TPM

1. What is TPM? ‘TPM’ stands for ‘Total Productive Maintenance.’ It began with equipment maintenance and PM (preventive care) in particular. It was subsequently developed into a systematic approach for entire production sites, eventually appearing under TPM in Japan in 1971. In the subsequent three decades, it has helped increase…

AM Step 6 Activities Up to this stage, the Autonomous Maintenance activities have focused on  the equipment, and in particular, the basic equipment conditions and the  daily checks required to maintain them. The aim of Step 6, in addition to  consolidating what has been done so far, is to expand…

Drawings and sketches are universally used to communicate technical information. They are the graphic language used by everyone concerned with mechanical operations. They convey information, size, location, accuracy, etc.; and by their use, mechanisms ranging from the simple to the most complex can be graphically described. It is a universal…

Necessity of Education Necessity for Improving Knowledge and Skills in Operation and Maintenance Abilities Required for Machine Operators Ability to detect and repair malfunctions of equipmentAbility to comprehend the functions and mechanisms of equipment and  discover systematic causes of abnormalitiesAbility to comprehend the relationship between equipment and product qualities, predict…