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What are the 6 steps to optimize your compressed air system?

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Compressed air leaks, and inefficient blow offs can waste thousands of dollars of electricity each year. This affects your companies production costs and bottom line.

 

 

What are the 6 steps to optimize your compressed air system?

  • Determine the main compressed air users in your facility
  • Find and fix the air leaks with Ultrasonic Leak Detection
  • Upgrade your blow off and cooling operations with engineered products for less air use and lower decibel levels.

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  • Turn off compressed air when not in use, or put it on a timer to only run when required
  • Use intermediate storage next to the point of use
  • Control the air pressure near the point of use.

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Step “One” in Developing a World Class Maintenance Organization

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Step One:

It’s the same for big companies or smaller ones, you need to figure out where you are and what your up against. If you have only one maintenance professional that does the facility and all the equipment but only when it breaks down the issues are the same.

You must start with some data. 

Think of it as a doctor’s visit. Your doctor will not prescribe a medication or solution before he examines you and collects some data. At a minimum, blood pressure, weight, temperature, and what “you” think is wrong?

Should it be any different trying to diagnose your maintenance process, before you prescribe some remedies?

Collect Data.        Simple Stuff.

What are your critical pieces of equipment? Look for the top 3-5 and learn about them.

Rate them in order of criticality. How much trouble will you be in when they go down, and how expensive will they be to get back up. It is a lot cheaper to keep them running than to fix them after they go down.

What skills are at your disposal?   You may be surprised at some of the hidden talent.

What do you need to do to keep the equipment running vs. trouble shooting it and fixing it? Get out of the breakdown mode.

OEE is more important as you start to flow your products.  If one component of the cell stops, the entire cell stops. OEE multiplies as more equipment is added to a cell.

 Evaluate your maintenance department. Are they doing the right things, can they be doing better PM’s and 7less “time” based preventive maintenance? How about some predictive maintenance to catch the issues before they bite you.       

 

 

 

 

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Consider training your operators to be the eyes and ears for maintenance, put in some visuals to make it easier for them.

 

Its not easy when you have a small maintenance group, but neither are the bigger ones, that’s why “they” make the medium bucks.  The principles are the same.       Breakdowns are 5 – 10 times more expensive than preventing a breakdown.

 

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Introducing 5 Steps to a World Class Maintenance Organization

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Snapshot_24Planning a June 2016 release of my new E Book called “5 Steps to a World Class Maintenance Organization” This is designed for the smaller manufacturer with a maintenance group of one or a few who do it all, including building and equipment maintenance.

Are your best Maintenance People getting ready to retire?

Do your younger newer maintenance professionals need to work smarter not harder?

How would an increase in productivity benefit your company?

 

Would reducing your maintenance Costs Help?

Are you getting tired of putting out fires all the time?

Does your equipment go down when you need it most?

Take a look at the 5 steps to help you get out of that breakdown mode.

We are going to have some fun with a method to help yourself and your company.

Step 1: Look at the building blocks of Maintenance

Step 2: Control your spare parts

Step 3: Stop Wasted PM’s

Step 4: Focused Improvements

Step 5: Formal Training

Then we will put it all together.

 

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Robert Kravontka                                                                                                                                         The Maintenance Geek

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