Machinery Conditions Monitoring for Product and Process Quality Assurance

Abstract

The technical conditions of production machinery play a significant role in attaining high quality of manufactured parts. A formation and a development of machinery comprehensive care system including machinery monitoring is anchored as one of customers’ requirement in ISO 9001:2009 and ISO/TS 16949:2009. Contrary to expectations the contemporary prevailing maintenance system in a wide range of organizations follows a model of subsequent maintenance (breakdown maintenance) missing any features of prediction. In order to avert any unexpected manufacturing machinery failures, it is necessary to implement methods and means of industrial (technical) diagnostics. The article provides an experience with maintenance organization within manufacturing organization, describes the most common problems and their root causes, and explains possible countermeasures. The fundamental orientation to problem prevention is a competitive advantage of the most advanced companies and prerequisite for reaching top quality of products and services.