Printer improves preventive maintenance efficiency to minimize job interruptions.

Problem: Efficiencies were low and management had to find out why production was in fact incurring more downtime than reported by their manual systems. Additionally, all too often jobs were interrupted due to printing plate degradation during job run.

Solution: MDT-150 system automatically tracks machine, tool, printing plate and die usage by actual number of hours and rotations or impressions. When 90% of user-set limits is reached, the system outputs a maintenance "to do" list.

Bottom Line Results: The production Scheduler knows before a job is run if the tooling will last the entire run --- no more downtime or waste or interrupted jobs due to dies and plates or machine component failure during a job. As maintenance history builds, preventive maintenance efficiency becomes more effective and because staff will know exactly when to schedule PM.