El mantenimiento industrial es el principal medio para conservar en buen estado a una nave industrial. También ayuda a que no surgan problemas a la hora de realizar las actividades de trabajo diarias, fortaleciendo así la seguridad industrial.
Un mantenimiento industrial correcto funciona preservando los recursos materiales de los que se disponen: equipos, maquinaria, etc,… hasta el final de su vida util, ayudando a ello el uso de protecciones industriales.
The correct maintenance of an industrial warehouse is based on planning and periodicity, if any of these aspects fail, the consequences will be serious for the industry.
What is an industrial maintenance plan?
An industrial maintenance plan consists of a series of activities and tasks in charge of increasing the useful lifespan of an industrial complex, treating every equipment and machine individually in order to reduce the number of failures and accidents.
The activities and tasks of an industrial maintenance plan, which are grouped and concatenated following a technical criteria, are assigned different periodicities, either daily, quarterly, annually, etc.
Why is it useful to have an industrial maintenance plan?
An industrial maintenance plan allows you to organise all improvement and conservation activities for a warehouse or logistics complex, which usually has an overwhelming number of tasks and activities.
Industrial maintenance plans will allow you to create a scheme that serves as a program and schedule for activities of a preventive nature.
In addition to extending an industrial warehouse’s lifespan, the maintenance plan seeks to increase its productivity, improving the availability and reliability of activities through scheduled shutdowns; that is, with minimal impact interruptions.
On the other hand, industrial maintenance plans provide a reduction in renovations and reform costs.
How often should an industrial warehouse be maintained?
The periodicity with which the maintenance of an industrial warehouse should be carried out isn’t something easy to define, it depends on several factors and on what needs to be maintained.
Por ejemplo, la periodicidad de las actividades de mantenimiento de los montacargas y otros equipos mecánicos depende de las especificaciones del fabricante.
Therefore, it’s advisable to take into account the manufacturers specifications when carrying out the industrial maintenance plan for the company’s existing machinery and equipment.
It’s is advisable to carry out further tests, in addition to the maintenance specifications for equipment and machine failures, if the company considers it convenient.
The main maintenance frequencies are usually carried out in the following manner:
- Frecuencia diaria: actividades de inspección de equipos y recolección de datos, efectuadas por el personal operativo.
- Frecuencia mensual: mantenimiento mecánico y técnico de equipos propensos a ensuciarse y desajustarse.
- Frecuencia trimestral: periodicidad para mantenimientos preventivos y predictivos, útiles en sistemas eléctricos.
- Frecuencia anual: mantenimientos mecánicos, eléctricos y de instrumentos. Las actividades pueden distribuirse a lo largo del año o ejecutarse en fechas concretas.
What happens when the correct maintenance isn’t carried out?
The immediate consequence of inadequate industrial maintenance is the deterioration of the material resources, which results in an extra economic cost.
Inadequate maintenance forces a restructuring of the industrial maintenance plan, since additional actions will be required to eliminate the deterioration in the machinery and equipment affected.
In addition, if the deterioration of material resources already has an economic impact due to the cost of corrective actions that would have to be carried out, poor maintenance management can also lead to other types of problems in an industrial warehouse, which could force to stop production. This implies significant losses of time, resources and money for the company.
Hay que reconocer también que un mantenimiento inadecuado puede afectar a la seguridad industrial haciendo que el riesgo de peligro y de accidentes laborales se incremente, socavando la seguridad industrial.
