MACHINERY
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GUIDELINES TO MACHINERY AVAILABILITY & MAINTENANCE The main function of the Mechanical Division in DID Sarawak is to provide Mechanical Engineering support by ensuring readily available machineries, plant & equipment in order to achieve the department's purpose. |
| (a) Machinery Availability Machine can be available in 3 ways :- (i) Renting - usually for short term usage Renting is considered best alternative when :- * low annual use with specialised operations. * required in periods of uncertainity * execution of important operation within certain time * deferring of capital expenditure. (ii) Leasing - usually for long term usage Leasing is considered best alternative when * short on capital * short term opportunity in business occured * higher rate of return of business * uncertain future where long term comittment is defered * operational advantage of having the latest model machine * business to phase out soon (iii) Owning - admitted as an asset/investment Owning is considered best alternative when * capital is not a limiting factor * size of business fairly stable * machine unlikely to become obsolete before worn out * tax consideration an advantage |
(b) Machinery Maintenance Machine is designed with a definite life span due to cost and economy as well as development and innovative changes. Therefore, all machines will eventually fail and failure management is the essence of machine maintenance. Machine failure were generally caused by
The ideal of machine maintenance is to maintain the machine in such a way that the machine behaves according to its original design capability. To manage a machine maintenance effectively, a good knowledge of the followings is needed Machine maintenance were categorised into: |
