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In modern industry, equipment and machinery are very important part of the production Activity. A large amount of money is invested in machineries and equipments. Special purpose and modern machineries cost a lot of money. If they are kept idle it will be great loss. So they have to be kept always in working condition. Then only they will work efficiently for more number of years. They should not break down and stop production. So it is very important that machineries and equipments (plant) are properly maintained.
Maintenance is the process of keeping the machine and equipments in good working condition so that efficiency of the machines is retained and its life increased.
DISADVANTAGES OF POOR MAINTENANCE:
1. Machines may be damaged. This is a loss.
2. Poorly maintenance machines will produce will produce poor quality of products.
3. More wastages of material.
4. Break down makes men and machine idle. So , production time is wasted. This will increase cost of production.
5. Poor maintenance causes accidents.
6. By poor maintenance, life of machines is reduced.
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD MAINTENANCE:
1. Life of machinery is increased.
2. Production takes place as per schedule.
3. Products are delivered to customers in the and hence customer satisfaction.
4. Machines are in good condition. Hence quality of product is good.
5. No production loss.
6. Machinery is not damaged.
7. No idle time of men and machines. Hence their utility increases.
COST OF MAINTENANCE:
The cost of maintenance includes the following.
1. Downtime cost - This is the loss of profit due to stoppage in production.
2. Cost of material wasted.
3. Wages paid to workers when they are idle due to break down.
4. Cost due to idleness of machines.
5. Cost of spare and other material used for repair.
6. Wages paid to maintenance people.
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