Basic Principles of Autonomous Maintenance and Continuous Improvement

BasicPrinciplesofAutonomousMaintenanceandContinuous Improvement

TheWorkshop

Every company is in business to delight its customers through timely delivery of quality products and services at minimal prices. Quality, delivery and cost suffer when machines breakdown suddenly without warning or when they do not run properly. This workshop teaches the system of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) from the vantage of the Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) strategy.

It provides an introductory treatment for companies who would embark on TPM program and for individuals who are about to become a part of an existing TPM system. The workshop will impart the concepts and methods of conducting an in-plant TPM style shop floor improvement. TPM is a Japanese approach of reducing product cost by improving the overall equipment effectiveness through elimination of muda or non-value adding activities in operations and in the preventive maintenance of machines and equipment.TheapproachemploystheconceptofTotalSystemFocusinvolvingeveryoneparticularlythe production and maintenance people in the process of muda elimination.

WorkshopObjectives

By the end of the workshop, the following would have been accomplished:

-     MentalConversion tothe CPI (Kaizen)philosophy that inspirespeople to change;

-      Learnedthebasicconcepts,toolsandtechniquesofTPM,andthesystemforcontinuous

improvementofthe OverallEquipment Effectiveness(OEE); and

-   Learnedthemethodforimprovingandestablishingstandardsforautonomous,reliability,

breakdownandplannedmaintenance.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS – PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Economic, social and environmental goals of planning Environmental assessment
Need for health and safety
Factors in preparing municipal plans

Protection for stepped up demand

WASTE WATER FUNDAMENTALS

Basic terminology
Contaminant considerations
Biological, phosphorous, ammonia
Pathogens
Effluent objectives
Alternate discharge options
Receiving water capacity-provincial water quality objectives Surface discharge
Subsurface discharge

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

Collection of sewage
Aerobic and anaerobic treatments
Critical design parameters for communal sewage treatment systems

TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Suspended solids removal BOD removal
Nitrification and denitrification Phosphorous reduction

TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Conventional septic tank
As the treatment system Enhanced septic tanks
As a primary for other bioreactors Bioreactors

Fixed film
Rotating
Suspended
Batch
Filters-sand, peat, stone, synthetics
New technologies targeting specific contaminants

RECIRCULATING SAND FILTERS YEAR ROUND TREATMENT

History experimental design Construction
Operation

SUBSURFACE DISCHARGE

Filter bed
Shallow trench Leaching bed “Constructed wetland” Recycle, reuse

DIRECT DISCHARGE

Stream assimilative capacity Mixing zone
Disinfection

BIOSOLIDS DISPOSAL

Hauled waste Compost
Lime stabilisation

MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNAL WASTE WATER SYSTEMS

Regular monitoring
Long term satisfactory performance

FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES

Funding sources
Approval process Regulatory compliance Municipal and owner liability

DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF YOUR OWN SYSTEM

Simple design rules
Implementation of your system
Tips and tricks
The thirteen golden rules of working with waste water systems