Fault Detection & Diagnosis of Air-Separator Breakdowns in Ginning Industry using Root Cause Analysis

In today’s fast growing scenario manufacturing industries are facing a frequent technology changes lead to greater competition in the market. In order to survive many of industries using advanced manufacturing facilities to improve and increase both quality and productivity of the product continuously. Machine breakdowns occurring due to failure of key elements which are engaged in drive systems. To increase the productivity, either increase the availability of existing machines or mitigate the existing machine breakdowns. Total productive maintenance aims to increase the availability of existing equipment so no further capital investment is needed. Availability of machines can be increased by reducing the downtime or Breakdowns of the machines. The main objective of this study is to find out the major breakdowns causing production losses to the company and to suggest counter measures by which these problems can be reduced. In the study a Root cause analysis is conducted to find the causes of breakdowns and some parallel improvement opportunities were also identified for implementation so as to reduce the downtime. As well as improve the productivity and efficiency of the plant. Study is on one of the most efficient accessories in the ginning industries is the air-separator which is helpful to improve the quality as well as the productivity of the industry.