alive15
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Good afternoon all,
What are your thoughts on having an annual shutdown vs not having an annual shutdown for a plant with big, heavy machinery? Have you experienced working at a facility that skipped annual shutdown, and if so what were the repercussions?
Our company is discussing whether or not to have an annual shutdown in the upcoming year. Usually, this is when we clean machines out really well, replace any worn parts, etc. Recently, we have been changing parts at the moment they break, and not doing too much preventative maintenance, in order to increase production and doing general PMs and cleaning only when necessary or if time allows, not on a routine basis. Obviously, this is not good for the health of the machine, but risk vs reward. The thought process here is despite having an annual shutdown, our machines still have major issues throughout the year; catastrophes happen because they can, so why waste two weeks for a shutdown when we can run all year and just deal with the problems as they occur?
Thanks,
What are your thoughts on having an annual shutdown vs not having an annual shutdown for a plant with big, heavy machinery? Have you experienced working at a facility that skipped annual shutdown, and if so what were the repercussions?
Our company is discussing whether or not to have an annual shutdown in the upcoming year. Usually, this is when we clean machines out really well, replace any worn parts, etc. Recently, we have been changing parts at the moment they break, and not doing too much preventative maintenance, in order to increase production and doing general PMs and cleaning only when necessary or if time allows, not on a routine basis. Obviously, this is not good for the health of the machine, but risk vs reward. The thought process here is despite having an annual shutdown, our machines still have major issues throughout the year; catastrophes happen because they can, so why waste two weeks for a shutdown when we can run all year and just deal with the problems as they occur?
Thanks,