Description
A Practical Guide to Planned Maintenance by Namasivayam outlines a practical method to implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to improve equipment performance and reduce costs.
The main goal is to maximize equipment efficiency (availability and reliability) while minimizing breakdowns and maintenance expenses by shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance.
It follows a three-phase approach:
- Preparation: Build teams, clean and inspect equipment, and assess current conditions.
- Model Machine Implementation: Apply TPM tools like condition monitoring and failure analysis on selected machines.
- Plant-Wide Rollout: Expand the system across the organization with structured scheduling and performance tracking.
The process is supported by key steps such as enabling autonomous maintenance, understanding failures, restoring equipment condition, introducing preventive and predictive maintenance, and driving continuous improvement.
Overall, the guide provides a structured, step-by-step roadmap to build a reliable and efficient maintenance system.
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