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HMIS Newsletter No.21
No. 21 |
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January 2005 |
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| Responsibilities
of Operators under Autonomous Maintenance: |
- Must
be capable of understanding the normal operating conditions
of the process.
- Have
the ability to detect abnormal conditions and situations.
- Be capable of making temporary and or simple repairs.
- Report accurately and quickly about uncommon failures
to trades and specialist staff.
- Assist
in making repairs.
- Understand
the equipment and all its functions.
- Tune and use their five senses to react to abnormalities.
- Measure and record natural deterioration for analysis
by skilled staff.
- Discover opportunities for improvement.
| Prevent and control forced and accelerated deterioration |
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| Duties of the Operators: |
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Prevent Deterioration
- Operate the equipment correctly.
- Improve basic conditions. |
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Measure
Deterioration (Using five senses):
- Conduct routine inspections.-
Become involved with preventive maintenance and planned
inspections. |
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Restore Deterioration:
- Make minor improvements.
- Supply speedy and accurate data about failures.
- Assist maintenance personnel with repair of uncommon
failures. |
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| Responsibilities
of Maintenance Staff under Autonomous Maintenance: |
- Educate and train operators about the structures and
Functions
of the equipment.
- Teach them about the principles of fastening, correct
tightening and loosening techniques.
- Education reference to lubrication- types of lubrications,
lubrication points, lubrication intervals, lubrication
standards etc.
- Guide and teach about inspection techniques and standards
of inspection.
- Ensure operators understand the need for prompt and
speedy notification of abnormality to basic equipment
conditions.
- Supply
technical assistance with improvement ideas.
- Conduct normal duties and attend morning meetings and
small group improvement sessions.
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| Duties
of the Maintenance Staff: |
- Improve
equipment maintainability, operability, reliability, safety,
and quality.
- Support
the operators in the program of Autonomous Maintenance
implementation.
- Research
and develop new maintenance technologies and techniques.
- Set
maintenance standards and continuously improve them
to higher levels.
- Collect data about failures and analysis, build maintenance
history, and conduct post mortem analysis.
- Assist
and co-operate with equipment design departments and
new project introduction.
- Control
spares, tools, lubricants and technical data
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Steps |
Activities |
1 |
Initial
cleaning to inspect and detect |
Thorough
cleaning of all dirt and debris from
the equipment to discover all forms
of abnormality. |
2 |
Implement
countermeasures to over come difficulties
in inspecting/ cleaning |
Eliminate
causes of dirt and debris, prevent it
scattering, improve areas which are
difficult to inspect/ clean |
3 |
Prepare
tentative Autonomous Maintenance standards |
Establish
initial standards for cleaning, inspecting
and lubricating the equipment in a shortest
time possible, indicate frequency and
time required. |
4 |
Conduct
overall inspections |
Train
operators in inspection skills through
the use of manuals, continually discover
slight defects through regular inspections |
5 |
Standardize |
Design
and implement autonomous check sheets. |
6 |
Autonomous
Inspection |
Standardize
plant/ equipment standards, data recording,
jigs, tools, quality assurance etc. |
7 |
Autonomous
Management |
Development
of departmental policies and goals.
Continuous improvement and analysis
of equipment data is a routine activity. |
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