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Focused Improvement – The Weaknesses of Traditional Cause Analysis
The analysis is thus applied to a limited group of possible causes, while others are left out of the picture.
Read More »Focused Improvement – Strategies for Reducing Startup Losses
(1) Start with measurements To reduce startup losses, the thermal displacement must first be measured. Thermal displacement is a phenomenon caused by the thermal changes that take place when equipment is started up or shut down, in which some of the components expand or contract, causing them to elongate or…
Read More »Autonomous Maintenance. Development of standards during Steps 4-5
Many basic standards and other documents are created during the activities carried out at Steps 4 and 5, the most important steps in Autonomous Maintenance. This section describes the process by which these documents are put together.
Read More »Autonomous Maintenance. Step 5: Autonomous Checking
The aim of Step 5 is to sustain and further raise the levels of reliability, maintainability, and quality thus achieved. This entails reviewing the provisional standards for cleaning, checking, and lubricating developed so far, with the aim of working them up into a definitive set of efficient and comprehensive standards.
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4M Analysis Process
The purpose of this procedure is to define the steps to do a 4M …
