Profitable machine tool programme

Large and small manufacturers in Asia have found it increasingly difficult to find the skill sets necessary to sustain world-class productivity and competitiveness. As manufacturers focus on core capabilities, machine-tool maintenance and monitoring are often determined to be non-core functions, and they get postponed or neglected all together, until a problem arises and the machine goes down. MAG’s comprehensive program pushes up productivity by cutting cost of ownership and cost per part, manufacturers churn double-digit savings.

The company ’s Complete Care program is helping shops squeeze higher productivity out of the latest machine tool technology by addressing six areas where small details add up to big savings. Focusing on application support, interactive diagnostics, preventive maintenance, on-site service, parts management and training, the program has been credited with generating double-digit savings by lowering cost of operation and cost per part. Manufacturers are experiencing first-hand the benefits of MAG’s approach to machine maintenance and productivity, allowing the Complete Care program to prove its worth where it counts – on the shop floor.

“Optimising machine tool productivity is heavily dependent on proper management and maintenance of the asset, and that requires a dedicated effort,” said Gary Finney, MAG’s General Manager of Global Services. “Many shops leave this to the individual machine operators, but placing plant-wide maintenance responsibilities with a single source creates efficiencies that make a quantifiable difference in reducing cost of operation and cost per part. Some of our customers have reported doubledigit savings as a result of implementing the components of our maintenance program.”

“A dedicated service/support partner is not only a cost-effective way to improve machining capability and utilisation it’s also the best way to keep an eye on future needs and procedures to help improve productivity,” Finney said.

The application support component of the Complete Care program combines with the manufacturing functions that secure production output, as MAG experts analyse the tasks assigned to both MAG and non-MAG machines. “Our team is comprised of machine-tool process experts and they provide recommendations on process improvements, cycle-time reductions, workholding configurations and cutting tools and fluids to optimise machine usage and performance,” said Finney.

The same applies to MAG ’ s interactive diagnostics/machine monitoring service. The company’s Freedom eLOG? software provides real-time performance management to increase productivity and machine ROI by identifying and resolving inefficiencies and out-of-cycle events as they happen. It also provides interactive,Miesten keng?t laajasta valikoimasta