Causes Of Industrial Shutdown

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Industrial Shutdowns An industrial shutdown can be defined as the cessation of operations or activities within an industrial premise. In other words, it is the suspension or stoppage of functions or operations in production due to many different reasons, including unplanned machine or equipment failure, routine maintenance, workers’ strike and more. Machine breakdown is the most common cause of industrial shutdown. Here is how a breakdown affects your business; 1. It Damages Your Brand Reputation Unplanned machine failure can cause project delays as well as mistakes. This can damage your company’s reputation, especially among clients. 2. It Affects Employee Morale One of the major factors that affect employee morale is equipment reliability …show more content…

Material and Product Spoilage Spoilage or the deterioration of raw materials and/or finished products is one of the greatest challenges that businesses, especially those that deal in perishable goods face on a constant basis. The financial losses which are associated with spoilage can be quite massive; even small quantities of spoiled materials can have a huge financial impact on your investment. Plant shutdown is a key factor that can cause spoilage of raw material or finished products. Therefore, businesses should take proactive steps to avert a shutdown in order to ensure that both the raw materials as well as finished products are not damaged or spoiled. 4. Financial Burden Machine failures can be very costly. The cost of repair that may be needed to get a machine that has broken down back up and running might be too damaging to your business financially. You will pay more for emergency repair because that’s how it works. 5. Loss of …show more content…

Poor Maintenance Improper maintenance is the number one reason why machines fail. Unfortunately, most companies don’t take this issue seriously. It pays to have the moving parts of a machine greased properly and done on a timely basis. Sometimes companies will skip lubrication routines or miss some grease locations on a new industrial device since they did not go through the entire maintenance manual of the machine. Other maintenance mistakes companies make at times include failure to check gearboxes and oil chains on a regular basis as well as not bothering to replace belts when they begin to show excessive wear. 3. Failure to Change the Worn Out Parts on Time Many a time, when a part on a machine breaks, companies replace just the part that broke, but fail to check and replace other parts that may have caused the initial failure. Examples include changing a belt when perhaps the pulley was damaged or replacing a drive chain when the sprocket was the root cause of the problem. Replacing only the broken part means fixing the problem just on a temporary basis and as such, occasional breakdowns in the coming weeks or months should be expected. 4. Tightener

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