Preventive + Maintenance = Quality

Slitters and splicers play key roles during the printing or finishing of printed packaging, and it is imperative to keep them in good working order. To do so, many printers turn to preventive maintenance (PM) programs—structured maintenance schedules for specific parts of a piece of equipment. “A good PM program is absolutely necessary for any equipment in which the continued operation is critical to meeting customers’ demands for the products produced and/or converted on this equipment,” says R. Duane Smith, product manager, specialty winding, Davis-Standard, LLC, Converting Systems (www.davis-standard.com). Adam Wiecko, Rotoflex service coordinator, Mark Andy Canada, Inc. (www.rotoflex.com), adds, “It is important to consider involving the manufacturer in the development of any PM program. They are the ones who know the machine and know it best.”