is acute and immediate, which is what the permit and fire watch a…
Cooking vapour condenses as grease along the entire exhaust path — filters, hood plenum, ductwork, fan housing. That deposit is fuel sittin…
Paint quality is airflow. Booth balance controls how overspray is carried away from the part, and as filters load, face velocity falls and …
ChatterFix builds this asset, its components, and its PM schedule automatically when you pick your industry — then your technicians update it by talking, not typing.