Manufacturing Automation Safety

In the manufacturing world, although safety is always stressed as the most important part of the manufacturing process, situations arise whether due to downtime, production stress, poor maintenance procedures or poor engineering design that tend to raise the safety issue.

Many a times I have seen and been a part of situations where a manufacturing crisis arises due to a machine malfunction that causes a slowdown in production or an unscheduled downtime. More often than not, those individuals that are paid to fix the problem (maintenance technicians and plant engineers) feel the pressure from management to get the machine back up and running ASAP.

This circumstance causes the greatest likelihood of personnel letting down their guard concerning safety, and the safe operation of machinery can get overlooked. Sometimes quick fixes are applied to meet production requirements, but these quick fixes oftentimes end up causing more problems in the future if the time is not dedicated to thoughtfully plan a solution and implement it correctly and thoroughly.

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