Machine Maintenance
Machine Maintenance
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Maintenance
Maintenance is the actions taken to prevent a device or component from failing or to
repair normal equipment degradation experienced with the operation of the device to
keep it in proper working order.
Classification of Maintenance:
Types of Maintenance:
Advantages:
Low cost
Less staff
Disadvantages:
Increased cost due to unplanned down time of equipment.
We are spending more dollars associated with capital cost because, while waiting for
the equipment to break, we are shorting the life of the equipment resulting in more
frequent replacement or repair.
If it is a critical piece of equipment that needs to be back on line quickly, we will have to
pay maintenance overtime cost.
Possible secondary equipment or process damage from equipment failure.
PREVENTIVE/ SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE:
Preventive maintenance can be define as action performed on a time or machine-run-based
schedule that detect, preclude or mitigate degradation of a component or system with the aim
of sustaining or extending its useful life time to an acceptable level.
Advantage:
Increase component life cycle.
Flexibility allows for the adjustment of maintenance periodicity.
Reduced equipment or process failure and estimated 12% to 18% cost savings over
reactive maintenance program.
Disadvantage:
Labor intensive.
Increased performance of unneeded maintenance.
Potential for incidental damage to components in conducting unneeded
maintenance.
PREDICTIVE/ PLANNED MAINTENANCE:
Predictive maintenance can be define as measurement that define the degradation of machine,
thereby allowing casual stressors to be eliminated or controlled prior to any significant
deterioration in the component physical state. Results indicate current and future functional
capability.
Basically, predictive maintenance differs from preventive maintenance by basing maintenance
need on the actual condition of the machine rather than on some preset schedule.
Advantage:
Increased component operational life and availability.
Allows preemptive corrective actions.
Decrease in equipment or process downtime and estimated 8 to 12% cost savings
over preventive maintenance program.
Better product quality.
Improved worker and environmental safety.
Decrease in cost for parts and labor.
Disadvantage:
Increased investment in diagnostic equipment.
Increased investment for proficient manpower and staff training.
Savings potential not readily seen by management.
CAPITAL REPLACEMENT/ RESTORATIVE:
If it is seen that the repairing cost of machine or machine parts is more or equal or
little less than buying a new one, then the old one is replaced instead of repair. It is
known as capital replacement.
OBJECTIVE/ ADVANTAGE OF MAINTENANCE:
3. External inspection means to detect defects from abnormal sound, vibration, heat,
smoke etc.
5. Lubrication:
6. Systematic lubrication means the application of right type of lubricant at right time at
right place and in right quantity.
10. The program is specified in detail by mentioning daily, weekly and yearly attention.
Operation manual
Maintenance instruction manual
History cards and history register
Inspection register
Log books
Defects register etc.
1. Dismantles equipment and removes worn or defective parts, using hand tools.
2. Replaces defective parts, such as plugs, reeds, needles, points, shuttles, cots, chains,
heddles, slide rods, and side or frame hooks.
3. Adjusts parts and tension on parts, such as rollers, chains, and cylinders, using hand
tools and gauges.
4. Repairs defective parts, such as flats, wires, shuttles, collars, frames, chains, and rollers,
using hand tools and soldering and welding equipment.
5. Aligns, straightens, spaces, and levels parts, using hand tools, straightedge, level, and
plumb bob.
6. Replaces worn covering (rubber, cork, leather, cloth, felt) on cylinders, rollers, and roller
arbors, using hand tools and arbor press.
Tasks of the maintenance departments: -
11. Smoothes and polishes equipment, using abrasives and buffing, sanding, and grinding
machines.
12. Cleans equipment with solvent, brushes, and airhose to remove dirt, lint, oil, and
rust.
13. Maintains parts and equipment inventory, receipt, and transfer records.
14. Moves equipment and machine components, using hoists, rollers, and handtrucks.
15. Sorts and stores parts and equipment according to type or size.
There are different steps in wet processing technology. Now we are going to describe
about the steps in textile wet processing system where maintenance needed.
Inspection: Neps, warp, end breakage, weft end breakage, hole spot remove.
Singeing: Projecting or floating fiber remove from the surface of the fabric.
Desizing: It’s done to remove the sized materials from the fabric.
Bleaching: The bleaching process is done to produce Permanent white of the fabric
Dyeing: Dyeing is the procedure done for producing color to the textile materials.
There are lots of methods in dyeing. But it can be classed as three byes the normal
method. Like 1. Yarn dyeing, 2. Fabric Dyeing, 3. Garments Dyeing,
Singeing machine: -
When the changeable parts are changed and the replaceable parts are replaced then the
flame intensity will uniform, the distance between the flame and the fabric will in the
accurate distance. The bearing, motors and other maintenance parts will do their optimum
jobs.
Desizing: -
In the Desizing machine after good maintenance the machine parts will do their optimum
jobs. The bearings, motors, the rollers, the guide roller and other parts will give better
efficiency after change or replace the defective parts.
Scouring: -
There is lots of roller in the scouring machine and bearings and motors. After doing good
maintenance in the scouring machine the problems that caused by the defective elements
will reduced.
Bleaching: -
Now a day’s generally scouring and bleaching is done at a time or in the same machine. So
the when the machine is under maintenance department that time the problems which
induced in the bleaching time is reduced.
Efficiency: -
DYEING: -
In the dyeing machine there are lots of problems occurred by the defective roller,
bearings, winch, heating elements, motor, and inside surface of the machine. After
doing the solution of these problems the problems what induced by this defective
elements is reduced.
FINISHING: -
In the finishing section there are lots of finishing sections like calendaring, stentorian,
slitting, compactor and other machineries. There are lots of replaceable and change
able parts that given in the chart. After completing the changing or replacing the
defective parts the machine running is normal and natural and the defects that occurs
by the defective materials is reduced.
CONCLUSION:
Wet processing of textiles constitutes innumerable steps leading to finished product, each
having a number of complex variables and every lot is like a new lot and much depends on the
well-trained manpower rather than modern machines and technology. However, developments
are taking place at a rapid pace to satisfy the user with quality product and competitive price.
Though underlying principle for developments is satisfying user needs. This in turn will impart
cost competitiveness. Then, more functional finishes are also being developed. However trend is
to use more mechanical finishes than chemical finishes. The key to success in textile wet
processing technology will be the indication of highly trained.
MAINTENANCE : ELECTRICAL
PRESSING MACHINE
Check rotating table balls and lubricate.
Lubricate the axial bearings
PRESSING MACHINE
• Check the function of rotating table moving arm
• Check thoroughly the sliding pneumatic parts.
HYDRO-EXTRACTOR
• Remove all the centrifugal heads & check
• Clean the entire machine
• Lift the c over & clean the drain cannel.
• Lubricate the rotary table behind the front part removable casing.