The most important element of plant capacity and operational
reliability are appropriate maintenance and efficient spare parts management. Inconsistent
and inefficient machine performance prevents facilities from working at a high
level of output. Diagnosing the problem can take a while, which costs companies
time and money even with a reliable supply of functional spare parts.
Unfortunately, the importance of spare parts and timely
maintenance is still mostly overlooked. Many organizations operate without
implementing fundamental aspects of spare parts management at their site. Don’t
be one of those companies. In order to make a difference in the operational
reliability, you must pay special attention to effective spare parts management
and planned maintenance.
We are aware that crossing over from reactive to predictive
operating strategy isn’t always easy. You have to set up new set of rules,
procedures and standards in order to prevent problems before they arise, instead
of fixing problems when they happen. Sadly, not all companies have the
infrastructure for this kind of change.
This is why companies that cannot afford to stock spare
parts and manage inventory turn to maintenance kits. With maintenance kits, you
just have to plan for timely maintenance, and perform the required steps
according to your maintenance plan. If you strive to cut costs, you should know
that it is a more economic option to do machine maintenance once a year, than replacing
one part after another as they wear out. Well planed machine maintenance and
maintenance kits save your money in several ways:
1.
Less Downtime
Downtime costs your company money. If you know how much
money it is, you can factor in lead times and determine the cost of an
unexpected shutdown. Then, if you compare that to the cost of machine
maintenance, you can see for yourself what’s more economic. Don’t forget that
if you wait for the part to wear out, even if the supplier has the part in
stock, delivering it to the site will typically cost you a minimum of 24 hours
of unplanned downtime.
2.
Top Performance
Maintaining a machine on a regular basis ensures that the
machine runs at its top performance. Running the machine with warn out parts
results in inefficiencies and inconsistencies in performance and production
becomes unreliable and unpredictable.
3.
No
maintenance overhead
When a machine starts to show signs of poor performance, it
means more work for your maintenance staff. Time is wasted while the
maintenance team is diagnosing and searching for the parts that have worn out
and need to be replaced.
So if you are tired
of trying to chase down problems on your machines, you might want to consider a
machine maintenance kit.
Tishma Technologies’ Maintenance Kits provide all the parts
you will need to replace during machine maintenance. This means minimal downtime to complete the
rebuild and greater performance! As already stated, maintenance kits are also a
more economic option than buying all of the parts individually.
Contact us to
see if we can provide maintenance kits for your machines.
