The real issues behind hydraulic press upgrades

摘要

Upgrading any piece of machinery can produce anxious headaches. Often we cause our own headaches by failing truly to justify the reasons to upgrade, choosing instead simply to answer the question, "Can we afford to spend the money?" Answering that question is really easy Either the moneys available or it's not. The complexity begins and increases when we try to answer why we need to upgrade. Aside from saving the expense of buying a new machine, reasons to upgrade are to: Make the machine safer, Decrease maintenance costs. Increase uptime. Replace obsolete parts. Improve part quality. Improve process control. Each of these reasons carries oblique issues that must be addressed. You have to keep in mind the possible pitfalls in upgrading and how to overcome them.