Justifying the costs to mechanically refurbish an old capacitor winding machine, that's a hard one isn't it? Not with KR International winder retrofits!
ME's, Maintenance Personnel & Others, PLEASE Contact finance before you contact KR International, please run this by the finance manager first., None of it is BS. It's usually in the budget after considering these points. This can pay for itself in a big hurry.
Hopefully you have read the page about the Winding Machine Controls Upgrade Cost Justification. Another reference link, Winding Machine mechanical refurbishment details, for a brief list of what we do.
How to Justify the Expense? I ran a Manufacturing Engineering position at GE, and it made sense to them!
Capacitor Winder Mechanical Assemblies:
How to Justify the Expense?
Finance People, this one is for you! You say we are making product, we are meeting expectations and there's no budget for this. Well, since I have run a product line at General Electric I have run into this before. Well, all I can tell you if things keep getting done the same way all the time, you're absolutely right.
Maybe you are not familiar enough or can't find a company with the concept of taking a machine which is near junk, doesn't have all those new capabilities and quite frankly doesn't run fast enough or doesn't run at all and giving it a new life. Furthermore, the impression is that the old stuff can't possibly be outfitted to remember your product line setups, and can't be made efficient enough to take a huge burden off the engineering staff, manufacturing staff and production workers. So you go out and price new equipment, only to find out you can't afford it. You tell everybody maybe next year business will get better, and know in your heart full well without a huge capital investment that's a pipe dream. Everybody looks at you like the enemy, but you really aren't because the right solution hasn't been in front of you, until now. As far as I know, KR International is the only qualified retrofitter in the USA.
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Hopefully, You read the controls justification First.
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Fiction: Money can be saved by ignoring mechanical problems. It's not in the budget this year, let's run it till it drops. Facts: I'm afraid if I were your customer and you can't deliver, I'm getting another source. So the misjudgment is you loose time, money and a customer.
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Fact: Only losses are obtainable in making scrap. Scrap is made during setups and running a capacitor winder that's sloppy mechanically. Losses are reflected in increased labor and materials. Production & Delivery time is increased and sometimes that can lead to losses in sales.
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Fact: You bought the electronic controls and the capacitor winding machine can go down mechanically if you ignored the old worn out stuff (Murphy's Law). Oops, the machine is dead, no ROI there. How many dollars per day are you loosing? It could cost more than the upgrades and repairs itself. A little proactive planning goes a long way. The fact is upgrades need preparation and it can take weeks to get it, and end up doing it the far more expensive way.
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Fact: You cannot just put on electronic controls to boost reliability and increase speed. To reach the full potential of the machine and reduce mechanical adjustments retrofits are necessary.
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Fact: The grease in the bearings harden into a tough varnish, even if not in use.
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Fact: Over the years the machine has some form of mechanical wear, from minor to extremely severe. There's little use to upgrading controls if the mechanicals simply won't keep up.
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Oh well, those controls need a little bit of help in some areas to get that outstanding part faster. A brain without a good body needs help.
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KRI makes redesigned mechanical upgrades to assemblies which previously required constant adjustments. And if time is money & scrap is money, you probably should look into this.
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We have some "wear" part replacements which far exceed OEM specifications. KR International gets business from decreasing failures, not marked up spare parts.