The Maintenance Geek

Predicting and Preventing Breakdowns for Manufacturers

Posted on March 27, 2014 by rusty

Here is episode 2 of Seeing the Invisible by John Kravontka and published by the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership.

In this episode we cover a Dangerous Situation. Using Hogs to block chips. Compressed Air for Cleaning. A Daily Hoist Inspection.

See you in the next episode.

An air leak you can’t see or feel can be costing you $200.00 / year.

An air leak you can feel can be costing you $800.00 / year.

An Air leak you can hear can be costing you as much as $1,400.00 / year.

A one HP air tool can cost $2,330.00 to operate for a year.

A one HP electric tool typically costs $390.00 / year.

Drop from 100 PSI to 80 PSI and at $0.10 per kWh you can save $6,000.00 / year.

7 HP of Electric Energy in will generate 1 HP of useful power out.

Typically a compressor will generate 4 CFM / HP

You should have approx 5 gallons of accumulation per CFM of compressor output.

An air leak you can’t see or feel can be costing you $200.00 / year.

An air leak you can feel can be costing you $800.00 / year.

An Air leak you can hear can be costing you as much as $1,400.00 / year.

A one HP air tool can cost $2,330.00 to operate for a year.

A one HP electric tool typically costs $390.00 / year.

Drop from 100 PSI to 80 PSI and at $00.10 per kWh you can save $6,000.00 / year.

7 HP of Electric Energy in will generate 1 HP of useful power out.

Typically a compressor will generate 4 CFM / HP

You should have approx 5 gallons of accumulation per CFM of compressor output.