Ensure your machines go the distance

As sustainability moves towards the forefront of people's minds, the whole lifecycle of products comes under scrutiny, including manufacturing equipment – no matter the industry. Therefore as designers the importance of condition based maintenance has never been more prevalent.

Manufacturing plants all over the world are adding digital elements to existing automated assembly line structures, allowing machinery and plant to communicate. Firms are embracing this new style of manufacturing and in turn are experiencing increased efficiency, automation, agility, security and resilience as a result.

All too often condition based maintenance products are only used on critical machinery due to high implementation costs. However, by adding intelligence to sensors it is now possible to monitor and assess the performance, quality, efficiency and status of machinery in ways that are both cost effective and readily available.

When machines are first manufactured they are running smoothly, so why not keep them that way? Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions are designed with maintenance teams and plant managers in mind. With a portfolio which offers everything you need to ensure that workshops and plants continue to run smoothly.

Rauli Hantikainen, head of Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions explains what lifetime solutions means: “It stands for reduced machine downtime, longer operating life, greater sustainability and more predictable working days for operators.”

It is more than just monitoring equipment, it understanding your customers’ needs to keep their business running by ensuring machinery is operating at peak performance levels throughout its lifecycle.