Preventive + Maintenance = Quality

Some things to include in your PM program for slitters, according to Wood, include cleaning linear rails, checking for bearing wear and lubrication requirements, checking carriage movement, cleaning cable management, and checking air supply and filters for pneumatic systems and knifeholders.

On the splicing side, knives are equally as important to Smith. “On a splicing operation, changing out the transfer knives on a routine basis is also a good preventive maintenance action item,” he says. “A missed transfer can be very costly.”