Total Productive Maintenance
Total Productive Maintenance
Maintenance
Introduction to TPM
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a holistic approach to equipment maintenance that
emphasizes proactive and preventive maintenance to maximize the operational efficiency of
equipment or it is the process of using machines, equipment, employees and supporting
processes to maintain and improve the integrity of production and the quality of systems.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a maintenance program which involves a newly defined
concept for maintaining plants and equipment. The goal of the TPM program is to markedly
increase production while, at the same time, increasing employee morale and job satisfaction.
TPM brings maintenance into focus as a necessary and vitally important part of the business. It
is no longer regarded as a non-profit activity. Down time for maintenance is scheduled as a part
of the manufacturing day and, in some cases, as an integral part of the manufacturing process.
The goal is to hold emergency and unscheduled maintenance to a minimum.
Goals Of TPM
No breakdowns
No defects
No accidents
TPM was first developed in Japan by Seiichi Nakajima in the 1950s and first implemented
in 1960. TPM became part of Toyota’s workflow and significantly reduced equipment-
related problems, enabling the evolution of the just-in-time (JIT) strategy for production.
In 1971 Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) establishes TPM framework &
expanded it to include 8 activities of TPM that required participation from all areas of
manufacturing and non-manufacturing in the concepts of lean manufacturing.
Pillars of TPM
There are 9 Pillars of TPM & Following are those 9 Pillars
Autonomous Maintenance
Focused Improvement
Planned Maintenance
Quality Maintenance
Early Equipment Management
Training and Education
TPM in Administration
Health, Safety and Enviornment
Energy Savings
Autonomous Maintenance
Autonomous maintenance involves regular and preventive maintenance tasks carried out
by operators, such as lubrication, cleaning, and servicing of production lines. By assigning
operators a higher level of responsibility, you enable early identification of equipment
issues before they escalate into critical problems.
In Autonomous Maintenance We need a skilled and well trained Operator Who Knows
About the Machinery that how it works So it can take care of it
This gives machine operators a feeling of ownership of their equipment and increases their
knowledge of the particular piece of equipment.
Implementing autonomous maintenance involves cleaning the machine to a "baseline"
standard that the operator must maintain. Standardization ensures everyone follows the
same procedures and processes.
7 Steps of Autonomous Maintenance
Initial Cleaning
General inspection
Autonomous Inspection
Standardization
Autonomous Management
Focused Improvement
Planned maintenance involves studying metrics like failure rates and historical downtime
and then scheduling maintenance tasks based around these predicted or measured failure
rates or downtime periods
It also Prevents unexpected failures, extends equipment life, and reduces repair costs.
It greatly reduces the amount of unplanned downtime by allowing for most maintenance to
be planned for times when machinery is not scheduled for production.
Its benefits include a gradual decrease in breakdowns leading to uptime and a reduction in
capital investments in equipment since it is being used to its maximum potential.
Quality maintenance
The quality maintenance pillar focuses on working design error detection and prevention into
the production process. It does this by using root cause analysis to identify and eliminate
recurring sources of defects. By proactively detecting the source of errors or defects,
processes become more reliable, producing products with the right specifications the first
time.
The biggest benefit of quality maintenance is it prevents defected products from moving
down the line, which could lead to a lot of rework.
It Majorly Focuses on Enhances product quality, reduces waste, and improves customer
satisfaction.
Early equipment management