Electrical and Controls Maintenance Strategy

Abstract

Keeping an automated manufacturing line in the pharmaceutical industry competitive through the end of life is challenging. The total cost of ownership starts increasing with the amount of new problems that arise as individual components start to fail. It was found that automated manufacturing facilities need a strategy that can be easily implemented to lead the direction of tactical decisions that affect the competitiveness of these assets. A case study is presented where the strategy developed was deployed for the filling equipment inside the diabetes care filling line of XYZ pharmaceutical, which was near the disposal phase of its life cycle. The tactical implementation of the strategy provided the organization with a re manufacturing plan of obsolete components and a Ticket Management System to keep track of electrical and control system outages. Key Terms ⎯ Control Systems, Corrective Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance, Total Life-Cycle Asset Management.