Routine shop maintenance

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

I'm trying to put together a routine maintenance schedule for our milling department. We have 14 mills. Brands are Makino, Deckel, Mitsui, Kitamura, and Fadal. We have two programmers, two setup/operators and two operators. We keep the machines running all the time but I don't think we are doing enough preventative maintenance. We also have a maintenance crew but they only get involved if something goes seriously wrong because two of them work full-time in our lathe department and the head maintenance guy works at one of our other buildings. So I am wondering how the other shops out there are dealing with the issue of keeping the machines in good condition without sacrificing production.

 

Thanks

[Bruce Caulley]

A simple daily/weekly/monthly chart would do. Agree on what needs to be done and how often. Tick it off as it is done. If there is room, put up a yearly wall planner and fill it out with the D/W/M items and put it in a common area.

 

Bruce

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Most reputable MTB's (Machine Tool Buliders) have a Manitenance manual. In the manual, that should be outlined.

[Jim at Gentex]

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In the manual, that should be outlined.

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Our Deckel Maho DMU 80 sends an on-screen message to the control when periodic maintenance is due.

 

The intervals are 50, 250, 1000, and 2000 hours, and the manual outlines specific maintenance tasks to be performed at those intervals.

 

Maintenance is one of those necessary evils.

We hate to stop production, but the price of putting off routine maintenance can sometimes be high.

 

I always remember that old tv motor oil ad.

The mechanic says:

"You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Thanks for the replies. I am currently putting together a mainenance schedule that will incorporate a maintenance routine from our machine manuals.

 

Jim I am also going to look into that option for our Deckels. I know they have the capability.

 

Thanks again