Ten Ways to Up-Date Preventive Maintenance

Ten ways to up-date preventive maintenance in the woodworking industry are: 1) Build an up-to-date library of manuals. 2) Make check lists complete to insure thorough inspection. 3) Going overboard on preventive maintenance can be disastrous. Recognize that there is an optimum approach. 4) A preventive maintenance program should be guided by operating tolerances and activities. 5) Up-to-date instruments are required to check conditions of operating equipment and facilities. 6) Use the techniques of industrial engineers in trimming preventive maintenance expense. 7) Accumulate machine-repair data for analysis of repair costs and causes. 8) Better machine design can alleviate and reduce maintenance procedure. 9) The production worker can assist in sharpening your preventive maintenance program. 10) Preventive maintenance schedules should be realistic, and enforced.

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