METALWORKING MACHINE CLEANING CASE STUDY

SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER

Fluid Service Technologies Survey
Production would not let the lines be shut down to allow for the yearly cleaning of the 14 machines. The company estimated that it would take them more than seventy hours to do the job using four maintenance technicians on overtime.

Fluid Service Technologies Recommendation
Contract FST to bring in a crew leader and one technician to clean the fourteen machines in an estimated forty-two hours on four consecutive Sundays.

By working Sundays, the facility was able to shut down 4-5 machines at a time, thus minimizing downtime and lost production. They reported a total cost savings of $2730