Say goodbye to downtime. Say hello to on-time orders.
In the modern plastic injection molding world, reliability and repeatability are key to long-term success.
A substantial part of ensuring that perfection is achieved for each order is held within the maintenance and preventive maintenance of the machinery and molds used during the manufacturing process. Essentially, being profitable and being regarded as a leader in the field requires a strategy of exacting routines in order to maintain uninterrupted production.
At ADIS Tachov, one of Europe’s most prolific automotive plastics companies, executive director Jeremy Svoboda states quite nonchalantly that: “We believe that prevention is better than cure”.
He goes further and explains that: “In order to eliminate our down time we have a well rehearsed series of steps that we follow. These cover everything you would expect on a checklist concerning the moving parts of the machinery itself, but also go further and include things such as being aware of small changes near the molding machines - burning plastic for example - through listening for the tiniest of tone changes while operational. All of which may give an indication to an issue”.
Poorly maintained molding machines and indeed the molds themselves can rapidly affect a business. Costly repairs, production delays, machine downtime and worst of all, disappointed customers are all aspects that can be detrimental to the growth of a company, so the fact that firms like ADIS take this area of business so seriously makes perfect sense.
By physically checking each and every machine on a set schedule, from emergency stops to guard covers, from oil leaks to loose components, and even carefully choosing the right mold release agent to ensure the mold and part are separated easily without straining the mold are all small yet critical items that set the professionals from the ordinary.
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