Machines

The main purpose of the Yamatec Oil Fluid Management Solution is the machine care. Therefore, its central component is the list of company’s machines. To manage all tasks relating to the care of entrusted machines and facilities it is necessary to create their list in the program. It can contain practically an unlimited number of machines. All other tasks in the program focus on the machines. Whether it concerns planning of lubrications, recording of executed lubrication tasks, laboratory tests of lubricants or waste collection.

The machine data can be divided into four basic groups.

• Basic data
• Lubrication rule
• Utilised machine capacity
• Machine working calendar

Basic data

There must be some basic data entered for each machine that characterise it. These are its number, name, centre event. the line where it is situated, its classified date, machine type and its location.

Machine lubrication rules

The key point of the whole Yamtec Oil program is the machine lubrication rule. We describe here what parts the machine has, what lubricant is used at a specific part and what types of lubrication tasks are executed at a specific part. The lubrication rule is always based on the documentation of the machine producer determining in what intervals and what lubricant is to be used to care for the mechanical machine parts. The lubrication rule is structural information; therefore, it is displayed in a hierarchical rule tree in the program. The lubrication points are displayed under the machine name. Lubrication tasks to be executed at the given lubrication point are stated under each of them. In the right part, there are stated particulars concerning the selected lubrication point and the tasks.

Utilised machine capacity

Each machine works for a specific number of hours daily. For example, if it works for one working shift, his daily utilised capacity is 8 hours. If it works for two shifts, it is 16 hours. The lubrication rule states for each task after how many hours of operation it is necessary to do the lubrication again. For example, if a task is to be done every 80 hours of machine operation and the utilised machine capacity is 8 hours a day, the task is to be done once in 10 working days.  However, if a machine is 16 hours a day in operation, this task is to be done once in 5 days. The utilised machine capacity can vary over one year. For example, a machine can work in one working shift at the beginning of the year, later, when the demand increases, the machine can work for two shifts. And later return to the one shift operation..

Machine calendar

To plan exactly a specific lubrication task that is to be done in a day, it is necessary to know also the machine calendar except for its period and utilised capacity. That is to know what days the machine works and what days it doesn’t, which means to know its working and non-working days. The working days are usually Monday till Friday and the non-working days Saturday and Sunday. However, a non-working day can occur also in a workweek, such as public holidays, collection holidays or planned production shut-downs. On the other hand, working days can occur also on Saturday or Sunday, if the company decides to work then. Therefore, it is possible to adjust an individual working calendar at each machine. It is generated automatically, when the machine is entered into the list of machines in the Yamatec Oil program. The company’s working calendar, which is also in the Yamatec Oil program, is taken as a model for the machine calendar. From that moment on, the individual working calendar of the machine is independent from the company’s calendar. We can make alternations to it that will not be reflected in working calendars of other machines. Of course, if we make an alternation concerning all machines in the company (e.g. record of a collection holiday), this alternation is to be done in the company’s machine list from which it will be automatically transferred in the working calendars of machines.