KEYS TO MAINTAIN TEXTILE MACHINERY PROPERLY

　　The maintenance tasks of industrial machines in the textile industry is one of the challenges that every company must assume. It is a key factor, as these tasks will guarantee an optimal functioning of our daily manufacturing activity and will avoid unnecessary halt of the production plants. Planning maintenance tasks is essential to optimize the workflow, to avoid unexpected events and to ensure that we comply with the different safety regulations and certifications required by law. Additionally, it means a direct saving in repairs, which a priority, could have been assumable, and it extends the life of the machine to get the maximum return on the investment made.
　　Most of the modern textile machines are high productive machines. Any drift in the performance can result in substantial quantity of sub standard material. Hence time gap in occurrence, detection and correction of the fault must be as small as possible and correction of the fault must be as small as possible. The spare parts of the modern machinery are very costly and to replace them in preventive maintenance without its full use will be too much costly and undesirable.

Different Types of Maintenance for Complex Textile Machiery

　　• Corrective:
　　This maintenance is the kind of intervention that we must avoid. These are unscheduled tasks that need a quick intervention and, inevitably, are carried out when the failure is detected. It can be from a simple adjustment in the machine to a more complex repair. With a proper preventive maintenance, we will avoid in a high percentage this kind of tasks affecting the production planning and reassure we have available the machine we counted on.
　　• Preventive:
　　This maintenance carries out scheduled maintenance activities based on machine manufacturer indications, seeking to intervene in textile machines before they break down, without the advantages of prediction.
　　• Predictive:
　　It's about carrying out monitoring and diagnostic activities to get a forecast of when we should intervene in the machine. Nowadays, algorithms are developed to predict when the machine should be checked in order to schedule maintenance work without affecting production flow.

We Assist You to Increase Uptime for Your Production Line

　　As experts in solutions for the automation of processes in the textile industry, thinking on the particular needs of dyers and textile finishing companies, Blue Willow has understood the importance of machinery maintenance in a textile plant and all related tasks. Moreover, if it comes to predictive and preventive maintenance of the machines, or programmed technical inspections for the factory, we offers specific solutions.