FEATURE RACKS, CABINETS & ENCLOSURES
CONDITIONING CLIMATE CONTROL
Words by Karl Lycett, product manager for climate control, Rittal £
480,000 is a lot of money. But that is what it costs one of the UK’s
largest automotive manufacturers per hour when they experience downtime on their paint plant. Your overheads may not be as substantial as the above example, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the old adage you hear in every corner of business and production is true: time is money. Regardless of the industry and the product being manufactured, production downtime is a crucial performance indicator to monitor because of the direct impact it can have on the bottom
line of assembly. More downtime equals increased spares and higher maintenance costs, stripped directly from the desired profit. The knock-on effect of this is that the profit lost could have been invested to meet more pertinent business objectives, like purchasing and implementing new equipment or expanding the grounds of the facility to maximise output. Speaking with customers across the UK regarding their attitude towards climate control maintenance, it tends to fall by the wayside on the priority list, and there seems to be some main drivers for this
thought process: “I will just fix a problem when it occurs”. In the past, the approach of reactive maintenance was seen as acceptable for most businesses. However times have changed. The key goals of any business, irrespective of size, is increasing throughput, and optimising cost efficiency and operations through continual improvement to the facilities. Potential roadblocks to output targets need to be nipped in the bud, and nobody wants to be the one in the morning meeting explaining why yesterday’s targets weren’t met.
Enclosure Climate Control Whatever the scale...... ......we have the solution
ENCLOSURES 20 NOVEMBER 2019 | ELECTRONICS POWER DISTRIBUTION CLIMATE CONTROL / ELECTRONICS
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