Total Plant Maintenance
All equipments during their life cycle require timely and proper maintenance for smooth operation. The words “timely” and “proper” require careful attention. Any maintenance which is not carried out on time may require extra efforts to bring the machine back to normal. If the maintenance is not proper or adequate, it can cause premature breakdown or may reduce the useful life. These will entail additional expenses and may affect the reputation and profitability of companies.
Where there are only a few machines are installed, the maintenance can be easily planned. In large process complexes like petro-chemical plants, fertilizer plants etc, a large number of machines are working and their maintenance requires a careful planning. A shut down in these plants may require a lot of time to normalize and may cause considerable production loss. Here, if the breakdown of a machine is not attended on time may lead to secondary breakdown of a series of down stream equipments. Recovery from such a disaster may require a lot of efforts, wastage of resources, loss of production etc.
Total Plant Maintenance (TPM) envisages proper planning and execution of the maintenance in a plant. It starts with the study of the role and criticality of process equipments, ABC analysis of breakdowns etc. Procurement of spares and their timely availability and imparting training to engineers and technicians are also part of TPM.
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