Those with equipment in dirty manufacturing/production type environments, how do you mitigate wear and tear if possible?
I’m 4 months in with a new company and my first time as an admin responsible and in control of equipment that is directly on the manufacturing floor.
Everyone has dealt with the normal dust that accumulates over time but that usually isn’t going to effect the equipment’s expected life cycle too much. My situation is specifically with coffee dust on the production floor. Each production machine has a station placed directly next to it that houses a Dell OptiPlex, monitor and keyboard/mouse. Nothing fancy and is mainly just used for the users assigned to each machine to input data.
I was aware of how bad the coffee dust can get from already sorting through a few of the used devices that had been replaced but it wasn’t until I started upgrading and replacing some of these stations that I noticed how quick this stuff accumulates on the equipment. I haven’t come up with any light bulb idea moments just yet but was curious to hear from any other admins in similar environments and what they may do or use.
PS: They have already given Toughpads a try and I’d imagine they just aren’t too practical for a stationary user. Still can’t stop finding those damn things everywhere though…