I've been beating this drum for years, but a lot of people haven't heard the music, so here we go again. Choosing to give your heat processing equipment regular maintenance and tune-ups is not a win-lose decision. Many managers seem to think maintenance avoided equals labor cost avoided, which equals more profitability. It's the same old equa- low that other tasks with a higher benefit-to-cost ratio took priority. So, people made what seemed to be the responsible decision and put off maintenance. Today, the situation is different. Energy costs have jumped in the last few years, and the left side of the equation is getting fatter day by day. Just the same, this is a very limited view of the real situation. To really What's the cost of that lost production time? What really stings is, that in the end, you haven't avoided the cost of maintenance. In fact, emergency maintenance costs much more than routine work, even when you have the tools and parts on hand to do the job. And if you don't, you're facing added lost time and costs as you chase around for the stuff you need.
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