One of the keys to increasing availability is making attainable plans based on experience and knowledge. The Advisory Services does that in two specific ways – maintenance planning and parts planning.
The first stage of maintenance planning is to understand what you are likely to need to keep your equipment running safely and productively. Sandvik do this by inspecting your machinery, assessing your operational requirements and consulting benchmarked data. This lets our experts draw up a maintenance plan that is specific to your needs, and which can therefore make recommendations on the right maintenance procedures at the right time to minimize downtime and reduce the possibility of unexpected failures. It’s a way to mitigate and better manage risks.
Parts planning can prevent downtime, by helping you to have the right stock for the challenges you face. It’s based on on-site analyses of your wear, spare and critical parts requirements, supplemented with data from previous inspections and benchmark knowledge. Having the correct parts on-hand shortens downtime of course, but it also saves on networking capital and reduces the time spent sourcing specific parts.