Preventative Maintenance & Maintenance Planning

Like any other industrial machinery, a packaging machine that is well-maintained lasts for a very long time and performs reliably season after season. Most heavy-duty systems are designed to be durable, but their Achilles Heel involves how the parts interact with each other, particularly at points that create friction. Ignored, even the strongest of parts begin to wear and fall apart quickly. Doted on, they will last through hell and back, even with the heaviest of workloads. This is the magic of simple but effective regular maintenance from Klippenstein Corporation.

Stick to the Schedule, Seriously

The trick to keeping maintenance on track is to follow a schedule plan religiously. Doing so takes the thinking and struggle to remember details out of the picture. The schedule lays out the right steps at the right time and replaces consumable parts before they begin to become a problem. It covers inspection, replacing worn parts designed to fail to save other parts, and that the lubrication is renewed. Amazingly, maintenance schedules slip all the time. What seems like the easiest way to repair a machine, and tends to be the lowest cost, seems in practice to be the hardest task to implement consistently with all types of machines, including cars. And that kind of slippage is why the critical aftermarket part and service industry makes a killing every year

Trust the Routine to See Problems

When operators with machinery have a mix of routine tasks as well as thinking exercises daily, they tend to be more attentive to changes in the routine tasks. And with a packing machine, that’s an advantage, oftentimes spotting early signs of problems when there is a performance deviation from what is expected.

It’s a bit like kicking a soccer ball 10,000 times; you’re going to get good at it sooner or later. The same applies with how the brain works with a mix of tasks. The routine tasks become cemented and the technician running the packing machine will notice when something is off faster than anyone else nearby.

Use a Brand With Solid Expert Support

A good machine system is made even better when the company that manufactures it makes themselves available to the customer for serious support issues. Packaging systems are like any other product, some are exceptional, and some shouldn’t have seen the light of day. The good ones remain top notch because the company that makes them backs up the product when things do start to go wrong.

And eventually, even the best of machines will start to have an issue over time. That’s when the customer support like the services provided by Klippenstein becomes the most important.

Understand the Life Cycle

Your packaging machine has a predictable life cycle, like any other product. It starts brand new, energetic, and clean. Then it matures and finds a rhythm of optimum, long-term performance, and eventually it ages and begins to fall behind. Anticipating these change phases is part of packaging machine maintenance in general. Embrace this cycle and you will realize the best of your machine in each phase. Klippenstein can help with both parts and service, with expertise as well as part and packaging repair support. Contact us today!