Live simulation
Interactive machine models with real PLC logic: field devices, schematics, and multimeter probing.
For controls, process, maintenance, automation, instrumentation, PLC, manufacturing, robotics, systems, and mechatronics engineers and technicians, plus industrial mechanics and maintenance managers.
Root cause analysis · trained hands-on
Train the instinct that ends downtime.
Fault Finder Lab builds diagnostic skill on live simulations of real machine faults. Probe, rule out, and commit to a root cause the way you would on the floor. For controls, automation, and maintenance technicians, and the managers who upskill them.
In active development · launching soonRoot cause method
Gauge, localize, reason. A repeatable approach to the first hour of a fault, so it isn't spent guessing.
Team competency
A competency record for every technician, and team reporting that shows the ramp to independent diagnosis.
For technicians & engineers
Upskill yourself.
- Work faults on a live machine: probe, rule out, commit to a root cause.
- Five-minute lessons on the concepts that get misdiagnosed daily: NPN vs PNP, pressure vs flow.
- A competency record and a Fault Finder Academy certificate that show what you can diagnose.
For maintenance & engineering managers
Upskill your department.
- Metrics: misdiagnosis patterns, stall points, and each technician’s ramp to independent diagnosis. See the reporting ↓
- Set up your team and assign training in minutes, not quarters.
- Downtime and OEE move when the first hour of a fault isn’t spent guessing.
For supervisors · competency reporting
Watch diagnosis become independent.
Every probe, commit, and repair lands in an attempt log. The team dashboard reads it back as root cause analysis skill: how long until a new technician diagnoses without help, which wrong parts get reached for, and what to train next.
| Scenario | True cause | Committed instead | Times | Techs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case flap hangs at the plow | Vacuum cup split | Plow out of square | 7 | 4 |
| Conveyor stalls under load | Gearbox key sheared | VFD overload trip | 5 | 3 |
| Wash pump cavitates | Suction strainer blinded | Worn impeller | 3 | 2 |
62%
First-attempt fix
75%
Last 8 attempts clean
6.4 min
Median time to solve
May 28
Independent since
A clean solve names the root cause with no wrong commits and no wrong reaches. Independence is a trailing clean-solve rate, stamped with the date it crossed.
Sample data. Live views read from your team’s attempt log.
- Misdiagnosis patterns
- Which wrong cause gets committed instead of the real one, counted across the team.
- Stall points
- Scenarios ranked worst-first by solve rate. The train-next list, with one-click assignment.
- Post-mortems
- Every attempt replayed move by move: probes, commits, parts reached for, the solve.
- CSV export
- The team roll-up and each technician’s competency record, ready to forward.
Spec · in the product
Built like the production floor.
- Machine
- Live, interactive machine model with real-world PLC logic.
- Controls & field devices
- Fuses · safety relay · SSR · PLS · MCR · HMI · schematics · multimeter probing.
- Fault domains
- Pneumatic · sensor · timing · electrical (component and wire level) · mechanical · safety devices.
- Scenarios
- Learn to follow clues in the field to the root cause of your problem.
- Lessons
- Short reads, deep practice. Understand key concepts, then experience them.
- Certification
- Fault Finder Academy: a certificate program earned by diagnosing.
Root cause analysis
Three moves, in order.
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Gauge
Read what the machine is telling you before touching anything.
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Localize
Rule causes in and out with the right probe at the right point.
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Reason
Commit to a root cause. Then fix it once.
The line is down. What do you check first?
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