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How to Keep your Production Assets Working!
Production Asset Maintenance Techniques:
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1. Run it until it breaks down (22 €/kW/year*)
Some people still use this technique although it is becoming increasingly rare as they slowly go out of business!
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2. Routine (planned) Maintenance (15 €/kW/year*)
Traditionally the method favoured by people who are still in business today.
Disadvantages:
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- A lot of effort is needlessly wasted on machines that are perfectly OK
- Relies on luck – that machines don’t just randomly break down!
- Spares have to be ordered after the machine is stripped down or expensive redundant stock has to be carried
- Can be very expensive if you get it wrong!
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3. Condition Based (predictive) Maintenance (11 €/kW/year*)
The method used by people who intend to remain in business in future.
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Advantages:
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- No wasted effort, you only repair machines that need fixing
- Allows you to spot things before they break down
- Work can be planned to coincide with shut downs
- Spares can be ordered in advance of machine strip down
- Reduced down time!
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Disadvantages:
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- Investment in maintenance tools (e.g. vibration meter, thermal camera, trending software)
- Training of maintenance personnel in use of tools
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Article:
Bearing Fault Diagnosis, John Atkinson, 2008
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These tools used to be expensive and hard to use – but not any more!
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* Estimated figures based on a study carried out by Swedish vibration consultants VT AB.
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