Eliminating Minor Stoppages on Automated Lines

When your equipment starts having problems, it becomes extremely difficult for you to maintain steady output. Learn a systematic approach that isolates the slight defects in equipment that can cause stoppages. Focusing on error-related stops, especially parts handling errors in automated machines and automated lines, Suehiro uses mean time between failures (MTBF) as measurement criteria for evaluating minor stoppages, and describes thorough improvements based on case studies where the MTBF for minor stoppages was increased by a factor of 20 (the stoppage frequency rate was reduced to 1/20 its former level.)Kikuo Suehiro is the author of 'Eliminating Minor Stoppages on Automated Lines' with ISBN 9780915299706 and ISBN 0915299704.