Preventive Maintenance
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Maintenance on the Run Requirements
Review all the tasks you expect to complete, and
determine the manpower requirements.
- What talents are going to be required for the work that needs to
be done? For instance, do you need a refrigeration or PLC expert?
Are those talents available within the crew?
- How many man-hours are required and are these man-hours
available?
- Consider using outside contractors to supplement your in house
manpower. Make sure they are familiar with your operation.
- Review scheduling to make sure the manpower is available during
the period you want to do the service.
Equipment & Supplies
- Timesaving Products
- Centralize the Lube System
- Make a Portable Lube Center
- Re-outfit the Tool Boxes
- Always be on the lookout for timesaving equipment or new
products that will save time. For instance, several varieties of
chain lube for ovens are on the market including water base or
synthetic that can be applied to an oven chain while it is still hot
or even during production.
- Think about installing systems that centralize or automate
lubrication on large or difficult to reach systems or machinery.
These systems can be as complex as a large mixer or pan cooler
requiring 50 plus lubrication points. They can be as simple as
extending a lubrication point to a safe location. Timing belts and
pulleys in the place of chains and sprockets require less
maintenance.
- Building a portable lubrication center that contains all
lubricants will prevent unnecessary trips back to the shop.
- Re-outfit the mechanic’s toolboxes with a 1/2 inch steel plate
on top with a 4” vise attached.
Increase in Productivity
The increase in Maintenance Productivity can be as high as 10%.
That’s removing 10% of the preventive maintenance tasks that would normally be performed
during the maintenance down time period and moving them to the
production period. This increases your labor by 10%.
If we go through our calculations again this equates to adding 3 men
to our work force of 30. Preventive maintenance on the RUN Increase in
Productivity On a Staff of 30 is like adding 3 men.
- 3 persons x 2080 hrs x $25/hr = $156,000
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