Punching Out a Preventive Maintenance Punch List

Finally, Robert Hablewitz, business unit manager, ­Pillar Technologies, emphasizes the importance of tailoring a PM program to specific applications. “Some applications are much cleaner than others,” he says. “As an example, in the case of an extrusion line running high-slip resin blends, cleaning is required more frequently. It will also be helpful to consider past failure history to determine what areas of the system should be focused on.”