Precision Diamond Lathe Tool

Precision Diamond Tools Maintenance

We will discuss about the importance of Precision diamond tool maintenance in this article.

The main purpose of regular maintenance is to ensure that all precision diamond tools required for production is operating at 100% efficiency at all times. Through short daily inspections, cleaning, lubricating, record making, minor problems can be detected and corrected before they become a major problem that can shut down a production line.

A good maintenance program requires company-wide participation and support by everyone ranging from the top executive to the shop floor personnel. If well maintained, precision diamond tool can last more than 10 years. We still receive some tools from our customer back for servicing more than 10 years and they are still using it in their production floor.

The true cost of a Precision Diamond tool breakdown  is sometimes difficult to measure. A recent survey showed that the cost for a tool breakdown is more than just the maintenance crew and materials to make the repair. A recent survey showed the actual cost for a diamond tool breakdown is between four to fifteen times the maintenance costs. When the breakdown causes the whole production line to stop, the costs are very high because no parts are being produced.

Most production downtime is caused by these unexpected situations. If it were possible to monitor the normal wear, then it would be possible to forecast upcoming situations and perform maintenance tasks before breakdown occurs.

Precision Diamond Tools Inventory management

It is also important to keep an inventory of replacement diamond tool. In an event where diamond tool breakdown occur, the operator can immediately replace the tool with a spare tool, thereby reducing the downtime of a machine. The production can thus continue.

Contact Gold Technic for a discussion on Tool maintenance and Inventory management advise.