Kaminashi Corporation, which provides the on-site DX platform “Kaminashi” series, will officially launch “Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance,” a cloud service that digitizes equipment maintenance work and supports the stable operation of equipment, from February 3, 2025.
Development Background
“Equipment maintenance” refers to activities to maintain and manage the machinery and equipment of factories and facilities in optimal condition. It mainly refers to preventive inspection and maintenance to ensure stable operation of equipment, as well as responding when breakdowns or abnormalities occur. By proactively carrying out equipment maintenance activities, companies that own equipment can prevent equipment stoppages and the production of defective products due to unexpected breakdowns, leading to improved productivity and cost reduction.
However, manufacturing sites today are facing serious problems with equipment maintenance. It is estimated that the number of equipment maintenance engineers will drop to less than half in the 50 years since 2000, and the labor shortage is expected to become even more serious in the future. There are also concerns about a decline in the quality of equipment maintenance, as the retirement of experienced engineers makes it difficult to pass on technology and know-how. Furthermore, against the backdrop of various economic crises, in the manufacturing industry that handles machine tools and processing machines, nearly 50 to 80% of the equipment has been installed for more than 15 years, and the equipment is aging. For these reasons, the increase in equipment maintenance costs and the increased risk of sudden breakdowns are noticeable, threatening the stable operation of companies.
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Against this backdrop, Kaminashi has begun offering a new service called “Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance.” “Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance” is a system that aims to minimize equipment failures and outages by enabling data-based maintenance activities through centralized management of records of failure history and maintenance plans in charts created for each piece of equipment.
SOURCE: PR TIMES
