How to...Schedule Breakdowns Through Preventative Maintenance

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How to...Schedule Breakdowns Through Preventative Maintenance

  • A few seconds saved per truss can lead to substantial savings by the end of the year. 
  • It may only take an hour to fix the ma-chine, but you have lost 14,400 seconds of time for a crew of four assemblers. 
  • Weekly machine evaluations and scheduling breakdowns make it easy to keep track of your long-term maintenance plan and are an excellent way to keep production moving right along.
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