{"id":6300,"date":"2017-06-17T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ribcon.com\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:11:08","slug":"autonomous-maintenance-roles-of-management-operator-and-maintenance-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ribcon.com\/autonomous-maintenance-roles-of-management-operator-and-maintenance-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Maintenance: Roles of Management, Operator and Maintenance Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Autonomous Maintenance: Roles of Management, Operator and Maintenance Team<\/h2>\r\n<p>TPM clearly identifies roles of Top management, Operators and Maintenance<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Role of Top Management in TPM &amp; Autonomous Maintenance:\u00a0<\/strong>For Top Management pillar champions are identified to provide \u00a0leadership in terms of:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Setting priorities (where to start, what next?)<\/li>\r\n<li>Setting expectations (work standards to be applied consistently)<\/li>\r\n<li>Giving recognition (reinforce values)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Role of Operator in Autonomous Maintenance:\u00a0<\/strong>Key Objective of Autonomous Maintenance is to create equipment competent operators &amp; to detect and prevent forced deterioration. As operators become more closely involved in getting the very best from their machines, they move through seven steps of Autonomous maintenance:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><strong>Initial cleaning: <\/strong>Operators will clean the machines with an objective of identifying Abnormalities<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Carrying out countermeasures at the source of problems: <\/strong>Operators are involved in taking countermeasures to eliminate repeated abnormalities and reduce cleaning time by following standards<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Developing and implementing cleaning and lubrication standards: <\/strong>Operators are trained on following standards for cleaning, lubrication and inspection<\/li>\r\n<li>General inspection routines<\/li>\r\n<li>Autonomous inspection<\/li>\r\n<li>Organization and tidiness<\/li>\r\n<li>Full autonomous maintenance<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>As these seven steps are taken, over an agreed and achievable timetable, operators will develop straightforward common-sense skills which enable them to play a full part in ensuring optimum availability of machines.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ribcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Picture1-400x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright alignnone wp-image-6305 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ribcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Picture1-400x300-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ribcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Picture1-400x300-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Role of Maintenance Team in Autonomous Maintenance:\u00a0<\/b>Key role of Maintenance team is to support, train &amp; guide operators in implementation of all 7 Steps of Autonomous Maintenance<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Refurbish critical equipment and establish back-up strategies<\/li>\r\n<li>Contain accelerated deterioration and develop countermeasures to common problems. Establish correct parameter settings.<\/li>\r\n<li>Set condition monitoring and routine servicing standards to improve response times and reduce sporadic failures.<\/li>\r\n<li>Use event analysis to fine-tune asset care delivery towards zero breakdowns.<\/li>\r\n<li>Routine restoration of normal wear to stabilize component life. Hand over routine maintenance to operators.<\/li>\r\n<li>Use senses to detect internal deterioration.<\/li>\r\n<li>To extend component life and improve equipment life prediction<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Autonomous Maintenance: Roles of Management, Operator and Maintenance Team TPM clearly identifies roles of Top management, Operators and Maintenance Role of Top Management in TPM &amp; Autonomous Maintenance:\u00a0For Top Management pillar champions are identified to provide \u00a0leadership in terms of: Setting priorities (where to start, what next?) 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