WHITE PAPER
Production changeover: a key moment in the plastics industry
Production sites within the plastics industry often handle hundreds, sometimes even thousands of different molds. Productivity levels not only rely on the performance of the machine, but the management of machine downtime.
Injection mold changeovers often accumulate the largest amount of downtime. The operations performed on the molds
and presses during these changeovers are regularly where the biggest time improvements can be achieved.
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The operations performed on the molds and presses during these changeovers are regularly where the biggest time improvements can be achieved.
DID YOU KNOW?
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness): an essential factor for competitiveness
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) identifies the percentage of manufacturing time which is truly productive. An “ideal” OEE score of 100% would be reached by producing only good parts (100% quality), as quickly as possible (100% performance), without any downtime (100% availability).
Measuring OEE makes it possible to identify losses, monitor progress and improve productivity by not only modifying tools but also company processes. Searching for optimal OEE is a hunt for downtime in all stages of production. Within the plastics market, mold changes are the key consideration. If tool changeover duration was zero, unitary manufacturing and mass production would incur the same overall costs.
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