Overall equipment efficiency of Flexographic Printing process: A case study

4th International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing

材料科学;机械制造

Zahoor, S.^1 ; Shehzad, A.^1 ; Mufti, N.A.^1 ; Zahoor, Z.^1 ; Saeed, U.^1

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, 54480, Pakistan^1

关键词: Analysis approach;    Analysis techniques;    Continuous process improvement;    Efficiency improvement;    Flexographic printing;    Flexographic printing machines;    Overall equipment efficiency;    Total productive maintenance;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/272/1/012015/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/272/1/012015

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper reports the efficiency improvement of a flexographic printing machine by reducing breakdown time with the help of a total productive maintenance measure called overall equipment efficiency (OEE). The methodology is comprised of calculating OEE of the machine before and after identifying the causes of the problems. Pareto diagram is used to prioritize main problem areas and 5-whys analysis approach is used to identify the root cause of these problems. OEE of the process is improved from 34% to 40.2% for a 30 days time period. It is concluded that OEE and 5-whys analysis techniques are useful in improving effectiveness of the equipment and for the continuous process improvement as well.