One night shift,
step by step.
Follow one breakdown from the 2:47 AM call to a verified fix. Everything you see is a real PlantLore feature, shown with sample content.
Nailer 2 is down.
Mike isn’t answering.
Every plant has a Mike: the one person who knows which sensor fails first, which drawing is wrong, and what was changed five years ago. When only Mike knows, the plant runs on Mike’s availability.
Hours lost
Longer troubleshooting, more downtime, and after-hours call-ins for the same few people.
The same mistake, twice
Repeated guesses, unneeded parts, and contractor calls for problems someone already solved.
Experience that retires
A replacement doesn’t inherit 20 years of plant-specific know-how. Work orders rarely tell the whole story.
Scan the machine.
See what it knows.
Every machine gets a printed QR label. One scan with a phone opens everything your plant knows about it.
- Where to lock it out, before anything else
- Known problems, past fixes, and troubleshooting steps
- Manuals, drawings, and PLC program files
- Photos and video from your own floor
Type the problem.
Get Mike’s fix.
Search the way you talk. “Won’t advance” finds the fix Mike wrote down last spring, with his photo, the manual page, and the drawing. Checked fixes come first.
Know what to trust
Every entry shows where it stands, so nobody follows a guess in the middle of the night.
Line’s running.
Now write it down.
The tech who fixed it adds what he learned, right at the machine: pick Tip, Fix, Problem, or Safety, type a few lines, and snap a photo or video. His name goes on it.
Big buttons, made for the floor. Works on any phone or tablet. In English or Spanish.
By morning,
the plant knows.
The maintenance lead reviews the night’s notes and marks them Verified. The next shift, the next hire, and the next decade get the fix. Mike gets his sleep.
Every change is on record: who, what, and when.
Every machine has a story.
Most of it was never written down.
- 1994: Won’t advance? Wipe the sensor face. Sawdust, not a bad sensor. M.R.
- 2007: Left guide sits low. Shim it 1/16 inch. The manual’s wrong. D.T.
- 2019: Drain the air dryer by hand, every second shift. J.K.
PlantLore keeps it, with the name of the person who knew it, and puts it one scan away from the machine.
Illustration. Sample notes.Where PlantLore fits
Keep the knowledge.
Find the fix.
See PlantLore on a real machine. Then we’ll review one of your machines with your maintenance lead, for free, and leave you a one-page sheet of its top five failures and fixes, whether or not you buy.
- 1Tom reaches out to set a time that works for your shifts.
- 2A short call and a live demo on a real machine.
- 3A free review of one of your machines, with your maintenance lead.
The people may change. Your plant should keep what it learned.