During periods of planned maintenance, shutdowns need to proceed quickly and efficiently with every minute of additional downtime carrying heavy costs. Having the right tools, crews and procedures all play a part in ensuring an efficient shutdown process. Once these elements are all working together smoothly, are there other methods to continuously improve the process? Reliability Engineering (RE) brings additional tools and methodologies to the table in order to look at a shutdown in different ways. One particular Reliability Engineering tool involves the use of Time and Motion studies to record and analyse how all these elements come together during an actual shutdown. Implementing the Time-Lapse technique involves capturing video sequences and then segmenting them into shorter clips that highlight how individual tasks are performed. This method looks at tasks and elements such as relining procedures, parts management, site layout and actual workflows in order to analyze the entire process. Expert analysis of the video using specialized software programs can lead to the identification of important improvement opportunities.

This webinar will showcase multiple success cases where RE techniques have made a significant impact on improving shutdown performance and forecasting next planned downtime for crusher and mill relining.

 

	Edwin Gutierrez Reliability Engineer Manager Life Cycle Services Metso Minerals
	Jason Nelson Head of Global Marketing Life Cycle Services Metso Minerals
	Moderator: Carly Leonida Editor Mining Magazine