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Reduce Maintenance Expenses
PM Element 6. Planned Activities The target is not to reduce the number of tradesmen in the factory. The main objective is to change from a reactive approach (firefighters) to a proactive approach (preventing breakdowns). The factory needs to develop a system of planned activities to use the maintenance resources…
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PM Element 5. LUBRICATION PLAN Step 1 Identify the component that needs to be lubricated. Step 2 Determine the right type of lubricant. Step 3 Determine the right method and tools to perform lubrication. Step 4 Determine the right frequency. Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. Step 5 Identify if downtime is necessary…
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PM Element 4. Equipment Maintenance Strategy The same prioritization applied to identify A, B, and C equipment for Time Based Maintenance is applied here to identify the critical equipment. Using CBM for other equipment is also possible based on the factory’s needs. For instance, it is possible to apply Vibration analysis…
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PM Element 3. Equipment Maintenance Strategy How to start the Time Based Maintenance System? The best way to start is to put more resources into the critical equipment or the most important equipment. How do you define the critical equipment? A way to do that is to establish criteria to…
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4M Analysis Process
The purpose of this procedure is to define the steps to do a 4M …
