Efficient Maintenance of Machine Tools - Adapted Maintenance Activities and Assembly-Specific Maintenance Intervals

摘要

Besides purchasing costs of modern production equipment, guaranteed availabilities and maximum costs over the expected time of usage become more important. In order to meet these required availability limits, maintenance represents a key function as low MTTR and high MTBF values depend on systematic maintenance measures. Looking at maintenance policy in today's industry, the responsibility for maintenance is not only the duty of the service department but also a task of the machines' operators, who can be trained for minor maintenance tasks. The division of the responsibilities between maintenance experts and operators depends on the complexity of the respective tasks.