Autonomous Maintenance and TPM
A.C.I. provides comprehensive TPM training and implementation services.
Do these problems sound familiar?
- Equipment Breaks Down Frequently
- Setups and Adjustments Take Too Long
- Running Machines at Rated Speeds Generates Defects
- Machines Constantly Suffer Minor Stoppages
- Actual Production Output Falls Far Short of Expected Capacity
We deliver training and consulting support e.g.:
- Team facilitation
- Analysis of the current state
- Determine where improvements are to be made
- Assistance in the implementation
- Sustaining the gains
These are signs that TPM can make a dramatic improvement in your facility. The key is getting everyone involved in the process of making lasting improvements. This is accomplished through the use of Equipment Improvement Teams, and by implementing Autonomous Operator Maintenance.
The teams brainstorm ideas to improve equipment operation to eliminate waste and losses, and use formal problem solving techniques to put their ideas in place.
Autonomous maintenance empowers the operator to keep his equipment running in tip-top shape and eliminate problems before they occur. A.C.I. can provide the comprehensive training to make this new approach a success in your company.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is productive maintenance carried out by all employees through small group activity. In TPM the machine operator is responsible for the maintenance of the machine, as well as its operation. The implementation of TPM can generate considerable cost savings through increased productivity of the machinery. The greater the degree of factory automation, the greater the cost reduction generated by TPM. Its most significant contribution is the reduction and elimination of the 6 big losses. The result is a dramatic improvement in the Overall Equipment Effectiveness – O.E.E.
