Safety Training Extends Component Life

摘要

Question: Safety training is a good thing, but what real equipment benefits do you realize from the hours an otherwise-productive operator spends in training? Answer: "Operating safely has be-com one of the most important things this company does, but my goal as an equipment manager when we started doing task training was to dry up ma-chines-to stop oil leaks. Oil causes dirt to stick and then oil and dirt begin to build up in layers. That traps heat and causes components to wear," says Dick Hicks, general manager of equipment at Cal-lanan Industries. "We've extended life of every component we have because operators are trained now to give us the information we need to stop the leaks and prevent that wear."