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What are the proven benefits of smart maintenance for a foundry?

By vr foundries on 5-October-2020

The first step that any foundry has to adopt toward adopting a modern, next-generation foundry is smart maintenance.  This week’s blog will deal with the proven benefits of smart maintenance for a foundry, and how VR Foundries is leading the way in terms of smart maintenance.

Extended equipment life:
The objective of preventive and predictive maintenance is to identify and prevent issues before the breakdown of the assets.  We, at VR Foundries, have machines that undergo preventive and predictive maintenance resulting in an extended life of 30 per cent compared to assets that are treated with reactive maintenance. 

Reduced Energy consumption:
We schedule all maintenance check-ups regularly in a planned, coordinated and well-controlled way. Smart maintenance of asset encourages reduced energy consumption leading to environmentally efficient production.

Cost savings:
The adoption of digital transformation has increased our overall performance and the reliability of our systems with considerable cost savings. We follow a regular predictive and preventive maintenance that has helped us greatly to improve the mean time between failures (MTBF).

Centralized machine data and enhanced internal communication:
We store, process the entire equipment data as centralized machine data, which is readily accessible anytime. This makes it easy for our staff to access the data from any smart device for day-to-day operations. By accessing the required operational data, any operation can be accelerated to deliver the desired outcome and speed up execution of tasks.

Reduction of WIP inventory:
Our in-process inventory has been extended depending upon our client’s requirements involving alternations in part specifications. Digital integration can possibly bring this time down to ten days.  

Optimization of employee productivity & performance:
We, at VR Foundries, are duly equipped to track and calculate the performance of every team and its individual members. Specific tasks can be allotted to different people based on their skill sets and qualifications.