Aufgaben, Leistungen und Ziele der Instandhaltung in der chemischen Industrie

Abstract

AbstractDuties, performance, and objectives of maintenance services in the chemical industry. In the West German chemical industry, about DM 5000 million will be spent on maintenance in 1979. This figure is only slightly less than the amount to be spent on reserch or capital investment. The expenditure ensures peak performance from production installations and the infrastructure as a whole and a high level of plant safety. Increasing costs and reduced earnings demand greater efforts on the part of all maintenance services. The remedy in the past lay in preventive maintenance, but much higher targets are being set today: planning of easily maintainable plants, early recognition of damage; rationalisation of maintenance techniques; work preparation and scheduling; quality control; integration of spare parts inventories; standardisation, etc. The difficult task for the future will be to find solutions to the rising labour costs and various human problems.