Downtime analysis of a scaling machine

Scaling machines are identified as one of the major contributors to unplanned downtime. In general, to gain a better understanding of downtime, an analysis of the downtime should be performed. Downtime analysis usually involves a group consisting of many people with various backgrounds. The use of a visualisation method can act as a bridge that eliminates the knowledge gap within the group. The present study has two purposes: firstly to develop a method for visualisation of downtime and secondly to analyse the downtime of a scaling machine utilising the proposed visualisation method. The proposed method provides a visualisation of the downtime estimation and the precision and the uncertainty of the estimation at a given confidence level, as well as the factors influencing the failure. An analysis of the failures of the critical components of the scaling machine has also been conducted and suggestions for improvement have been proposed.