Machinery
Maintenance
VIPL has a dedicated team of
professionals employed for ensuring overall plant maintenance activities. The
maintenance team is committed to reaching its maximum production efficiency
with the least possible downtime. The team follows preventive maintenance
practices as guided by the machine manufacturers. These practices are
undertaken at regular intervals, thereby helping in increasing the reliability
of the equipment and avoiding unexpected breakdowns. Maintenance
team works closely in coordination with Quality Assurance team for evaluating
its critical maintenance activities too. In addition, the maintenance
team remains abreast of the new developments in maintenance technology, and its
suitable options, to attain optimum production levels.
VIPL is committed to the TPM philosophy,
and hence, the maintenance crew is well-versed with MTBR/MTTR as these form the
foundation of any maintenance system. The majority of the regular maintenance
activities are conducted by the in-house technicians, whereas the critical
changes, such as, Carding wire mounting, and compact conversions plus critical
activities will be done along with the machine manufacturer’s service team. the Smart Predictive Maintenance (SPDM), such as air leakage
measurements, energy consumption, vibration testing, Thermograph analysis are
being carried out with the help of external experts periodically.
Machine
Optimization & Automation
At VIPL, as a part of machine
optimization and automation, the factory is installed with productive machines
having the most modern automation at every stage to ensure the highest level of
work safety, product quality, and productivity monitoring. In addition, various
automated material handling systems are installed. The mill has also installed
a fully-automatic bobbin transport system from speed frames to ring frames, and
auto coners linked to ring frames for fully automatic transportation of bobbins
enhancing product quality and productivity, whilst avoiding manual handling.
The mill has embraced Total Productive
Maintenance (TPM) to minimize the machine breakdowns and downtime-led losses.
This has resulted in consistent and optimum product quality, achieved by proven
intervals of scheduled maintenance and predictive replacement of spares within
their lifespan. The ring frames in the units are equipped with individual online individual spindle monitoring systems to
improve performance, and also to reduce manpower.
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